Nick Pernisco
(K=625) - Comment Date 5/2/2003
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No matter what you shoot on, the requirements are usually the same. Getting something fast enough to run your image editing program should be good enough. If you run Photoshop, run a system with a bit more than Photoshop's minimum requirements. Definetly get a big hard drive... those scans can get huge.
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Chris Lauritzen
(K=14949) - Comment Date 5/5/2003
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Eric,
It's not CPU power as much as it's HD space. Anything over 700mhz will do fine but you will need a large hard drive for storage.
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Carolyn Lee
(K=1389) - Comment Date 5/7/2003
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what processor do your computer use? i haven't upgraded my processor in 4 years. maximize the amount of ram on your computer (512 at least), get a faster video card, and a larger/faster harddrive will be adequate. everything works fine and quick on mine with the scanners, drives and printer hooked up. RAM is the way to go; luckily we don't need to focus much on processor speeds for photo editing.
even getting the software "memturbo" will help with defragging ram.
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Peter Gulbinat
(K=454) - Comment Date 5/16/2003
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Hi Eric
Well, I tend to disagree with the comments stated so far. If you are planning on using photoshop filters, cropping, rotating etc. you may want to consider a fast processor. With PC's in the 2.5GHZ class with 120GB HD around 1'000USD, what's the point. Definitely don't go below 2GHZ. I agree with fast HD (above 7000 rmp) and lots of RAM (no more than 512MB though as Windows (even XP) does not use more than that). And get a huge screen, you'll love it. Cheers
Peter
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