Digital BW, The Print

At 1:44 AM -0800 2/5/04, john eckenrode wrote:
>[snip]
>ME: Photoshop CS, Mac G4 400 Ghz desktop-gettin' a little old now 
>but still hums along nicely, [snip]

I have the same, PCI-graphics (in the Mac jargon) G4 desktop John 
does. And plan to keep it as a (SCSI) scanner server and a 
(from-MacOS9) print server and for backups (onto two 120 GB hard 
drives). Bought used, such a Mac would be very inexpensive.

If, however, I had instead an older Windows desktop and wanted to use 
QTR w/o becoming a Linux geek, then I'd try to use my old Windows 
desktop together with a Mac notebook even if I _did_ have room for a 
second desktop. Because the notebook could also be a useful traveling 
companion for a digital camera. The 12-inch notebooks seem best in 
that role, the 17-inch PowerBook seems best for at-home use, and the 
14/15-inch notebooks seem the best compromise.

The 14-inch iBook seems to me a better value for anyone who can live 
with less memory. Which I'd think many digital-camera users could. 
And I also think the larger text the iBook shows at its best 
resolution might make its display better for Photoshop's palettes - 
assuming you can live with the hack to turn an iBook into a 
dual-display system against Apple's wishes. But if your budget can 
accommodate the 15-inch PowerBook, it's easy to prefer it. It seems 
extravagant, though, if it's just a way to use QTR.

I'm eager to use Roy's QTR. And reluctant to shift to digital 
cameras. But I assume they're in my future. So buying my next 
computer with that in mind seems the thing to do.
--
Sam