Portable High End PC System

[Rod Speed]

Probably by auto (not a camper).

Still a significant problem with those big CRT monitors,
they are pretty big, particularly when in the proper box.

Yes, what about the monitor?

Yeah, thats a real problem. You can obviously have one at
each place you plan to use the PC but thats not that cheap.

Photoshop really demans the use of a high end CRT.

Yeah, forgot about that.

Can you point me in the right direction to find a really
top end laptop (perhaps with a port replicator/docking
staion tha will accomodate a high end graphics card?

I wouldnt bother with a laptop if you need a high end graphics card.

I'd go the decent case in a proper aluminum shipping box route myself.

Same here!!!

Thanks for your reply.

No problem, I'd go the shipping case and separate
monitor at each location route myself if that is affordable.

 

[Bob Fry]

RS> Thats a significant portability problem unless you can afford
RS> to have one of those monitors at each place you plan to use
RS> it.

Uh, are you staying in each son's house? Or in your RV? Or will you
be flying to each locale and renting for a few months? Kinda makes a
difference in the suggested solution.

 

[John Weiss]

OK, I apologise. But my understanding of Photoshop is that I would
need a fast, powerful system to do the work I do justice. Also, it is
not advisable to use an LCD screen with Photoshop. A CRT is a must and
it has to be high end so it can be calibrated for color balance (with a
colorimeter or 'spyder.'

What work do you do in Photoshop?

In my experience, you can do any color calibrations you need on the specific
monitor you use, whether CRT or LCD. With all your traveling, you'd
probably need to calibrate for each specific printer as well.

An HD caddy won't necessarily work as a 'universal boot drive' with Windows,
because of specific MoBo chipset driver issues. Also, someone else's
computer won't likely accept your choice of internal HD caddies.

A high-end Core2Duo laptop should serve you just fine. If you need to do
fine calibrations after that, you'll have to find another Photoshop
installation and transfer the working files via thumb drive or USB HD.

 

[John Weiss]

What about the lack of depth of color on an LCD screen (using
Photoshop)?

What about it? What is your specific issue?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

..
I didn't need a wise crack.

Yeah, you definitely did.

 

[Rod Speed]

Uh, are you staying in each son's house?
Yes.

Or in your RV?

He doesnt have an RV, that he plans to use to stay with the sons anyway.

Or will you be flying to each locale

He said he likely will be driving.

and renting for a few months?

He didnt say on that.

Kinda makes a difference in the suggested solution.

Not really. He could leave the monitor with each of
the sons even if he does plan to rent at each location.

 

[Ed Medlin]

Thanks for the feedback and config. Are there any laptops that will

hold 4GB RAM? I understand that Vista is a memory hog.

You might try Alienware. Their can build what is basically a laptop that is
a desktop replacement system. They are not cheap, but should do everything
you might need to do. They can offer the best possible graphics, memory and
processor speeds available for that application. They also have a very good
reputation for what they do.


Ed

 

[Leythos]

You might try Alienware.

And you get a big price for what you can find in non-Alienware systems
for much less.

 

[JAD]

there is also a 'small foorprint' PC made by cybernet


http://www.cybernetman.com/

 

[Fruit2O]

You might try Alienware. Their can build what is basically a laptop that is
a desktop replacement system. They are not cheap, but should do everything
you might need to do. They can offer the best possible graphics, memory and
processor speeds available for that application. They also have a very good
reputation for what they do.


Ed

Thanks - I'll look into that.

 

[bob]

OK, it's been decided more-or-less that you'll get a high-end laptop
running XP. What did you decide with the monitor? Maybe you could
have your monitor shipped each time you move, though that will probably
un-align
things.

You should consider going with 64 bit hardware and trying Windows x64.
Normally I don't recommend it, but in your case since Photoshop is so
important, you might notice the difference (as opposed to using 32 bit
hardware and XP). See
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/bowman_05nov07.mspx for
an account of an amateur photog who made a dual-boot laptop;
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=332271; and
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...970-96e7-7751d31583ce/x64_Benchmarks_ver4.pdf

 

[Fruit2O]

OK, it's been decided more-or-less that you'll get a high-end laptop
running XP. What did you decide with the monitor? Maybe you could
have your monitor shipped each time you move, though that will probably
un-align
things.

You should consider going with 64 bit hardware and trying Windows x64.
Normally I don't recommend it, but in your case since Photoshop is so
important, you might notice the difference (as opposed to using 32 bit
hardware and XP). See
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/64bit/bowman_05nov07.mspx for
an account of an amateur photog who made a dual-boot laptop;
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=332271; and
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...970-96e7-7751d31583ce/x64_Benchmarks_ver4.pdf

Going to hospital in the morning. Will try to go to the above URL's
when I return. Could you explain what you mean by 64bit hardware? I
really don't know what it does and don't know what it would do to my
many, many pieces of software. Thanks.