OT: photoshop on Windows

[William Muriithi]

Thanks Aaron & Steve

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>
> I have not seen PS referred to with just a number since version 7. I had to
> check that you meant CS4.
Its CS4, damn marketing guys. If you look at version information on
the application, you will see 11.0.1 as I had said. However, during
the purchase, they call it CS4.
>
> I upgraded to CS4 and after 1/2 hour I was on my way to the store to get a
> new computer.
>
Yeah, it is a serious resource hog. That, I am certain of.

> AMD quad core, 4 gigs ram, 1.5 TB drive, plue two older IDE drives for
> system and PS swap. I am very happy with the performance and have not
> experienced anything like you have. But I gave up on my old hardware pretty
> quickly.
>
Hmm, that is a very powerful machine. 4GB of RAM. Its hard for
anything to bog that down for sure.

> What hardware were you working with?
2GHZ CPU, 2GB of RAM and 101GB of hard disk free
> Does PS have a dedicated swap drive?
No, share the 101 GB with the operating system
> How big are the source files?
Between 6 to 15 MB of average
> Are large numbers of layers being used?
10 to 25 on average
> Many open photos at the same time?
Mostly one to two photos at a time
> Large batch jobs?
Not sure I understood you here. Photoshop can handle batch jobs?
> Anything else running in the background?
Normal Window applications, outlook, browser etc. In short there is
nothing else highly specialized.
>
> Stephen
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William
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