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| 704048 | 2008-09-10 02:36:00 | What do you guys think about this (h10025.www1.hp.com) as a graphic design PC - it'll be used for Photoshop/InDesign, a little bit of video encoding, and a lot of everyday office multi-tasking (the person using it will push it quite hard). It kinda has to be an HP/Compaq (corporate IT policy etc) Any area's it's deficient in? TIA :thumbs: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 704049 | 2008-09-10 02:41:00 | That's about as good as you're gonna get eh! :) Should do the job fine, maybe get rid of the HP bloatware first though and it will run much better. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 704050 | 2008-09-10 02:42:00 | Looks fine for what you describe. If you do get one I would ditch the entire HP installation of Windows though, will be full of bloatware. |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 704051 | 2008-09-10 03:17:00 | This (www.google.com.au on_hp_blackbird.html&ei=kjTHSL6ZCoeWeb-YwL0B&usg=AFQjCNHDoRZzqJl4E7FW9EtYUmFrlt2n6Q&sig2=m77DxqEse34yrFT3kQlg9Q) is about as good as you'll get, but I'd say you're on the money right there. You can get most of those mass produced comps in non-bloatware versions now a days. At first they had the cheek to make you pay extra for it. Now it's just a hidden optional extra. Think of it though, you pay money to not have software... logic? |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 704052 | 2008-09-10 04:50:00 | Mmmm that's a sweet-looking machine!! :drool |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 704053 | 2008-09-10 04:54:00 | That's about as good as you're gonna get eh! :) This ( . google . com . au/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww . nvidia . com%2Fobject%2Fpromoti" target="_blank">www . google . com . au on_hp_blackbird . html&ei=kjTHSL6ZCoeWeb-YwL0B&usg=AFQjCNHDoRZzqJl4E7FW9EtYUmFrlt2n6Q&sig2=m77DxqEse34yrFT3kQlg9Q) is about as good as you'll get I take that back . :drool |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 704054 | 2008-09-10 04:57:00 | I take that back. :drool Check out that price though - can't see our Financial Controller signing that off!!!! :D |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 704055 | 2008-09-10 05:03:00 | Check out that price though - can't see our Financial Controller signing that off!!!! :D That's certainly the only issue... :lol: |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 704056 | 2008-09-10 05:14:00 | What monitor will be used with it? If it is for graphic design, what kind of graphic design? Print/web/3d animation etc etc? If it is for anything professional (which requires accurate colours/creating work for clients to look at), you could get a mid to high end screen which can display 16.7m colours at least. Almost all cheaper panels can only display about 252k (they approximate 16.7 through dithering) For a mid range one, I'd recommend an HP lp2475w (~$988-$1200+). It is a wide gamut screen, so it is useful for accurate colours during printing. I'm about to get one of these, it is priced similar to the Dell 2408wfp, but is a superior product. For a high end 24", you can't go wrong with the HP lp2480zx (~$3500). It has 10 bit colour (for over 1b colours), but is aimed at 3d animators (it was developed for dreamworks animation). For both of these, you'll need a colorimeter to calibrate it too. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 704057 | 2008-09-10 06:39:00 | Well....4gb with 32 bit o/s, anything photoshop, would be good to have a scratch drive of RAM, so 8gb, 64bit Vista, make a RAM drive. video cards abit low spec isnt it? | SolMiester (139) | ||
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