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For PhotoShop, your first priority is to get as much ram as you can get (4GB min). Yesterday, when running PhotoShop CS4 on my laptop (4GB), I got a message that it could not do a blend because I had insufficient ram. As you scale back your GPU (for budget's sake), just make sure it can run OpenGL. On the topic of disks: I like to put only my OS
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You still didn't say whether this rig was going to be running PhotoShop. If so at the very least, have a separate disk for OS/programs and storage. (You were going to get 3 HDs anyway for Raid 5 -- I'd use 1 for the OS and two in Raid 1 for storage.) But the most important thing is to get the most/fastest ram you can afford (PhotoShop CS4 can
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Whoops, I meant 2 drives in Raid 1 for HD3
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If you're setting this up for PhotoShop, you should rethink your HD configuration (3 HD in Raid 5): HD1 - Fastest drive for OS and programs ( 2 SSD in Raid 0) HD2 - Scratch disk HD3 - Storage, largest drive sets you can afford ( 2 in Raid 2 or 4 in Raid 10)
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While Dell & HP may be the largest (units or $$) (in the tradition of the super gaming machine), you might ask which vendors are providing really top-end workstations for video, photo, & design houses. I.e., who are the elite workstation vendors? I still like Xi or Colfax here. As for configurators, yes I expect Dell to tell me that they can
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Your article gives the impression that Lenovo is a major (significant) workstation player and the box you're reviewing is a good representation of the workstation offerings. At the very least, you might have put your review in a proper context by listing some other workstation builders as places your readers can do their own research. BTW: a good
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And just about any serious workstation provider will allow you to employ dual FX 4800 cards (or even two FX 5800), as well a two Xeon 5500 series cards, and require the appropriate memory configurations.
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Why didn't you include other workstations for your comparisons? Is this your deliberate choice or ignorance? Xi, Colfax, Polywell, Puget -- and Dell, HP. Please do a serious workstation review!