[X4U] (POT) Graphic Artist Question

[nk]

I know the impulse is to go for Max firepower, but the fact is that  
2D illustration can be done with far less than a Dual core Xeon with  
8 gigs of RAM...THAT kind of a rig is intended for 3D animation,  
video, multimedia.

Lots of places bang out the pages with less powerful hardware and do  
just fine.

prbly an Intel iMac would do it, or a more modest mac pro. 2 gigs of  
RAM would be more than plenty. Unless you're having them do lots of  
heavy duty high end retouching, this kind of rig will do fine.

adobe's creative suite is standard now. lots of places still use  
quark, but if you're firing up a department, might as well go with  
the inevitable standard now.



nk



On Aug 3, 2007, at 4:23 PM, Russell McGaha wrote:

> Yeah;
> 	I probably should have given just a LITTLE more info; I had  
> intended to but forgot.  I'm looking for both Hardware and Software  
> recommendations.  They will be doing [at first anyway] a printed  
> catalog redo that's a couple of hundred pages currently, and with  
> the new pictures of the products, will likely be MUCH more when  
> they finish.

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