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|    Gazwad to Stretchable Zookeeper Employment Al    |
|    Re: A question about more memory.    |
|    05 Aug 08 11:33:07    |
      uitcake.co.solomon-islands> a35ae65c       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       news:ip6dnVQZ9t8SvwvVnZ2dnUVZ_h7inZ2d@dejazzd.com...              > 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.              --       Lunch was nice; Contemptible cow adenoid accentuated with shocking       running sore inside snafued quokka ulcer, served in a chilled double       boiler stuffed with burnt carrot, warm leftover scampi and oddments of       scallop, bone marrow gravy, a side of guinea pig testicles and a chalice       of skunk piss.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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