Re: FN-FORUM: Computer Spec for Grahpic Designer

date posted 9th August 2005 10:52

Thanks, the reason I am asking this question is because the machine
currently being used by a graphic designer keeps crashing when a 30mb file
is being worked on in Illustrator, the spec should handle it 2.8ghz with
1gb ram.

Andrew


>
> I would just try to get the fastest machine you can with 1Gb Ram.
>
> Ideally also go for a dual monitor setup.
>
> I have an old 1800XP Athalon based machine with 1GB ram and regularly
> run with more than the equivalent of the CS suite running (Outlook,
> VS.Net 2003, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, ImageReady, FireFox, IE, MS Word)
> without problems although it is a little slow if continually flicking
> between applications.
>
> If colour is important, I would be inclined to steer clear of Plasma
> screens, in my experience with them on Laptops they aren't that good at
> rendering fine tints.
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