[filmscanners] Re: Digital Darkroom Computer Builders?

["JimD" <rasterdogs@attbi.com>]

Jim writes again:
Gee, the Dell I just bought has 200 MB's of ata hard disks.
1 GB of 266mhz DDR a 1.7Mhz  P4 and a 21 inch CRT.
It seems to do pretty good with hi-bit, full res scans, from my
Polaroid SS4000, these files are 75 MB.  It isn't uncommon
for these files to become > 200mb in photoshop with layers
and all. Of course I may not be discriminating enough and
just don't know what I'm missing.

I don't recall the word 'average' in my message. My point was,
and is, that machines that are quite capable of supporting
digital image processing are available from many vendors.

-JimD

200mb psd files and hAt 12:54 AM 10/21/2002 +0200, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
>Jim writes:
>
> > Making a business to supply specialized
> > 'digital darkroom machines' might be difficult.
> > Contemporary general purpose desktop machines
> > suffice many digital image makers needs.
>
>I strongly disagree.  The average desktop machine is woefully inadequate for
>serious image-processing: there is too little memory, the disks are too
>slow, the screen is too small, there isn't enough disk space, and so on.
>
>Image-processing is one of the few types of computer use left that still
>puts a strain on the average desktop computer.
>
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