Instead of photographing for the past few weeks, I’ve been doing a lot of staring at digital files. I’ve upgraded to a new computer with Windows 7 and upgraded my second monitor to now equal my primary monitor, so I’ve got two 30 inch monitors side by side. There is a little bit of learning, tweaking and a lot of file transferring going on. Not to mention that the first monitor arrived with smashed glass, the replacement has a bad pixel line, so I’m now waiting for the 3rd one. If you are one who cares about the computer details, here is the machine specs:
Dell Studio XPS 8000
Studio XPS 8000, Intel Core i7-860 processor (8MB Cache, 2.80GHz)
8GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz-4x2GB
nVidia GeForce GTS240 1024MB GDDR3
500GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive 7200 RPM
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English
16X DVD+/-RW
Two, 2 TB hard drives
The next hurdle, once I get all the programs operating is to deal with color profiling on the monitors. And no, I really don’t edit or grade files in a dark room, but the photo looks better.