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   From: nospam.spam.nospam@gmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:51:29 +0100 eatmorepies jspamno@lineone.net the   
   Down In The Mouth Galley Slave Review Assurance Authority member wrote   
   in news:6fmk2iFcajluU1@mid.individual.net...   
      
   > 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   
   >   
   >   
      
   Without having the specs of your 4 year old for comparison it's not possible   
   to tell you anything.   
   If you bought top notch kit 4 years ago then upgrading the RAM will have a   
   huge impact on performance for your application IF the application (and   
   therefore the system) is choking due to lack of RAM.   
   If you bought shit then no amount of RAM will make any difference.   
      
   Can't you borrow some RAM for an hour or so to test the theory?   
      
   If you do decide to go for a new machine and you'd prefer to have XP then   
   buy one with XP loaded or an XP downgrade disk. If you already own a retail   
   copy of XP then make sure you have recovery options in place to get vista   
   back up and running before you get rid of it. The best advice would be to   
   buy a second hard drive and install XP to that keeping the vista   
   installation intact, keep the original hard drive in a drawer somewhere   
   safe.   
      
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