Re: Processor for photo editting

-hh wrote:

> The Mac Pro tower.   The bang for the buck there is (as usual) the
> midline, which has the newer version of the dual quad-core 2.8GHz
> Xeons that are running the 1600MHz bus.   Base price is $2800 before
> any extra widgets, which had been around $1000 cheaper than the
> 'comparable' Dell configured to roughly the same amount of
> horsepower.
> 
> It represents gross overkill for many basic desktop tasks today (just
> like its Dell counterpart, etc), but it is not necessarily overkill
> for all applications or tasks, so it comes down to the question of
> "what do you need it for?" and how much iron you want to buy for
> dimini****ng returns.  Its just been refreshed within the last 90 days,
> so it represents a good value right now IMO.

Nonsense on overkill!  It's the perfect machine for e-mail and Usenet.




Rita