Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/25

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Subject: [Leica] Re: OT: XP experiences
From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 22:34:17 -0700
References: <GNEFJFHPHDJNDMEFLFFICEJLCAAA.fmaturana@euskalnet.net> <a0510030ab8edd5b1f058@[160.36.141.88]>

My "digital darkroom" PC with Win98 was getting to be way more complex than
a PC was ever meant to be. So last month, I got a bare-bones AMD 1.8MHz PC
with Win XP, and put a 1000 BaseT card in both PC's with a simple crossover
Ethernet cable (i.e., no hub). The old PC (667Mhz processor) is now the
"server" with its 180GB of disk, and I'm keeping the new one as a dual
monitor workstation that is staying really clean and mean. I only run
Photoshop and some Internet software on it. With the fast ethernet cards, a
50MB file loads from the old PC into Photoshop on the new PC in 12 seconds
(vs about 50 sec over 100 BaseT network cards).

Today, while I was scanning 35mm Leica slides on the old PC with a Nikon
LS-1000, I was using the new PC to scan Hasselblad medium format with an
Epson 1200U Photo. Cool - no wasted time waiting for scans! Over my simple
network, all scans were going into the same folder on the old PC.

So far XP is behaving very solidly and I like it, especially with the snappy
1.8MHz processor. The two PC network was also a very economical way of
adding new equipment and not wasting any of the old gear.

PC's should be treated like sports cars, not Mack trucks. Don't load them
down too much and they really fly. Pile on the baggage though, and they
can't make it up the hills without "overheating" or whatever happens down
deep in those poor little over-torqued circuits!

Regards,
Gary Todoroff
Tree LUGger



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In reply to: Message from "Felix Lopez de Maturana" <fmaturana@euskalnet.net> ([Leica] RE: OT: XP experiences)
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