Re: OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-10 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
USB 2.0 is 40x faster than USB 1.1. Trying to use a USB 1.1 connection to your storage drive for the amount of data transfer required to do any real photography is hopeless. Update that system with faster IO interfaces and faster drives, or get a newer system. -- Godfrey

Re: OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-10 Thread P. J. Alling
You might look into a USB 2.0 complant expansion card, (and the proper drivers), that should speed up your processing. On second thought not just compliant, I have an HP printer with built in card slots that's 2.0 compliant, but transfers data at 1.1 speeds. You need one that's actually

OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-09 Thread David J Brooks
After processing 22 Nef files and saving as +- 2.5K jpeg files for printing, all i can say is,, if i;'m going to shoot Raw for the better part, I'm going to need a newer computer. The USB 1.1 external HD's running through LR and saving on C drive is painfully slow. Twenty two conversion took 1

Re: OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: OT Old computers and Raw files After processing 22 Nef files and saving as +- 2.5K jpeg files for printing, all i can say is,, if i;'m going to shoot Raw for the better part, I'm going to need a newer computer. The USB 1.1 external

Re: OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-09 Thread Carlos R
David J Brooks escribió: After processing 22 Nef files and saving as +- 2.5K jpeg files for printing, all i can say is,, if i;'m going to shoot Raw for the better part, I'm going to need a newer computer. The USB 1.1 external HD's running through LR and saving on C drive is painfully slow.

Re: OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-09 Thread mike wilson
David J Brooks wrote: After processing 22 Nef files and saving as +- 2.5K jpeg files for printing, all i can say is,, if i;'m going to shoot Raw for the better part, I'm going to need a newer computer. The USB 1.1 external HD's running through LR and saving on C drive is painfully slow. Twenty

Re: OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-09 Thread John Graves
David, It also could be memory. If you are running XP Pro, get as close to 3 gig as you can, depending on slots mostly. If you are running Vista or Win7 32bit, get as close to 8 gig as you can. If you are thinking of upgrading, check your programs for compatibility with win 64 bit of

Re: OT Old computers and Raw files

2009-11-09 Thread David J Brooks
Could be. I had 512 then added another 256 2 years ago. I have XP home, and will most likely put XP home on the HD again. That way my drivers should work. Dave On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:28 PM, John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net wrote: David, It also could be memory.  If you are running XP Pro,