Go for a PentiumII or better if you want to play in the PC
world. 64MB of RAM will suffice, though 128MB will work much
better, Obviously, buy the best monitor you can afford. I would
go for a bigger screen rather than a finer dot pitch myself.
Others my differ in opinion. Make sure your video card will
support at least 24 bit colour, 32 bit is better. A lot of gamer
cards don't support the colour depth needed for imaging, going
for a faster refresh rate instead. I am using a 266mh chipset,
and I find it sufficient for my needs, perhaps a bit slow, but I
have time. Definitely get more RAM rather than the fastest
chipset you can find. My PII with 384MB of RAM runs circles
around a buddies 600mh PIII when the filesizes get large. She is
running 64MB RAM.
William Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Edwin Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: February 4, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: OT: Going semi-digital; advice needed
>
> Folks, I've decided to join the late 20th century ;-)
> and dip my toes into the digital photo world.
>
> I want to begin with a flat bed scanner that will
> allow me to touch up prints in Photoshop LE, then
> email the images to families and friends and submit
> them to places like the PUG.
>
> Later, I hope to set up a digital darkroom--film
> scanner, good printer. But that could be much later.
>
> What I need help with is the computer. Right now, my
> home computer is a 386. I want to replace it, but
> cost is a major concern.
>
> Keeping in mind cost and the fact that I can upgrade
> later, what should I be thinking about in terms of RAM
> and hard drive capacity? Will 933MHz processing speed
> be enough? Do I really need a .25 pitch, flat screen,
> 17 inch monitor?
>
> In other works, what are the minimal requirements to
> do flatbed scanning and light-duty image manipulation?
>
> TIA, John
>
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