On 04/11/98 at 10:13 PM, Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >The Gimp is sucking memory like a vampire bat. You can easily use 100 MB >when processing a screen size image (well, 100MB and more. You can easily >suck all available memory).
A memory hog; is it from M$ ;) >Gimp is plain cool ;) Try it. That he will. >> How much of a hinderance is a 14" monitor?? >Is this a joke? Do you want to kill his eyes? A 14" is not only way to >small, it even has (presumably) a low refresh rate, makes the screen >flickering and will make his eyes tear. For real graphic processing, a >17" or 21" is recommended (with video modes running at min. 85 Hz >vertical). But a 15" is a *must*. No joke, I have 2 spare 14" monitors. As I said I know nothing about graphics. I guess the monitor will have to come before the extra RAM. Thanks for the pointers. I really want him to enjoy working on the computer. I _really_ want him to complain when he starts at school with Win95 George ---------------------------------------------------- Eschew obfuscation ----------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]