Hi all,

Thanks for all your help on the old computers question. I am going to ask
my friend what he wants to do.

Sean

At 11:27 AM 12/29/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 10:51:38PM -0700, Keelan Lightfoot wrote:
>>> My brother is in the desktop publishing business, and *trust me*, a faster
>>> computer IS needed :)
>>
>>He's probably keeping up with the latest slow software then.
>
>If he doesn't keep up with 'the latest slow software' then he will have
>problems with files that clients are sending to him. This is really only a
>problem with Xpress...
>
>The software isn't slow. When you start working with a full page 11x17 600
>DPI image in photoshop, the extra processor clout sure comes in handy.
>
>>Coders who are given fast computers generate slow code.
>
>I disagree. I do all my programming work on a fast computer, then every so
>often, compile and send the file over to a slower computer (this 100 MHz
>thing, for example, or a 16 MHz SE/30) and test the software to see how I
>could speed it up.
>
>- Keelan Lightfoot
>
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