IrfanView is ok. Picasa actually does a pretty good job processing raw files. That's what I go to when I need the fastest, passable-quality "workflow" (god I hate that term).
I occasionally adjourn to Photoshop but that literally is it for paid software - everything else, incl. all .pdf functions can be performed by freeware. Google sucks for a lot of things, anything involving "free" is one of them - I've chosen freeware based on community suggestion and feedback in my local geek forums (whirlpool.net.au ; overclockers.com.au). If you have tested your drives and they're a-ok, then defrag every so often and keep non-buggy versions of crucial drivers like .net, java, gpu etc Windows is ROCK solid, and there's a lot of decent freeware out there. I'm not going to try to delve into the mindset of Mac users and their justifications, but their insinuations re Windows reliability are pretty much unfounded with XP. (possible red rag to a few bulls here...) If you put as little thought into a Mac OS or a Linux OS as you have to do with Windows to bug out XP (ceteris paribus wrt hardware), then you would have a very unstable Mac and Linux machine too. On Apr 5, 2005 1:06 AM, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/4/05, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: > > <http://news.com.com/Mac+OS+X+in+hackers+crosshairs%2C+report+says/2100- > 7349_3-5630481.html> > > Oh flippin eck, I'm going to have to move off the Mac soon and find some > other niche system that's still ambling happily along..... > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > >
