computer for new mega-pixel images ?

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:13:39 -0500, Scott Schuckert wrote:

He He. A friend of mine fairly frequently calls and says her computer
is running slow or doing weird things. It usually turns out she's been
running continuously for days, weeks, or even months. (She doesn't like
to close her email program, as she usually has about a dozen unfinished
email replies open).

A simple reboot fixes her up 99% of the time. I wonder why she keeps
calling...?

Maybe an occasional self-reboot (vacation) would help clear her
mind and realize that computers also sometimes need to take a break?

stuseven wrote:

+ Thanks Ray, for your answer... and thanks as well to
Robert, Roy, Bucky, Ed, Ron, Scott, Prometheus, and Mike :-)
This question got a lot of good replies... but... this will surprise
a few of you maybe... after running a few mem checks, and
doing a reboot, I was getting very fast image loading... my
best guess at the problem would be loaded buffers or similar.
Some of the replies suggested background processes, and,
with a fresh boot, there were none, so that might have fixed it.

To me, the 1ghz was a major upgrade from my older system,
and, while I doubt there will be enough money around, I will
definitely look at adding RAM... maybe even a faster chip.

Thanks once again for all replies.

cut previous messages, for brevity

Hello, Stu:

Yes, indeed, RAM would be your wisest investment. Even with my two
primary systems' relatively puny, Pentium III processors (1050MHz and
600MHz, respectively), it takes nowhere near "10-20 seconds" to open
images, taken by my Kodak P850 (5 megapixel digicam).

That's what 1GB of memory will do for a PC, you see. ;-)

Good luck!


Cordially,
John Turco

You are right of course that at 1Ghz it can't be a core 2 duo (although I
think there is a mobile processor at around 1.6Ghz). I assumed core 2 duo
as he said it was brand new - I helped my daughter buy a new laptop about
four months ago in Canberra Australia and nearly all PC machines were core 2
duo's!.

Unfortunately the original poster did not give any useful details of his
system or even the program he is using to open his 2Mb presumably jpeg
images.

regards
Malcolm Smith
"C J Campbell" wrote in message
e.com...
On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:21:31 -0800, Malcolm Smith wrote
(in article ):

I presume the computer is one of the new 64bit machines (Core 2 duo?)

Not at only 1 Ghz. The Core 2 Duo machines start at more than twice that.

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In article , Malcolm Smith
writes
You are right of course that at 1Ghz it can't be a core 2 duo (although I
think there is a mobile processor at around 1.6Ghz). I assumed core 2 duo
as he said it was brand new

He said "not top of the line, or brand new".

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