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Thank you all for the responses. I have an external drive but not quite sure how this would work? I only use it for storing pictures. Do I install the upgrade on the external hard drive?

 

My computer at work runs on VISTA and I hate it, so I won't be going anywhere near VISTA for my photography work on my home computer. Thanks for the warning.

 

I'll look into putting a bigger hard drive in my current computer.

 

Thanks,

Wilfredo

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Thank you all for the responses. I have an external drive but not quite sure how this would work? I only use it for storing pictures. Do I install the upgrade on the external hard drive?

 

My computer at work runs on VISTA and I hate it, so I won't be going anywhere near VISTA for my photography work on my home computer. Thanks for the warning.

 

I'll look into putting a bigger hard drive in my current computer.

 

Thanks,

Wilfredo

Benitez-Rivera Photography

 

The trouble with *replacing* the hard drive is that everything is installed there. You may be able to add a second drive inside the chassis, but an external works well for me.

 

In windoze, you can install software on any drive you wish. The only thing you need the c-drive for is to update the registry when the software is installed.

 

If you're thinking of an external drive, I regularly buy the refurb'd drives from LaCie. They have nice, big drives that work with both usb and the firewire interfx. I've bot 9 of their drives so far. Lately, I'm buying the 600gb ones.

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I don't know what kind of problems you have but I run Windowx XP x64 Prof on 4 totally different computer all work with different hardware and printers. All work to 100% fine. No problems at all.

 

Sorry, but a Mac Pro is a waste of money as long as you don't need a extrem workstation.

 

Don't buy a dell pc or similiar, build it yourself or get someone who knows what he is doing. <-- This will make your new PC way faster and cheaper.

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Bill,

 

I called DELL this morning and they told me I could transfer all the programs from the old hard drive to the new one which is 200 gbts. My current hard drive is only 60 gbts, so I went ahead and ordered the new one, along with the device to transfer the old stuff to the new drive. That should be able to handle my current demands. Wish me luck :)

 

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Wilfredo

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Bill,

 

I called DELL this morning and they told me I could transfer all the programs from the old hard drive to the new one which is 200 gbts. My current hard drive is only 60 gbts, so I went ahead and ordered the new one, along with the device to transfer the old stuff to the new drive. That should be able to handle my current demands. Wish me luck :)

 

Cheers,

Wilfredo

Benitez-Rivera Photography

 

Absolutely, lots of luck. No change is very soothing; I'm waiting for a catastrophy to make mine.

 

G'luck,

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What's all this negative talk about Vista? I've been running it for over a year on several machines and it's been very stable and overall excellent in my experience. Even in pre-RC1 form I installed it on my old notebook and it ran fine. The key with Vista is you need plenty of graphics and system memory and preferably a Core2 Duo processor - in short, you need a fast recent machine. If you meet those requirements Vista runs beautifully - no need to wait a year.

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Wilfredo,

 

There's a Computer Swap Meet by Edinger and Grand in Santa Ana every first weekend of the month.

 

All you need is an external HDD, External HDD Case USB 2.0

Get the biggest and the fastest you can afford.

 

Firewire 800 is fast, but you need to add an adapter inside your PC.

 

-Ron

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What's all this negative talk about Vista?

 

I'm running Vista 64 right now. Very stable and good graphics on a good quality LCD monitor.

I only switch to my Win XP drive to scan negatives cause Nikon is still working on the Vista 64 driver.

After scanning, I switch to Vista 64 and do my post processing.

 

BTW, Vista 64 works best if you have a dual core processor.

But otherwise regular Vista will be ok.

 

Though Vista will be a problem on people that are not very technical.

They have old hardware who's driver are not supported.

In that case, they don't have a plan B.

 

-Ron

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I have several PCs but bought a MacBook Pro for imaging only. I really like it and just switched from Photoshop for PC to Photoshop for Mac ($199 upgrade).

 

The PC is still better for financial applications. The MAC is just so much easier to use for photo etc. And easy to learn. There is not much learning curve.

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I've already gone ahead and ordered the hard drive upgrade. Perhaps I'll consider getting a Mac for the future. My current computer is now giving me a message that says "Can't Complete the Command "because the Scratch Disc is Full." So trying to do any post processing has become a real burden. I have to save constantly, close the file, and open it again to keep working. I've removed programs I don't need from the hard drive, but it still gives me a message that I need to free up more space even though it has 300 mgbts of free space.

 

Cheers,

Wilfredo

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CPU wise any Core2 Duo will do - the 6600B is probably the best value for money version.

If you stick to XP (make sure you don't have "only" the castrated Dell version, cause that won't run on anything but a Dell again) the max advisable RAM would be 4GB, which is in any case useful for large graphical files, although 2 GB will do nicely as well.

 

Dirk

 

Dirk, do Dell sell different versions of Windows XP Professional? I ask because I am considering getting a higher powered Dell machine to replace my five year old HP Pavilion which has reached the end of its realistic upgrade life. I, too, want XP software.

 

David

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Dear Wilfredo,

 

You Made The Right Dicision By Upgrading Your Hard Drive. My Previous Pc Was Dell.

I Like Working With Dell. However, I Completely Fell In Love With Mac For Last 3 Yrs.

 

If You Still Like To Continue To Use Dell, Let Me Give You A Suggestion.

 

Pcs Are Good When You Get Rid Of All The Junk Applications That Come With The Computer.

 

What I Do Is I Backup All My Archives(mainly Photos Of Course) To My External Hard Drive I Have (about 300gb), Then Format The Whole Cpu With Windows Xp Pro Disc I Had.

 

If You Do That Once, Your Computer Will Run So Much Smoother.

 

If You Get A Mac In The Future, Always Use External Hard Drive.

When The Cpu Hard Drive Is Less Than 50%, It Can Run Twice As Fast Than Having Your Cpu 80% Full~

 

Best Regards,

 

Tommy

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Dirk, do Dell sell different versions of Windows XP Professional? I ask because I am considering getting a higher powered Dell machine to replace my five year old HP Pavilion which has reached the end of its realistic upgrade life. I, too, want XP software.

David

 

David,

 

to my knowledge they don't - XP Pro should always be a "full" version instead of the very useless "recovery" version of XP home. Speaking of that, I just browsed the german variation of the Dell website and it appears to me, that they are "Vista only" now. Maybe you can still get XP, but they don't offer it openly (on first look).

 

Dirk

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Dirk, seems pretty open from the UK - don't know about the rest of Europe/States though...

 

Find a Notebook, Desktop, Server, Printer, Software, Service or Monitor at Dell.

 

Steve, looked good on the first glance, but when I clicked on the XP-variant, it only offered me the different Vista versions to chose from. That might be somewhat related to my location, but Dell is sometimes sneaky in what they do :)

 

[update] It does that on the most expensiv choice on the right - a different version gave me the XP pro choice as intended.

As long as they state it is a "genuine" version, I understand they mean the full version - one might want to confirm that via a written order confirmation.

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Windows XP X64 is ready know so why wait ? Once a while you always have to put on a new windows system if you want the full speed, so you could change to Windows Vista in a year or so then you decide it is time.

 

Does CS3 or Lightroom take advantage of the 64bit?

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