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Subject: [Leica] older monitors and windows 7
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:22:21 -0700
References: <4D84FF2C.4010804@whitedogs.co.uk>

I found the new i7 machines the first machine in ages that I feel, "wow,
that's fast." You throw a 200 megs files at LR or PS it will still take
times to do certain filters or actions, but it's miles ahead of others.

On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi this might be a dumb question, but here goes...
>
> Do PC monitors need drivers, or do I just need driver(s) for the graphics
> card?  I'm a bit confused because when go into  control panel and select
> displays, it says 'plug and play monitor', so presumably uses a generic
> driver.
>
> The XP machine is getting on, so maybe it's time to plan an
> upgrade/replacement, probably to a quad-core machine running 64-bit Windows
> 7.  My flat-bed scanner and printers are compatible.  In an ideal world, 
> I'd
> go mac, but the mac pro is way out of my league and the lack of
> expandability of the IMac is a concern.
>
> I'd appreciate any advice.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Mark
>
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>
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