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Re: [Digital BW] Re: New Computer Advice

2009-06-09 by -= Chris =-

You are better off with Vista 64 or a big RAM disk. 


----- "Steve Woolfenden" <swoolf@...> wrote: 
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> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com ] On Behalf Of Dale 
> Hoffman 
> Sent: 08 June 2009 19:37 
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: New Computer Advice 
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> You may want to reconsider solid state drives for use in write 
> intensive operations such as Photoshop scratch disk. 
> According to Wikipedia solid state drives have slower write speeds 
> than the conventional spinning type. 
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> Go here ( http://en.wikipedia 
> < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive > 
> .org/wiki/Solid-state_drive) and scroll 
> halfway down the article to the section on "Disadvantages". There are 
> some other issues to be aware of as well. 
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> Best, 
> Dale Hoffman 
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> On Jun 8, 2009, at 1:02 PM, rcoolbreeze2000 wrote: 
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> > I may make one change to my computer system. I may add another 64Gb 
> > solid state hard drive which I would dedicate solely as a Photoshop 
> > scratch disk. The solid state drive would be considerably faster 
> > than a spinning hard drive, even one spinning at 10,000rpm. This 
> > might even be more cost effective and just about as good as adding 
> > more RAM. 
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