JimmyO
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I think its new computer time. Here i am trying to get into digital photography with 3 computers in which i cant use (practically)
1. School Tablet (Hp Tc4400) As a computer i love this. Its rocket fast, it holds all my pics and i can edit using gimp. The problem is i cant download anything! I really want to get photomatix, lightroom and CS3.... It also doesnt have a disc drive so i cant backup or burn CDs or run programs.:x
2. Home comp. (8 year old dell) This thing runs rediculously slow. Accessing pics from a card reader takes roughly 10 minutes. I couldnt trust it with out family pics so i have all them backed up on external HD:x
3. Dads comp (old compaq laptop) He bought this to use with work but didnt use it enough and it was realy treated nicely. The track pad doesnt work and all the USB ports are extremely unreliable (ive never succesfully synced an ipod on it):x
My plan was to buy a macbook at the end of the summer with money from summer job/photography jobs, but this is starting to look like it isnt an option. I really need a computor right now just for my pictures. Im looking to buy a really cheap laptop ($500) just to hold them and edit them, it doesnt even need internet.
Ughhhhh, i wish liked film more and had a dark room :x
1. School Tablet (Hp Tc4400) As a computer i love this. Its rocket fast, it holds all my pics and i can edit using gimp. The problem is i cant download anything! I really want to get photomatix, lightroom and CS3.... It also doesnt have a disc drive so i cant backup or burn CDs or run programs.:x
2. Home comp. (8 year old dell) This thing runs rediculously slow. Accessing pics from a card reader takes roughly 10 minutes. I couldnt trust it with out family pics so i have all them backed up on external HD:x
3. Dads comp (old compaq laptop) He bought this to use with work but didnt use it enough and it was realy treated nicely. The track pad doesnt work and all the USB ports are extremely unreliable (ive never succesfully synced an ipod on it):x
My plan was to buy a macbook at the end of the summer with money from summer job/photography jobs, but this is starting to look like it isnt an option. I really need a computor right now just for my pictures. Im looking to buy a really cheap laptop ($500) just to hold them and edit them, it doesnt even need internet.
Ughhhhh, i wish liked film more and had a dark room :x