Digital BW, The Print

Brad, I just upgraded to XP and don't see a whole lot of difference, 
except that it seems to be much better at multitasking.  I can now 
print, scan and websurf at the same time!  don't think Intel or AMD 
make a diff and you want as much ram as possible.  PS 6.0 is better, 
but since I am a fairly primitive beast who only works in B&W I don't 
know what exactly is new that I couldn't live without... do a search 
and see if it is important to you.

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "bradbboyd" <bradbboyd@y...> 
wrote:
> Hello - I've been dabbling in scanning and printing in B&W for a 
> couple of years.  I have an Epson 5000 and recently purchased a 1280 
> that I plan to use with MIS Quadtones.
> 
> I'm running Photoshop 5.5 on Windows 98 with a Pentium III 550MHz 
> chip and 256MB RAM.  I plan to upgrade/rebuild my system and would 
> appreciate any advice on what I should go to.  
> 
> Has anyone tried Windows XP and what are its advantages?  
> 
> Should I go Pentium 4 or AMD?  
> 
> How much RAM is ideal/sensible?
> 
> What are the advantages of Photoshop 6 vs 5.5?
> 
> Thanks in advance for your input.  I've already enjoyed reading 
> previous postings.
> 
> Brad Boyd - Portland OR