On Sep 10, 2012, at 10:03 PM, Walt wrote: > Sorry to disappoint, Joe. I just got the most I could for under $400 and > didn't have a lot of freedom beyond that amount.
If you were geeky enough, you could always turn it into a hackintosh. > > -- Walt > > On 9/9/2012 11:49 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: >> Sorry about the missed trip Walt. Even more sorry you did not take the >> opportunity to switch over to the the bright side. >> >> On Sep 9, 2012, at 19:53 , Walt Gilbert wrote: >> >>> So, as it turns out, my trip to South Dakota has been canceled due to >>> unexpected family events relating to my niece and her daughter that will >>> prevent us from traveling. Consequently, all the money I'd saved up has >>> been freed to put toward another use. Having weighed my priorities with >>> regard to my future in photography, it occurred to me that my greatest need >>> at the moment was to get something approaching a modern computer. >>> >>> So, I went out and plunked down some cash for an Acer Aspire: >>> >>> AMD dual-core E-450 >>> 17.3" HD+ LED LCD display >>> AMD Radeon HD 6320 >>> 4 GB DDR3 >>> 500 GB HDD >>> DVD-Super Multi DL >>> >>> It's Windows 7, of course -- which experience has taught me to hate >>> compared to XP, but waddaygonnado. But, I figure I'm going to need it soon, >>> as my desktop is /extremely/ old and starting to have all the tell-tale >>> issues of a computer on its last legs. >>> >>> I thought about buying a new lens, but decided it would be pretty useless >>> to me if I didn't have an operable computer to work on my images with. So, >>> yeah -- I'm going to have to put off the trip to the Black Hills until >>> spring, but at least I'll have something reliable to work with in the >>> interim. It is usually best to improve the weakest link in the system, and it sounds like that was your computer. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
