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Anonymous
I call upon /w/ for some advice/help. I would like to try my hand at making my own walls and do things like vectoring and whatnot. The only thing I'm not sure on is if my computer is up to the task. Its a 6-7 year old HP. I have upped the ram to a gig since I got it, but my processer is only 1.6Ghz and it has some shitty stock Nvidia video card. I am barely able to watch my anime on it and it makes me wonder if it can handle a graphics program without chugging so badly it becomes a big hassle.

Also which programs and tutorials would you recommend that I get stared with?
>> Anonymous
How much ram do you have? Less than 512? Add more. Less than 256? Add more NOW. :-)
>> Anonymous
run some version of *nix on it. *nix doesnt have the overhead that winblozes does...i watch animes perfectly well on this 1.3Ghz laptop
>> Takeru
>>141035
I tryed that a few days ago...took too much effort to attempt getting my wireless to work.
>> Takeru
BTW, I want to learn vectoring too...I've tryed Inkscape...but couldn't figure out anything. I have a 3yr old HP 2.4GHz Celeron 256MB RAM.
>> Anonymous
>>140955
OP here. I have 1 Gig of ram, as I already stated in my original post

>>141035
I have no idea what *nix is. Tried googling it and got nowhere. I use Media Player Classic to watch all my anime on, but my processer is usually at 90%+ usage while I watch.
>> fenrisswolf
Add ram:
seconded, ASAP. It makes the most difference when running any knid of graphics package.

As for *nix, it refers to any of the flavors of unix, linux, etc. available on the web.

BTW, my PC is an antique 850Mhz athlon, and while I have a fairly old photoshop version installed, and am by no means an expert, it seems to run well enough for my needs on 448Mb RAM. It's a little, (well, probably a lot,) frankensteined together out of old & ancient components.

As for the Anime watching thing, I've found playability on my machine depends a lot on the compression schemes used. (MKV's are practically unplayable due to high overhead, while most AVI's are fine, as long as I streamline my system by killing unnecesary background processes.)
>> PressureDrop !hRvWzxxQO.
Yo, OP, easy answer to your problem.

Use linux.

Otherwise, windows and Photoshop. I run photoshop alright on my 686mhgz 384mb laptop. It should run fine on yours, just get a torrent. Photoshop CS2 is the way to go.
>> Anonymous
About watching anime, try VLC (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) or MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html).
Dunno on windows, but on *nix based system, MPlayer is extremely fast.
>> Anonymous
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Proof about the speed of Mplayer :)
the file was [a4e]Ghost_in_the_Shell_Movie_II_Innocence_CD1[divx5.2.1].mkv
Smooth even in fight scenes on 400mhz.
>> shadow
>>141251
Holy crap, MAC makes their OS in other languages?!?!!? Here I thought the world was safe for the time being, but obviously I was wrong! Upsetting!
>> Anonymous
>>141263
Nope, only one version, that supports like... 50 different languages. And Mac OS is made by Apple (same peeps of those creepy iPods). Finally, it's just a fancy interface for BSD.
Also, post a screenshot with lower cpu doing the same things on windows (nothing less than xp, possibly vista), then we can talk about "world being safe".
>> shadow
>>141268
My point was that, Macs are the devil. Apple is so fruity.

Not to say Microsoft is any better, but seeing how mac has integrated windows into their own OS, I find it odd. Moral of the story, Macs upset me.
>> Anonymous
I'm nobody make you change your mind about what's good and bad, but Apple didn't integrate Windows in Mac OS. You need an Intel Mac, and BootCamp (http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/) that will make you a free partition for Xp sp2, and also a nice cd with drivers for some of the "weird hardware" like the wi fi card. And then at startup you pick the os you need at the moment. Or you can use a thing similar to VmWare to have a virtual machine, not needing to reboot into another os. :)
>> shadow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6irAfABLsT0
Nuf said, I do agree some of that is a little exagerated, but it will kill your inner child, thats not a lie.

Even if you like mac that's worth a watch.
>> Anonymous
>>141299
Oh, lol, that old funny one. It's true, but the dude was using the first version of Mac OS X, ant it was instable. Kinda like a Win Me.
Only thing that angers me, is that he kicks the good old iMac, and i really love those colorful things. Look around for "Get a Mac" spoof, those are fun, too. The one about networking is absolutely fun :D ( http://tv.truenuff.com/mac/networking.php )
>> Anonymous
>>141299
how thoughtful. are you so uncreative that you just link to videos when you need to make a snide comment? OH OH DID YOU THINK THAT UP YOURSELF? PERHAPS YOU MADE THE VIDEO!??!

go upgrade your drivers.
>> Anonymous
As others have said, a linux os needs less horsepower to run well. If you're stuck with winblows, the GIMP is a good program for raster (not vector) image work, requires fewer resources than similar programs. Inkscape is apparently a good prog for vector work, seems to be loved by some... if you can figure it out. Both are *nix ports and free. Avoid anything made by Adobe like the plague, their stuff lags even on fast computers.