Thanks for reminding me. I seem to have forgotten that trick. I remember now that I in some point did do that but my memory failed me now...

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Tobio

Sorry, I was bit unclear. I meant that you can use add-ons with Firefox that can filter out flash and javascript content if you so choose.
Perhaps bit OT, but I also use Sandboxie that 'runs your programs in an isolated space, which prevents them from making permanent changes to other programs and data in your computer', so that your computer should be safe from malware etc. Now there's also support for 64 bit Windows.

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Tobio

I use both Firefox and Opera. Firefox I like better because one can use it with those nice script and flash filters.

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Tobio

After a longish thinking process I decided not to get a 50mm lens. Instead I bought the Tamron 90mm sp Di macro lens, as I've been thinking about macro photography a long time.

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Tobio

This might also be a good idea, provided they give a good guarantee for the hardware.

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Tobio

Thank you John. I'm sure Maidmarian gets a good computer. She could also buy an external hard drive from the same store. Might get a deal that way. Not sure how things work there in England though.

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Tobio

I haven't seen any price range from maidmarian so I suggest a couple cheaper ones and bit more expensive ones that I believe would be good for Photoshop cs3. Best to ask from the the vendors for any memory upgrades as it's bit hard for me to get info about these computers.
This is a cheapish one from Curry , that can surely make Photoshop run satisfactorily. It has 4 gigs of RAM, 640 gigabytes of diskspace and integrated graphics processor link.
A faster one also from Curry link.
From Comet we have link. Another good budget choice link. This one is a nice one too link. These are some that can drive Photoshop happily I believe.

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Tobio

This is a very good place to go, good job for leading her there.

With 2 big identical drives there is of course the possibility to build RAID configurations link. Automatic realtime backups with RAID 1, a good precaution in keeping all data safe.

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Tobio

Now I regret that I wrote that previous text and I can't delete it. So I hope nobody tries that workaround and attempt to get more available memory to 32 bit systems as it might do unwanted things to Windows.

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Tobio

Hi!

After reading terje-l:s text, I decided to find out what is the reality as some experts see it. It seems that I made an error saying that 32 bit Windows can't use more than about 3,5 gig of RAM. Although Microsoft doesn't want us to do this, I read that by using some trick, it is indeed possible for Windows Vista and Seven to use more than 4 gigs of RAM link link. I don't recommend anybody to try this though, because there might be problems as a result and I don't want to be blamed for them. Also after reading some more I became more convinced that using more than 4 gigs of RAM is probably useful only in 'special' occasions, although my text may have been misleading in my previous post.

Still getting 8 gigs of RAM now is a good idea if money is no object or the intented PC has, like I said earlier, severe space limitations, which may make it harder to upgrade later, unless you take it to the dealer to handle, which might cost some money or not depending on the dealer. Or if you want to do also more taxing things than just photo editing. Also a dualcore is probably fast enough for Photoshop, though I haven't tried it as I use free programs for image editing. Of course, if one wants to things really fly and doesn't want to wait, faster is obviously better. Sorry for being bit too 'know it all'.

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Tobio 'the know it all guy'