Monthly Archives: October 2009

Windows 7 Graphic PC: Weekend Benchmarks

Well we spent most of the weekend trying to figure out our benchmarks results - would Windows 7 be able to beat Windows XP in raw speed and performance? Here is that tale of the table:

Speed Comparison: Windows 7 versus Windows XP

Test
Windows 7
Windows XP

Copy 800MB file from USB
29sec
27sec

Copy 800MB file to USB
59sec
52sec

Copy 800MB file [...]

New Windows 7 PC for Graphics: Day 3 Review

I am still looking  for an  inexpensive fast, easy to learn photo editor. Don’t get me wrong - Adobe has the top 3 bitmap photo editors in Lightroom, Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CS4.
But all of these Adobe photo editors have 4 consistent problems with the biggest 2 being price and a huge learning curve. So [...]

New Windows 7 PC for Graphics:The Experience Day 2

What becomes immediately evident working with a Gateway NV74 with a 17.3″ screen in Windows 7 is that its is lovely to have so much extra room -  now there is plenty for PS panels:

The response time seems reasonable but I shall have detailed comparisons by days end hopefully. One complaint on the keyboard [...]

New Windows 7 PC for Graphics:The Experience

Well a graphics-oriented  client currently running Windows XP wants to try to make the transition to Windows 7 from XP - so I have been commissioned to test out a Gateway NV74 17.3″ 4GB RAM,  500GB hard disk@5400RPM  [Passmark rating of 1.243]. The OS is Windows 7 Home Premium. I  think this PC Model [...]

3 Top End Video Cameras

As a follow up to one of my most popular postings on 3 digital video cameras - I have a new one. And it being influenced by the New Video Reality - the video camera field is getting awfully crowded as all the major SLR makers are putting out 1080P HD video using full-frame [...]

Seeking a Lightweight Photo Editor

A few clients have been asking me a for a fast, inexpensive photo editor. But after recommending Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, I quickly learn that what they really want is a fast-starting, inexpensive, easy-to learn/easy-to-remember-how-to-use photo editor. Unfortunately the Adobe products miss on these traits and so I have been on the look-out for what [...]

Wix Editor/Web Creator

The People at Wix helped me create this in about 5-6 minutes:

Free website - Wix.com

Here is a detailed shot of the online editor being to create the widget/page:

If you are a Web or Graphic Designer, I suspect you will want to take a look at this…its free.