Digital BW, The Print

Hi all:

Please forgive me for asking this, but my existing PC is now filled 
to overflowing with b&w photo files, and it's time to replace it.  If 
you like, feel free to respond off-list, but please tell me if there 
is any reason why I should not replace that PC with a MAC.  (My 
reasons for wanting to do so include the huge virtual memory 
available and the beautiful flat displays.)  If it makes any 
difference, I use a Nikon 4000 scanner, Photoshop, and print to a 
1280 through the Piezo plug-in.  

Thank you.

Chuck

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "cschaible94111" <cschaible@c...> wrote:
>...please tell me if there 
> is any reason why I should not replace that PC with a MAC.

No reason not to unless the cost of buying the Mac version of the software that you are using is prohibitive. In my view, the Mac OSX enviroment is preferable for photography because color management (ColorSync) is easy to handle, and all the hardware works in a standard environment. The other caveat is that you have to make sure that you are not running (specialized) software under Windows that is not available for the Mac.

--Mitch/Potomac, MD

At 10:55 AM 4/8/2003, you wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>Please forgive me for asking this, but my existing PC is now filled
>to overflowing with b&w photo files, and it's time to replace it.  If
>you like, feel free to respond off-list, but please tell me if there
>is any reason why I should not replace that PC with a MAC.  (My
>reasons for wanting to do so include the huge virtual memory
>available and the beautiful flat displays.)  If it makes any
>difference, I use a Nikon 4000 scanner, Photoshop, and print to a
>1280 through the Piezo plug-in.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Chuck

Why do you need to replace your PC just because it's full if images? Can't 
you just upgrade the hard drive or add a second (or third, or fourth) hard 
drive? Or is there some other reason to upgrade? If there is no other 
reason to upgrade or replace, it would be far cheaper to replace or add a 
hard drive than to replace the entire PC.

Stan

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Word is abuzz about new Macs being built not by Apple but a firm of mac
enthusiasts who are aiming for a faster machine, buy-your-own-monitor, ugly
duckling packaging, less than half the cost of a new Mac, and Apple appears
to be letting them do this.  Read about it on the Allmacs list on Yahoo.
Tom Robinson