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   Gazwad to Stretchable Zookeeper Employment Al   
   Re: A question about more memory.   
   05 Aug 08 11:33:07   
   
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   From: nospam.spam.nospam@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:26:39 -0500 Will mightymouse@dejazzd.com the   
   Stretchable Zookeeper Employment Alleviation Board member wrote in   
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   > eatmorepies wrote:   
   >> Hello   
   >>   
   >> I have a 4 year old Pentium 4 machine with XP home and 1.5Gb of RAM.   
   >>   
   >> I use Photoshop CS3 a lot and find the machine is a bit slow at things   
   >> like opening RAW files. (It really slows down when I have a couple of   
   >> extra programs open along with CS3). I have two ways forward.   
   >>   
   >> 1. Buy a new (dual core 3Gb) machine for about 350 UKpounds - these come   
   >> from Dell with Vista in them. I've read that Vista is a bit bloated.   
   >>   
   >> 2. Upgrade my RAM to 3Gb for 50UKP.   
   >>   
   >> So, will the cheaper option give me a burst of speed, or do I need to buy   
   >> a machine with a faster processor?   
   >>   
   >> Regards   
   >>   
   >> John   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   > You're probably better off with a new machine and faster processor.   
   > Dual/Quad Core Intel would be perfect. And if you don't want Vista, if you   
   > already have a copy of XP, all you need to do is Wipe Vista off the drive   
   > with something like DBAN and install your copy of XP.   
      
   It's stupid cunt's like you who get people into all sorts of shit.   
      
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