[Leica] Not yet upgrading to LR4

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

Hi Douglas,

that's exactly what I did and it wasn't that expensive.  I'm lucky in 
that I have a local store that really care about the systems they build.
I ended up with a core i7 cpu, 16GB RAM, a 1GB video card and 2TB HDD (I 
subsequently added the 2TB drive from my old XP machine, which holds my 
images).
I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 professional.
The speed of the system is limited by the main HDD, but it is quite 
fast. Having read Richard's post, I am tempted to use a faster HDD, but 
it's not a priority at this time.

The only downside is that I can't run my Minolta film scanner. 
Apparently, the USB interface on the scanner has problems with timing 
with faster machines :-(



Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

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On 14/03/2012 00:14, Douglas Sharp wrote:
> Thanks again, Richard
>
> looks like a custom-built job for me.
>
> Best
> Douglas
>
> On 13.03.2012 22:57, Richard Man wrote:
>> I would certainly go for a configurable box from someone rather than a
>> name
>> brand. For us photographers, we really want the fastest CPU, but not
>> necessarily bazillion cores (e.g. 4 cores at 3 GHz of the same processor
>> will be better than 8 cores at 2.66 Ghz - for the SAME processor), the
>> mostest memory (8Gb minimum, 16GB is much better and 32GB will get
>> diminished return) and just a plain decent card and the fastest SATA
>> drive.
>>
>> For $3000-$4000, in US, I could get i7 @3GHz, may be 8 cores (again 4
>> would
>> be fine), at least 16 GB, probably more like 32GB, 2 TB 10,000 RPM drive
>> and a decent card easily. So you are good to go.
>>
>> Just a few other drives for continuous backup, but they are cheap.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Richard, I'll look into it.
>>>
>>> Or what do you think of these people?
>>>
>>> http://www.happyware.de/en/
>>>
>>> They're more or less just up the road from me, close to Hamburg - I
>>> translated some marketing stuff for them recently - and they appear
>>> offer
>>> some pretty good custom deals.
>>>
>>> Maybe I'll ask them for a quote. I'm thinking of a limit of 2-2.5
>>> thousand
>>> euros - so that should get me quite a bit of power and speed.
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Douglas
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13.03.2012 21:00, Richard Man wrote:
>>>
>>>> Doug, get the i7 machine and load it with at least 16 GB. 32 GB if
>>>> you can
>>>> afford it. If you can't afford SSD, then get the 10,000 RPM drive.
>>>>
>>>> The video card won't make much difference for Photoshop. Just get a
>>>> decent
>>>> one with at least 512MB.
>>>>
>>>> Run Win7 x64 of course.
>>>>
>>>> Your quality of life will improve a lot :-)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at 
>>>> gmx.de>**
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>> thanks for the advice - I'm currently looking at Lenovo
>>>>> Workstations with
>>>>> lots of number-crunching abilities that can speed up my translation
>>>>> databases and not slow down to a crawl when using Photoshop CS (I'm
>>>>> currently working with 250 MB files of scanned mining maps and it
>>>>> is S l
>>>>> o
>>>>> w! - only 2.4GBs of RAM).
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone heard anything particularly good or bad about Lenovo?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Douglas
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13.03.2012 17:52, Mark Pope wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Doug,
>>>>>> I would be inclined to install Lightroom3 on the Windows 7 machine
>>>>>> first,
>>>>>> then migrate your images/catalogue over by exporting it from the XP
>>>>>> machine, then import on the Windows 7 machine. Only when you're
>>>>>> satisfied
>>>>>> that everything is working satisfactorily on the Windows 7 machine
>>>>>> would I
>>>>>> upgrade.
>>>>>> You may also have to copy any settings you have made in the print
>>>>>> module,
>>>>>> for example for any bespoke print sizes, as these aren't part of the
>>>>>> catalogue.
>>>>>> Printer profiles will also need to be installed on the new machine.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have fun!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark Pope,
>>>>>> Swindon, Wilts
>>>>>> UK
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Homepage http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>>>>>> Blog
>>>>>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/****blog<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/**blog>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> index.php?gallery=paw/2010<htt**p://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.**
>>>>>> php?gallery=paw/2010<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>> index.php?gallery=paw/2009<htt**p://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.**
>>>>>> php?gallery=paw/2009<http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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