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07/23/2004 06:06:00 PM · #26 |
Still on a 24 months+ homebuild Athlon XP1200 system with 256Mb 266 DDR RAM and a 20GB fast HD (7Gb left because I trust my Kodak Ultima Gold CD-R's) on a MSI KT7-something Mobo. 17inch CRX VL700 monitor @ 800x600 32bit with a Nvidia Riva TNT model 64 videocard in the tower (calibrated). Win 98SE, Irfanview, PS6.0 with a lot of bought actions and plugins, PS Elements 2. The first thing that needs an update is the monitor, I'd like a flatscreen 19" CRT. The computer itself will be updated when something brakes down. It is still on its first Win installation, altough I did some stupid stuff with it. This is the one I work most with.
The other one is a Acer laptop with a Atlon XP1800, 256DDR, 15" screen 32bit 1024x? thingy running Win XP. Great screen.
The third one, at work, is a NEC Intel Celeron 600 piece of crap, because the mobo has a slower busspeed than necessary. A homebuild Pentium 2 350 easily outperforms it one every task. I don't want to mess with it.
Calibrating its 17" monitor made a big difference for the viewing.
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07/23/2004 06:16:54 PM · #27 |
Hp Pavilion ZE5300 laptop
60 gb hard drive
2.6 ghz P4
512 mb RAM
15" SXGA LCD
Windows XP home
DVD
PS cs
Pagemaker
Illustrator
Acrobat
Noise Ninja 2
ACDSee
lots more, I only have less than 10 gb left. Time to backup and delete some more unused programs. It is a fun computer but you do need to stay in the sweet spot, which is fine by me. Nobody needs to see what I am doing :)
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07/23/2004 06:25:21 PM · #28 |
New Apple PowerNova G5, 4ghz,
240GB HD
DVD/Vinyl (7")/MD (RW)
LaCie Plasmoya Blue 32"
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Adobe WorldEnhancer CS
Adobe FusionFoto CS
Adobe NoiseWipe CS
Lexa PowerImage 6
Loony Labyrinth Pinball
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07/23/2004 06:29:42 PM · #29 |
4 year old Powerbook G3, 40 Gb HD, 1 GB RAM, running OS X 10.2.8, Photoshop CS, iPhoto.
Waiting for the new G5 Laptops to come out, I need an upgrade badly, I only have about 3 GB of HD space left.. :(
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07/23/2004 06:30:27 PM · #30 |
Originally posted by Imagineer:
New Apple PowerNova G5, 4ghz,
240GB HD
DVD/Vinyl (7")/MD (RW)
LaCie Plasmoya Blue 32"
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Adobe WorldEnhancer CS
Adobe FusionFoto CS
Adobe NoiseWipe CS
Lexa PowerImage 6
Loony Labyrinth Pinball |
LMAOOOOOOO :P
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07/23/2004 06:31:42 PM · #31 |
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:
Oh, *nods* I'm sure I could run it, but getting it to function at a decent rate...nah...even with Adobe PhotoDeluxe and my 3mp photo files it struggles, so I doubt anything much beefier would do very well.
And you're right, I'm gonna be getting a laptop for college and I can't wait! Lol, it'll be like 2-5x everything I have now (well, except for HD space cause of the external) and I will be in heaven. ^_^ |
Make sure you get something with either an XGA type screen or an external monitor for doing work in your room. Laptop screens just aren't the same as CRT monitors. They are always to bright or to dark, never quite right...
At least mine isn't.
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07/23/2004 06:37:37 PM · #32 |
Originally posted by Ami Yuy:
Ahahahahaha! I beat you all!
That's why I'm dieing...I can barely use photo programs...this computer would never be able to handle Photoshop... |
I actually got you beat :P
Compaq Deskpro with Pentium II inside:
128Mb Ram
3Gb Hardrive
Windows NT (but upgraded to Window XP)
Takes me almost 40-50 seconds to open up Photoshop. When I return from shooting I have to immediately burn to cd because I don't have hardrive space. |
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07/23/2004 06:39:13 PM · #33 |
Desktop:
Dell 8250
P4 3.06HT
1024 RAM
WinXP PRO
200GB HD (with aditional availible 185GB 100Mb/S or 54Mb/S networked drives)
2 19" Trinotron 1600x1200 CRT monitors
Radeon 9700
CDR drive
PS CS
Photopaint 12
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or more commonly:
Laptop:
Dell 9100
P4 3.2 GHz HT
1024 Ram
80 Gig HD (same network availible)
WinXP Home
1900x1600 TFT (this is great)
Radeon 9700M
DVD CDR drive
PS CS
Neatimaage
Photopaint 12
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Though i still use a P1 32Mb ram as a webserver so i win there :-(
Message edited by author 2004-07-23 18:41:10. |
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07/23/2004 06:50:05 PM · #34 |
Laptop:
Compaq Presario 2100
256mb Ram
WinXP Home
30GB HD
Desktop:
Symantec
256mb Ram
P3
Win2000 Pro
20GB HD
Message edited by author 2004-07-23 18:50:28.
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07/23/2004 07:12:58 PM · #35 |
powerbook,
iphoto
elements
graphic converter
pixel enhance |
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07/23/2004 07:23:01 PM · #36 |
I have a PowerMac Dual G4 1.25 GHz 256 Mem ( iknow I need a lot more) 17 in sony Flat screen CRT. Powerbook G4 1.33 15in, 1gig ram. Adobe photoshop CS. 2 120gb external fw drives. Epson 2200 Photo Printer, HP 2300 LaserJet. anyone intersted, I want to sell a 1GHZ 12 in PB 760 ram, and the dual G4 1.25 for $2000.00 let me know if interested
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07/23/2004 09:03:21 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by dinny:
home (which is also work)
Dual 2GB G5, 1.5 GB Ram, big old ViewSonic monitor
PhotoShop CS...
Been using a mac (and loving it too) longer than I'd care to admit. Let's just say I remember when Aldus PageMaker fit on a single sided floppy and my computer had no hard drive.
Things were so simple then |
LOL! I remember using Aldus PageMaker, too! I started using v4 and v3 of Photoshop. Installers came on floppies! Then I made the jump from Aldus PageMaker 5 to Adobe InDesign and I've been very happy.
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07/23/2004 09:09:43 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by anthonyhnj:
I have a PowerMac Dual G4 1.25 GHz 256 Mem ( iknow I need a lot more) 17 in sony Flat screen CRT. Powerbook G4 1.33 15in, 1gig ram. Adobe photoshop CS. 2 120gb external fw drives. Epson 2200 Photo Printer, HP 2300 LaserJet. anyone intersted, I want to sell a 1GHZ 12 in PB 760 ram, and the dual G4 1.25 for $2000.00 let me know if interested |
Would you part with the PowerBook separately?
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07/23/2004 09:21:42 PM · #39 |
Now I have a Dell 2GHz, recently upgraded to 1024 RAM and added a 160Gb Hard drive to my original 40Gb. Ancient (as these things go) "Envision" 17" flat screen.
A far cry from my first: An Apple II+, upgraded to 64K. Hey, it ran a word processing program, SuperCalc and a primitive Paint program and had a Hayes MicroModem, 400 baud. Also boasted an Epson 9-pin dot matrix printer. Big time, you bet. |
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07/23/2004 09:51:13 PM · #40 |
Built it on my Own (Need to Upgrade here before to long)
(I also am switching over to Intel before too long as well)
Abit KD-7 MotherBoard with a 266MHz FSB
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0 GHz with 266MHz FSB)
512MB PC2100 DDR
180GB HD at ATA/133
ATI Radeon 9200 with 128MB dedicated video memory
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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07/23/2004 10:15:11 PM · #41 |
Sony VAIO PCG RZ-14G
2.6 GHz P.4
1Gb RAM
120Gb x2 HD
Nvidia FX5600 128mb
WinXP Home
Sony SDM-N80 18.1" LCD :) |
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07/23/2004 10:22:00 PM · #42 |
Intel PIII 1,2 ghz 512 RAM, 60 gb HDD...
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07/23/2004 10:45:46 PM · #43 |
Apple G5
G5 I have a 17" Apple Display
G4 Cube (which I updated...... yep they can be updated)
G4 cube I have a 15" Apple Display
both running OSX 10.3.4.
Software:
Adobe Photoshop & Iphoto, also Extensis Portfolio.
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07/23/2004 10:46:34 PM · #44 |
what would one say is most important to a photographer in a computer?
would you say?
#1 the monitor
#2 HD + RAM
#3 photoprogram |
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07/23/2004 10:48:01 PM · #45 |
Main: G5 w/ dual 2.0, 2GB Memory, 500GB HD space, 23" Cinerama screen, HP Photosmart 7960 printer.
Mobile: 12" PowerBook G4 w/ 1Ghz, 1GB Memory
Did I win the cookie? ;) |
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07/24/2004 12:18:14 AM · #46 |
Originally posted by RobCoursey:
Main: G5 w/ dual 2.0, 2GB Memory, 500GB HD space, 23" Cinerama screen, HP Photosmart 7960 printer.
Mobile: 12" PowerBook G4 w/ 1Ghz, 1GB Memory
Did I win the cookie? ;) |
No. You have used up your just desserts in the world. Cookies go to me. |
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07/24/2004 01:20:29 AM · #47 |
Originally posted by lelani:
what would one say is most important to a photographer in a computer?
would you say?
#1 the monitor
#2 HD + RAM
#3 photoprogram |
#4 all of the above. :)
You need a good monitor to see the colors clearly and a calibrated one at that. Hard drive is important because you need a place to store your photos and any applications you need to manipulate them. RAM is, well, always important and even more so when dealing with large digital media files. The applications, or photoprogram, is significant becaue that lets you be creative. If you want to have more precise control over your images, you don't want to use some basic low-end editing application vs something like Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.
PS: Don't forget about a good photographer. There's an acronym that applies here: GIGO. That means garbage in garbage out. You're only going to be as good as the photos you take. Editing skills are, for the most part, secondary in my opinion. Not that good editing skills are not important because they are. OK, I'll stop babbling. :)
Message edited by author 2004-07-24 01:23:59.
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07/24/2004 01:58:07 AM · #48 |
Home machine
AMD 2500+ / 1GB.DDR400 RAM
19" iiyama panel monitor
240GB HDD's 80GB + 160GB both @ 7200rpm
Radeon 9800 pro vid card
DVDRW
all wrapped up in a clear case with copper cooler master and temp check and some flashing fans on the side to help cool the case down.
OS=Windows XP pro
Photoshop CS with a few filters thrown in
Lappy (as seen in my challenge entry for advertisment)
Sony PCG-U3 1GHZ CPU 256MB DDR266 RAM 20GB HDD all the size of a small paperback novel, it runs Windows Server 2003
Photoshop CS + some filters / ACDC6.0 /Paintshop pro 8.0.
I feel the important thing to a photographer in a PC would have to be monitor firstly then I'de say loads of RAM and fast CPU to help post process without having to wait 1/2 an hour to see the results. In saying that though, as long as it gets the job done then it's got to be good.
My first PC has a DOS O/S that had to be loaded by floppy everytime i switched it on I had a HUGE 40MB HDD that weighed a ton .. I can remember also running 3.1WIN and getting my first ever 8MB card and a 1GB HDD thinking " I can NEVER fill this HDD up"... oh how things change... lol
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07/24/2004 02:39:19 AM · #49 |
HP Pavilion a265c
160G HD
512k
2.8Ghz
HP Pavilion f1703 flat screen 17" monitor
Epson Stylus Photo R300 printer |
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07/24/2004 03:53:33 AM · #50 |
For my desktop:
2.8ghz AMD
512mb Ram
2x160 gb Serial ATA Drives in Raid Control
Radeon 9600 Pro
19" NEC Accusync Monitor
For displaying in my bedroom (the absolute winner :-)
Acer Notebook taken apart:
Pentium 75
16 MB Ram (upgraded from the original 8MB)
810 MB HD
12.1" Screen (Taken apart and flipped over)
-I load lower resolution photos onto my 128MB compact flash card, put it in a PCMCIA adapter and set the screensaver to randomly display the photos. Quick bootup time, and get to see a new picture all the time. The laptop was just sitting in a closet for several years, couldn't sell it for $50, but now it shows my photos all the time, much cheaper than one of those digital picture frames and bigger. |
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