jtree007

Like a few others, although I love the apple displays they have become over priced and out

dated. So if you are looking at the Apple displays... then take a look at Dells LCD's.. many

are the same or more advanced versions of the same panels or go the the true high end and

go with a 10bit Eizo or Lacie (not a big fan of NEC's high end LCDs).

 

I would not though make a decision until the end of the second week of August... New Apple

displays could be announced at Apple's WWDC (Aug 7-11). There has been a little bit of

speculation that they there will be new displays along with a new Tower to complete the intel

transition.

1.) Bluetooth is pretty much designed for Headsets, phones, PDA's and other mobile

devices like that to communicate with each other or Computers... not really designed for

computer to computer communication.

 

2.) Unless you are doing 3D work, playing games not many programs really push a video

card to its performance limits. So I would not worry about video cards unless you are

doing a lot of either. One side note is that Aperture does uses the video card for some of

its filters and such to help with processing all the data... so that is probably the future of

many programs. I would not though rush out to get something new until you have a real

need for a better car and a much better understanding of them. To get a better

understanding there is just one way to get it and that is reading a lot of articles and

reviews online.

 

 

3.) I would Second the recommendation to look for Firewire for an external hard drive but,

If you have a computer with an open PCI slot or eSATA port then I would get an enclosure

that supports eSATA. Be sure though that the enclosure has at-least another method of

connecting to computers if you want most computers to be able to access your

information as eSATA ports are not common yet. I can also second the recommendation

for getting the enclosure and hard drive individually.

 

I would also add that if you are going to get more then one external drive match the

enclosures and if you can the Drives, By matching the Enclosures you can swap power

supplies if one fails. Also by having a matching pair of enclosures and drives you can

more easily troubleshoot problems.

 

 

When looking for drives My favorites for speed and reliability in order are:

 

Seagate, then Western Digital, then Maxtor or fujitsu

I have an elan IIe that I have really enjoyed using. It is easy to learn on and if you are advanced or as you advance it has the features you are looking for (mostly)... It is a good value and I find its controls easier to find and use then the Nikon in the same price range... now when you get to the pro/prosumer bodies Nikon does much better IMHO, but I have stayed with canon and I really don't have any problems using any canon from armature to pro. I would deffinately look at getting the battery grip for the elan II as well... I have found it handy.

I would just get the General Admission ticket like others have suggested... It is not that bad of a t to track shoot, yea you can't see that much of the course from one place, but it is not bad at all compared to most road courses.... but it is just about impossible to get a press credentials for the race unless you already have them or have the right connections. Just expect to need lenses on long side.... but that you probably already knew. One trick might to be to see if you can get on the staff a team that is racing in one of the support races... if you can you might be able to get the pass you need to get close to the action. Might position yourself in a way to offer free services for that team for the race (Formula BMW or Ferrari Challenge teams are your best bet.. GP2 teams are probably not going to even talk to you)..... or whatever you can workout... just be careful if you want to sell the pics for something other then for editorial use.... the FIA and FOM can be brutal if they don't like you....

I would look at the HD As the problem. Do you know what the new HD is? and what the old one was? Even if the specs are similar there can be big differences in performance. Some drives are better at loading smaller to medium sized files and there are those that are better at working with larger files... this can make a big difference... Seek time is the biggest measurement that you can look to to let you know which dive will be faster at finding a file. I would also look in to fragmentation normally.. but you said it is a fresh install, so not a likely problem. I just don't see an advanced modern video card causing a major difference in performance in a 2D application that really does not look to the video card for processing power like Aperture does.

What about an EOS 3 ... it is basicly the camera between the EOS 1n and EOS 1V. I have one and love it.

In Vuescan, if I am batch scanning, I always tend to do all my ajustments and croping in Photoshop. I don't know how fast your system is or how much ram you have, but what I tend to do is that I start scanning and once the first batch as been scanned I start ajusting in photoshop while Vuescan is working in the background. I also always keep a copy of the orgional scan so I can go back to the original file and start from there any time I need to.

Scott.. I see your point based on Core Duo vs Conroe is very valid... I did not even think about it last night... but I still would not be that worried, I will admit I am a little biased b/c I now have a Intel Based iMac, But I still am not as worried as I would be when the transition to G4 to G5 took place. I really don't see Apple making a quick Transition to the Conroe Processors except in the desktops... For the iMac and the laptops I have a strong feeling that Apple is going to stick with the Core Duo for quite a while. I am going to have to disagree that you could call Core Duo a new architecture.... Other then small changed it is not really that different of a processor... very little changed.... intel has changed more before without changing the code name of the processor let alone the family name if it. The Differences between Dorthan (Centrino) to Yonah (core series) are there but nothing to cause growing problems or cause great changes to performance and at a increasing rate. The Biggest Difference that matters to us is the Process technology... moving from 90nm to 65nm. The addition of features that were only on desktop processors is also a nice addition. I think the biggest reason for the name change is so they could market it for desktops and people would still buy them. I don't think the average public is going to believe that a 2Ghz PIII (if it existed) is faster then a 2Ghz P4 or even still that a laptop processor can our run their desktop processor at a lower clock cycle. Intel's grand gimmick of the Net Burst architecture is about to burn them and the are getting away from it as fast as possible. Also yea The core series is a new generation... but it is not a new architecture like the change from Motorola 6800 series to the Power PC Series or Xenon vs Itanium. The Centrino to Core duo is like the change from Willamette to Northwood in the P4 Faimly.

It is good to see that they are not punishing their early adopters. I Picked up one of the new Intel based iMac's, so I have been waiting for the univeral version to come out so I could use it.

Scott I see your point and I would normally agree with you especially when if it was a completely new architecture or switching to a completely new processor family (G4 to G5 or P3 to P4). But the Core duo is a well established processor and the chipsets are too. The Core Duo is just the newest revisions of the Pentium M/Centrino Processors and Chipsets. Just a new name. Also the Pentium M is just a all based on the Pentium 3 Processor. I don't think there will the technical problems that is related to the hardware like you would have if it was all completely new designs or a major update to a mature architecture.

The lower price is unexpected and welcome news. I am happy the update it finally ready

Awesome immage, would have never though to use 35mm in a medium format camera