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gnubler
Active Member
Where are you all getting your computer gear from? Direct from manufacturer, like Stacey mentioned? Saw Signburst mentioned in another thread. My last couple of laptops came from New Egg.
I'm not high-tech and need a system that's ready to go. No computer stores in my area, so I'll be ordering online.
I'm not high-tech and need a system that's ready to go. No computer stores in my area, so I'll be ordering online.
Solventinkjet
DIY Printer Fixing Guide
Yup
victor bogdanov
Active Member
I have a microcenter nearby, they are hard to beat if you live by one. other than that newegg, B and H and amazon
Goatshaver
Shaving goats and eating bushes
Most likely yes, some models have soldered on ram and a free slot some are all use replaceable. You can check the support online for it and it might show you exactly how and where to do it on your laptop.
I've got a Lenovo P50, which I'm upgrading so I've been looking around and there are some good deals.
victor bogdanov
Active Member
That price will get you a decent computer.
Amazons lenient return policy makes for lots of returned items including computers. Can't sell the returns as new so they get passed off as refurbished, after checking hopefully
Notarealsignguy
Arial - it's almost helvetica
Refurbs are returns, why they were returned is anyone's guess. I'd stick with new
Texas_Signmaker
Very Active Signmaker
I like Dell XPS. I got one off Amazon for $2200 because it was a return and normally sold for $2900. I've had it for almost a year and no problems, and I couldn't tell it was ever used.
jochwat
Graphics Department
Dell XPS desktop here, for my last three machines. If I didn't have good experiences with the brand and model, I guess I wouldn't be on my third iteration. Not running a RIP with it, as it's my home biz machine, but running everything else. I forget the specs but I beefed it up when configuring the order (beefed up but not maxed out). XPS 8950, most current i7 processor (as of a year or so ago), 64GB RAM, NVidia RTS 3080 video, 1TB SSD drive (plus a couple other internal drives). Was over $2K when it was all said and done, but it's great. Adobe IL and PS launch so fast, and power-hungry features like playing with IL 3D effects are damn-near instantaneous. Cold boots are equally amazingly fast. As close to the speed of "booting up" my old C64 as a Windows machine has ever gotten. Seconds instead of minutes. So I'd still recommend Dell, for whoever's looking.
myront
Dammit, make it faster!!
at what physical size are you working in? And dpi? I'd never design solely in photoshop for anything. Design in a vector program and use photoshop elements but never just photoshop and for murals I wouldn't work at more than 150dpi. I've done 100's of vehicle wraps and wall murals using corel & photopaint at full scale & with various hi-res raster images and file size isn't usually over 300MB. Drives me nuts when I receive 1.5GB files from a 3rd party just to find out it's a simple layout but because it was designed all in photoshop at full scale and 300dpi.
victor bogdanov
Active Member
120" H x 300"+ W at 150dpi is a common size I work with, the files themselves are usually under 3GB but when working on the files with dozens of layers, objects etc and resizing, the ram usage goes up significantly and then drops downs after the operation is performed. Biggest one I've worked on was about 120" x 1200" wide
myront
Dammit, make it faster!!
Corel RV wrap file, 732"" x 1,332" with loads of "doodle" raster elements. None of the working elements are over 60dpi. The final prints and or plots were sent at 150dpi. File size = 300MB
victor bogdanov
Active Member
Mine are 100% raster, based on watercolor scans. You can see the paper texture etc. Anything less that 150dpi I can see a difference in the print quality of the fine details. Im sure I could optimize the files to save size but why when the computer can handle it
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