As my scanner capabilities grow sodo the sixe of the files I am creating and hence the the need for more and more computing power. I am now regularly scanning 4x5 and 5x7 chromes @ 2400 - 3200 ppi resulting in files from 500 Mb to 1 Gb. My current Dual Processor 867 Mhz G4 with 1.75 Gb of RAM is gasping. Opening a file can take 4-6 minutes and most Photoshopoerpations take as long or nearly as long, this even with dedicting 75% of available memory to Photoshop and plenty of storage space for scratch disks. So the question.
Working with such large files requires a new configuration but what is the best expenditure? I am leaning toward a G5 dual processor 2 Ghz machine (to which I will add 2 Gb RAM immediately to the installed 512) because of the RAM capabilities and configuration available, OTOH srue is a lot of $$. Anybody else been in this fix recently and solved it and wht sort of speed increases do you see when working with your large image files on the new machine?
Thanks ....
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