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Recomend Me A New PC!

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
June 22, 2010
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Hi

Thanks for reading! i really appreciate your help! I am not just asking so you'll do the work for me... I figure you guys (and gals) are the experts and might have a brilliant idea or two on this subject. (and you could really help me avoid some SERIOUS mistakes when i go to purchase)

My name is Jonathan and i'm about to enter my 3rd year of a Bachelors of Applied Illustration at Sheridan College next fall.I'll be using CS5 to the max making 3D, Video, Photoshop and illustrator images.

My trusty old computer (betsy-loo) is far too outdated to run CS5....

So i was hoping i could find some advice as to what to upgrade to. Things to keep in mind:

I'm on a budget: about 1000$USD is probably max (not including monitor or any other peripherals)... My parents are kind, but they're not made of money.

It needs to be optimised to run Master Collection

It needs to be upgradable in the future. (i think this means it will have to be a standard case size)

Hopefully it will be the last computer i need to buy for a while (Betsy-lou lasted almost a decade before becoming obsolete thanks mostly to luck)

i personally prefer pcs but my classmates may want mac... So mac or pc!

Anyways... Thanks a bunch and i really hope i'll be able to pass your workstation recomendations to other classmates. The whole school is getting CS5 and i bet many kids are going to need an upgrade! So you may be helping more than one person here!

Jonathan barker

www.jonnydraws.blogspot.com

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i have no prob with stuff like that in a sig, in general. it's just a little more suspicious when it's a very low post count person. no offense...

J

Jochem van Dieten

Inspiring

If you have any questions on the policies with regards to links in signatures, please post them in a new thread with a proper subject.

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Anonymous

not to be a pessimist, but the blog link in the original post could be seen as self promotion/spam...

good luck on getting a new system. yay fun!

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Anonymous

I debated putting my blog in ... for the reasons you said... But i thought it hit home that i'm an illustrator.

the_wine_snob

Inspiring

Welcome to the forum.

As John has pointed out, this is the wrong forum.

Considering your listed criteria, I would say that the 3D and the Video will be the most taxing uses. With that in mind, I would recommend that you go to the Adobe Premiere Hardware Forum. First, read all articles by Harm Millaard. He is the hardware guru in that group, and has published a dozen, or so articles on computers for Video editing. Then, when you've gotten some ideas, post there, for some tweaking on the computer of choice.

Good luck,

Hunt

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Anonymous

Hey! Thanks alot...

I feel sorry for posting in the wrong fourm! Thanks so much for the helpful link!

Later!

the_wine_snob

Inspiring

I feel sorry for posting in the wrong fourm! Thanks so much for the helpful link!

It happens quite a bit. Not sure of all the reasons, but most here are quick to try and point a poster to the correct forum.

Here is a starter THREAD by Harm. That would be a good place to start. Remember, he's talking mostly about Video editing, but that will cover Photoshop pretty well. You will have a few additional considerations with the 3D, but considering things like the MPE in PrPro CS5, that part might be handled pretty well too.

Good luck,

Hunt

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Anonymous

This is a place for comments on the forums.

Go to the forums for the products you will be using by selecting on the following page from the choices available

http://forums.adobe.com/

PS: There is no difference in performance between PC and Mac. Stay with the system you know.

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