My experience is limited IBM clone PC's. Mac's could very well have a longer useful life span.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2004 10:44 AM > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: Very OT: Upgrading computer for digital > > > On 20/11/04, Don Sanderson, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >The machine I am currently using I built 2-1/2 years ago. > >It's not OLD, but it is nearly OBSOLETE. > >Photoshop CS is almost more than it can handle. > >In the case of photo work you need the things you listed > >below plus: > >As much RAM as the machine will hold and a nice fast extra > >hard drive to use as a "scratch disk", this help PhotoShop > >a lot! > >Dual monitor support is very nice too. > >(I can do PS on one and PDML on the other) ;-) > > My Photoshop workstation is a PowerMac G3 450 with 1GB RAM, 2 drives: > 27GB and 140 GB that I bought used in 2002 for �400. It originally came > with a 12 GB and 512Kb RAM, which I upgraded. It was used from new in > 1999 by a graphics studio. It's still going strong. It's fairly fast even > in this day and age but showing it's age slightly - PS 7 takes 16 seconds > to open. I would like a new machine at some point but we run 4 Macs in > the house and Rome was not built in one day ;-) > > <http://www.apple-history.com/frames/body.php?page=gallery&model=g3blue> > > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > >
