On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 10:25:45AM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 18 Dec 2004 at 18:01, Luigi de Guzman wrote: > > > As with the hardware, so with the software: I use the GIMP and Linux > > because > > they're powerful and efficient for most of what I need to do, and--this is > > the > > best part--they're FREE. gratis. It enables me to run everything on a very > > modest, four year old computer. > > I don't know of any serious Linux apps for photo-imaging, unfortunately Gimp > isn't a consideration for anyone wishing to maximize their post production > work- > flow, consistency and quality. Not all applications for Windows cost, > NeatImage > provides a stand-alone application for free, all that is required is the > Windows operating environment.
... which can be running on fairly modest hardware, by today's standards. I'm still running my film scanner on a PII/400 under NT4.0 (although I came across a PCI SCSI card while looking for something else, so I'll probably move it over to the current machine, and retire the NT box).
