Digital BW, The Print

It does help, Steve. But my prospective desktop-replacement notebook 
would have a generation's advantage over your actual notebook. So I 
have to wonder how much difference it makes if both the speed of the 
notebook's processor and the amount of RAM in it are roughly doubled 
and a faster hard drive is substituted? Maybe quite a bit; I believe 
notebook RAM can now approach Photoshop's limit even after the OS 
takes up a large chunk.

I hope someone on the list with such a killer notebook - Mac or 
Windows - can comment on it's Photoshop performance within a 16-bit 
workflow.

Steve's second point, that a lesser notebook would do for the digital 
camera's traveling companion, I'm still mulling over. That's 
intriguing partly because it might be enough less to actually carry 
around with the camera. Couldn't a really light 12-inch notebook do 
for this role?
--
Sam


>This probably doesn't help you but I went the other way.  I found that my
>little 800Mhz 15in Mac Powerbook with 1GB of RAM did not cut it when it came
>to heavy lifting 16 bit PS files with multiple layers.  I was running this
>with a 22in HD Cinema Display and a Wacom Intuous 2 tablet.  So I bought a
>2x2.5GHz Powermac.  Now the laptop is available for travelling and when
>using a digital back I can shoot directly into it. The hard work of editing
>files etc is done back at home with the more powerful computer.  So I would
>advise upgrading the desktop when you can and perhaps picking up a used
>portable for your mobility solution.  At least with a Mac, syncing the two
>will be easy with Tiger.
>
>
>>  From: Sam McCandless <samcc@...>
>>  Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>>  Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:20:55 -0700
>>  To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
>>  Subject: desktop-replacement notebooks (was Re: [Digital BW] QTR/OSX/7600 --
>>  upgrade report)
>>
>>
>>  I changed Sanders' subject only because I'm more curious about how
>>  well various notebooks (Windows or Mac) work when used at the front
>>  end of the process. Especially in combination with a second display
>>  at home and with a digital camera when away from home or office.
>>
>>  As long as my old desktop works ok, I thought I'd use it to drive my
>>  printers and scanners. And maybe get a new notebook to use with
>>  Photoshop and a digital camera. As far as others have already figured
>>  out how this can best be done, I'm curious to know their conclusions
>>  about how well it can be done.
>>
>>  I'm uncertain which would be more valuable, a new desktop for
>>  Photoshop (CS/8 I'm assuming) or a new notebook on which I could see
>>  what a digital camera had captured before getting back home. It's not
>>  a space issue for me: my place is small, but I have room for either
>>  configuration on my corner unit because my printers are on a separate
>>  cart. I would, however, like to avoid buying both a new desktop and a
>>  notebook as well as a digital camera.
>>
>>  Thanks.
>>  --
>  > Sam