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Yikes, 256 megs of ram is not good for an idiot who doesn't know the first thing about a computer.
To go idiot-proof, running XP, I would suggest at least 512 megs, maybe even 768 megs; at current prices you can't go wrong.
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On a side note.
Are both the HDD and CD on the same channel? or, are they both Masters on seperate channels?
Do you have an ATA 100/133 compliant cable? Are the drives set up for DMA access?
I'm assuming you're running XP, with NTFS?
How big is the VMEM (swapfile)?
How large is photoshop's cache file?
Is she using USB 2.0?
Is XP set to accellerate programs or background processes?
Some of these things can make HUGE differences in performance, as I have learned from experience...
-SF
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