Digital BW, The Print

Lou -

 

I struggle with the same issues.  First, before the Mac war lights up - I
have both Macs and PC's.  I keep the PCs a/ because of specialized software
in my industry and b/ because I have a load of older PC software that works
well for my business.  Macs are great - especially for graphics and
usability but if you want to retain the PC software that eliminates the Mac.
Second, do NOT get a Vista machine.   They are a disaster.  You can still
have XP Pro machines custom made or order XP Pro machines from Dell and
others.  The XP Pro is available in 64 bit which will allow more memory and
greater speed.  However, you may not be able to use all of the older
software on the 64 bit XP.  That leaves the 32 bit XP Pro as the only
alternative for a machine that will reliably use older PC based software.
Get the fastest processor that you can afford; the largest hard drive you
can find, an external hard drive for backup; a dual video card with the most
on-board memory you can afford; and 4 GB (max) of RAM.  The 32 bit XP can
only read a little over 3 GB of the RAM.

 

 

Tom

 



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