Computer for Photo Editing

[Green Mountain Girl]

Hi Everyone! I have been using my new computer for about a month now, and am happy with it. It was a bit of a project to download all my programs and transfer my pictures and documents. Plus I re-entered my internet bookmarks!

Perhaps there was an easier way to do this, but at least I got it done...

I have an old laptop (15 years old) - a Dell Latitude - which still works fine. I installed Windows 7 which I purchased for the laptop that broke down, after saving whatever I wanted off the drive. Because I had Windows XP, it wiped the hard drive pretty much, so I am starting with a "clean slate". Then I downloaded LR4 and PSE 11. Don't really need or want much more, especially since there isn't a lot of memory. This will be my "traveling" computer as long as it lasts. With a small external HDD, I can look at and save my photos when away, then download them to my new/main computer when I get home.

So far I am very happy with the speed and arrangement of the internal SDD and HDD, and the external WD Passport.

Thanks again for all your help.

Susan

[Cantab]

Congratulations on having a new operational computer and having got all the ancillary things done successfully!

[Green Mountain Girl]

Congratulations on having a new operational computer and having got all the ancillary things done successfully!

Thank you Bruce! I did screw up a few things, and had to go back and fix them, but all is in good order. It was a time-consuming process, though. Not interested in doing it again any time soon...

Susan

[Steelman In Texas]

Most of this post advice is sound although not all agree exactly. With some experience building my own PC's I have found that the gamers' PC choices to be very good for Adobe CS5 etc. I have found buying a gamers last build effective and cheaper as some here change 3-4 times per year. I do not want to change my work PC that often for sure it is hard enough dealing with thousands of pics without learning and practising on new tools that often. Buying from established shops selling consignments with a service warranty for a reasonable time period you can get almost new machines and even screens ( I have seen multiple 27", 32" even 36" setups that seem to me for playing kids games) for bargain prices. Most I have seen here go overboard on cooling and RAM but they both help long term. They buy their parts from- Fry's, NewEgg or Tiger Direct online ( Fry's does have retail buildings.) These gamers I am used to dealing with are not kids they are 30 and up and buy their own and take care of what they have. I do not buy Dell and I live in Austin the home of Mr and Mrs Dell but after too many warranty issues and non-standard parts I just use other brands. Now with the buy-back or buy-out issues with the Dell, Inc stock deal, also not sure about future. Also see if you can find a shoop that knows how to color calibrate any monitor you purchase, some are more adjustable than others. There are multiple articles about this subject in here and other sites. I deal with backing up on external drives and do not see the need in my shop for huge HDDs in the machine. USB 3 will help. None of the laptops I have had Dells and ASUS and H-P etc have never done a good job of rendering my photos while I can predict what my PC's output will print. Even the teen's gaming laptop does not render well enough because his game can be close but the Bride or Quinceanera family do not want close they want spot on.