Digital BW, The Print

bhhc writes:

> If your computer is slowing down while you wait for a conversion or a
> rendition or a print, pick up the f***ing mop and clean your studio.
> Lick and glue some envelopes. Return some phone calls. Dust and clean
> your equipment ...

These are not realistic options.  If you were reading a book and it took
3 minutes to turn each page, would you get up and clean house while
waiting?

Research shows that productivity with computers plummets if response
time exceeds about three seconds.  While some tasks are inherently slow
and one can step away from the PC while waiting for them (disk
defragmentation and things like that), waiting after every operation
performed in Photoshop is simply not realistic.

It's true that computers haven't really speeded up much.  Every increase
in hardware horsepower has been consumed by more bloated software.  It
takes about the same time to edit a presentation today as it did 15
years ago, despite computers that are many times faster in hardware.