jon_s.1

When I was in art school, I had an acclaimed fellow student - a couple of years ahead of me - tell me "there's no such thing as beauty; it's just a cultural construct." Doesn't quite make sense, given that cultural constructs still have existence, but that was the general thrust of what we were taught about such things. Looked him up online last year and he's a successful artist now, fwiw.

<p>Hey, so if you change your user name does the change apply to only new forum posts, or does it replace the name on old posts as well? And if so, uploaded photos would have the photographer's name changed as well? Thanks. </p>

<p>So my old HP laptop has finally died, and I'm looking for a replacement. I have a desktop at home for editing, so the laptop would mostly be used for backing up photos to an external drive while away from home...but I occasionally do like to edit a shot or two with Photoshop (now using Creative Cloud) while on the road, and I tend to end up with pretty big Tiffs - like half a gig. Currently shooting with a 5d mark II, but may upgrade to a higher resolution camera (a7r?) in the near future.</p> <p>So, I could get a super cheap laptop with 4 gigs of ram for around $200, or go for 6-8 gigs for $400-500. Can't really spend more. Any input on how much ram I would need to do a little editing with Creative Cloud and this new laptop? My desktop currently only has 6 gigs, and it's been fine speed wise. I may be getting a new desktop soon as well...so money is kind of an issue. Thanks!</p>