Digital BW, The Print

garyphoto6 wrote:

>Hello,
>I am planning on buying a new PC to use with PS CS2 and an Epson 
>R2400  and was looking for recommendations on Processor and memory. I 
>want to get something that is fast enough but will not break the bank. 
>Dell has Pentium 4 and Pentium D and Xeon. Does anyone have experience 
>with these and what speed of processor is necessary? 
>Thanks,
>Gary W
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Gary;
My suggestions:
Stay away from Dell, and other large PC computer manufacturers. Instead, 
have your computer made locally. Get some references/recommendations and 
when you decide on a shop, explain to the people there what you want to 
do with the computer and of course, how much you can afford. This way 
you can (with their help) pick each part of your system.
Sure, this'll take a little more effort than putting in an order for an 
assembly line Dell, but you'll always have a place to take it if a 
problem crops up, and turn around time will be much shorter--and you'll 
have a better computer.

You might start with a fast AMD processor. In compariable price ranges, 
they are quicker than Intel, especially in Photoshop. They also run 
cooler. Of course you'll invariably hear "get a Mac." That's fine--nice 
computers. But, if you go with PCs, I'd stay away from the mass-produced.

All the best;
-Patrick Carr

Carr Imaging
patcarr@...
patrickcarrimaging.com