[B0b]

just wondering how u were getting on with ur Xeons

[spooge demon]

I think I have finally reached the point that I dreamed about 10 years ago, when PS took about 10 minutes to open a 1200 pix file (not exaggerating!)

It does everything I want pretty much instantly. Using ACDSEE as the file manager/browser is great. The integration of the different main programs works really well. The ability to easily maximize each program (as opposed to a bunch of loose floating windows) makes everything in the same place all the time-- very efficient. The choice of software is immense. Help on the Internet is wide and deep.

Bad- CTRL key is way outboard and a pain. You have to reach three steps beyond an octave to drive. I don't want to remap anything, cause sometimes you are not working at home:)

Windows occasionally does some funny things. It is a highly complex Chinese puzzle that is entirely hidden from view. There is no way to troubleshoot it. Reinstall. Disk images have worked OK. But that brings up it's own quirks. Reinstall would not be a problem if the registry did not work the way it does, requiring reinstalling all the apps. I am hoping disk images will continue to work well. The way OSX dealt with apps was the best thing about the system.

As far as speed goes, I ran some tests on my two machines, the mac(dual gig, 1.5gb ram) opened test file in 15 seconds. The PC did it in 2 seconds. Now of course the SCSI raid makes a big diff there, but the overall feeling (more important than any benchmark) is the mac is walking in sludge, the PC is light and quick. I switched in the middle of Matrix, so I got to use both systems on identical files is a real situation. I tried a G5, felt the same way. PS took about 15 seconds to launch. This will improve, I am sure. And I bought the PC two days before the G5 was announced. Good timing really.

PS on the PC is totally stable. It has not crashed once since July. PS on the mac was crashing 1-2 times a week. On OS 9, three times a day when pressed. Just my own observations. I am learning to keep the PC a clean system, no crap. Was that way on the mac out of necessity. But on the PC, everything you install does terrible, unspeakable, irreversible things to your machine. And you don�t know what.

So I know I paid Mr. Dell a HUGE premium to have this things simply switch on and work, but I have more money than time now, so that was the right decision.

[cheney]

I have about 4 years experience with dual Intel cpu machines. If you need some specific help email. I will answer what I can, or I can point you to technicians that will help online for things I cannot help you with.

Email at [email protected] quickly. I will find out in the next few days if I am going to Kuwait for the next year. If I am going I will stopping checking everything on the internet.
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[cheney]

[Impaler]

This is a pretty menial thread, so I don't mind hijacking it.

Good luck in Kuwait, cheney. You've gone from zero to hero with your hardware advice and.. pervasive.. attitude with regard to Photoshop technique.
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[B0b]

its good that ur happy with the system, theres nothing worse than buying something only to find out it doesn't work as advertised..

i build my own rigs - and i used to have games and work on the same system, had a dual boot 2K/98 - but that soon all changed when i got my dual last year - i now have a games system and a workstation (i keep very clean of stuff that is non-essential)

i recently put a couple of 7200RPM Drives in a RAID 0 config and love the speed..

i'm planning on building another dual rig begining of next year, am being pulled towards the Athlon MP2600's (or 64bit if they bring out a decent enough CPU for a good price) for sheer bang for buck, xeons are a little out of my price range atm, who knows that could change next year. also looking @ SATA 150..

[Tomasis]

Coming WD Raptor 73gb will be sweet hdd for me.. now my hdd seagate barracuda affects much my system (2,2ghzx230fsb NForce2). it feels too slow even I run 230fsb at cas2

[Citizen Cow]