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| Thread ID: 59509 | 2005-07-04 11:30:00 | Image manipulation software - recommendations? | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 369331 | 2005-07-05 06:49:00 | Nope, Inkjet Printers are like televisions shows, Utter rubbish no matter how good the blurb looks.I tend to agree (Although I've been fairly happy with my Lexmark Z42), though it is difficult to convince someone with hardly any cash that it would be better to buy a $1000+ colour laser than a $200 colour inkjet - even if the consumables are expensive. I think I am going to have to talk to my friend again and make sure she really understands the price/quality trade-off. |
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| 369332 | 2005-07-05 10:41:00 | That will probably rule it out. My friend occasionally has some problems concentrating and absorbing new stuff after being in a serious car accident a few years ago, which is why ease-of-use is paramount. What will it be used for? Good question, as I am trying to assemble a collection of software before we have even bought the PC. (She currently has an 8-year old machine running Win95). I suspect it will be only get used for cropping pics, maybe removing red-eye, a bit of image quality improvement. Off-topic slightly, but the software I have assembled so far is: Open Office AVG anti-virus Spybot Ad-Aware Thunderbird Firefox GIMP/Irfan/Picasa or whatever... Adobe Reader 7 The OS will be WinXP Home. Given the circumstances above and the fact that I don't want to be a permanent help desk and that I don't know Linux, I think Linux is not an option. Hardware is not finally decided, but will not need to be v. high-spec (no gaming, heavy-duty graphics - basically word-processing + email + a bit of simple spreadsheet). I'm considering a Brother MFC210C multifunction printer. I think we can do this for approx. $1500, which is about max budget. Any opinions/ anything else I should be thinking about? From what you have listed i would perhaps suggest a mac, it would have every thing you have mentioned, as for going from windows 95 to xp that's probably going to be a big learning curve anyway. there are mac's in your budget to do what you want. |
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