Re: (off-topic) cheap graphics station
On 04/11/98 at 10:13 PM, Marcus Brinkmann
<Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> said:
>The Gimp is sucking memory like a vampire bat. You can easily use 100 MB
>when processing a screen size image (well, 100MB and more. You can easily
>suck all available memory).
A memory hog; is it from M$ ;)
>Gimp is plain cool ;) Try it.
That he will.
>> How much of a hinderance is a 14" monitor??
>Is this a joke? Do you want to kill his eyes? A 14" is not only way to
>small, it even has (presumably) a low refresh rate, makes the screen
>flickering and will make his eyes tear. For real graphic processing, a
>17" or 21" is recommended (with video modes running at min. 85 Hz
>vertical). But a 15" is a *must*.
No joke, I have 2 spare 14" monitors. As I said I know nothing about
graphics. I guess the monitor will have to come before the extra RAM.
Thanks for the pointers. I really want him to enjoy working on the
computer. I _really_ want him to complain when he starts at school with
Win95
George
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