will this computer be all i need

For processing photos, they didn't have one on display so I don't know if the monitor has a glossy, glass type screen, or if it a matt dull screen.
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I don't know about the quality of the screen, but the machine looks like it should suffice. Of course, you could always pop over to the Adobe website and see what their minimum recommended hardware is.

http://helpx.adobe.com …quirements-photoshop.html

Scatterbrained wrote in post #16795332
I don't know about the quality of the screen, but the machine looks like it should suffice. Of course, you could always pop over to the Adobe website and see what their minimum recommended hardware is.

http://helpx.adobe.com …quirements-photoshop.html

Thank you Scatterbrained
The monitor I hope is the glossy glass instead of the dull flat matte screen like I have on this computer that i have now, I think the glossy glass type screen make a picture pop more.

The glossy screens certainly do increase contrast but if you do much work with LightRoom or PhotoShop you will come to appreciated the greater fidelity of a matte screen. You will also find the glossy screen tires you sooner when viewing photos critically.

DigitalDon wrote in post #16795347
Thank you Scatterbrained
The monitor I hope is the glossy glass instead of the dull flat matte screen like I have on this computer that i have now, I think the glossy glass type screen make a picture pop more.

Glossy screens can be deceptive, and the reflections can be quite a pain. There's a reason high end screens are matte.

rgs wrote in post #16795359
The glossy screens certainly do increase contrast but if you do much work with LightRoom or PhotoShop you will come to appreciated the greater fidelity of a matte screen. You will also find the glossy screen tires you sooner when viewing photos critically.

Thanks rgs
Would the glossy screen help more at getting photos to look better, I know I have had about everything in matte lcd screens and I noticed with plasma tvs the picture looks so much better than all the matte stuff I have owned, just wondering will the glossy screens make editing pictures better than the matte screens?

I don't remember having seen any HP IPS monitor with glossy glass.

I don't like to see myself reflected in the monitor. Personally, I see glossy monitors as tools from hell. A fool at work did buy a couple of glossy monitors because they were cheap. After that, we had a wild fight at the office to not get one of these monitors. I think they have now been moved to the server room where we only need to look at the monitor when installing some new machine.

If you are going to look at a movie in a pitch-black room, then a glossy monitor can be great. But is that your intended main use?

Scatterbrained wrote in post #16795362
Glossy screens can be deceptive, and the reflections can be quite a pain. There's a reason high end screens are matte.

Thanks didn't see your last post until I posted my last one

pwm2 wrote in post #16795373
I don't remember having seen any HP IPS monitor with glossy glass.

I don't like to see myself reflected in the monitor. Personally, I see glossy monitors as tools from hell. A fool at work did buy a couple of glossy monitors because they were cheap. After that, we had a wild fight at the office to not get one of these monitors. I think they have now been moved to the server room where we only need to look at the monitor when installing some new machine.

If you are going to look at a movie in a pitch-black room, then a glossy monitor can be great. But is that your intended main use?

Thanks pwm2

DigitalDon wrote in post #16795372
Thanks rgs
Would the glossy screen help more at getting photos to look better, I know I have had about everything in matte lcd screens and I noticed with plasma tvs the picture looks so much better than all the matte stuff I have owned, just wondering will the glossy screens make editing pictures better than the matte screens?

My computer monitors have always been matte. However, there is more to consider if you are working with photos and such. I for one do prefer to "eyeball" a monitor for things like proper contrast and color rendition as well as a good viewing angle.

But it was mentioned that you are looking at an HP machine...I've used HP computers, both towers/workstations and laptops, and I've been pretty happy with the monitors, but again I go for the matte display...

You should realize that a computer monitor for photos will have different properties compared to a plasma TV. Those TVs are great for watching "stuff", but not so much for editing photos!

tonylong wrote in post #16795439
My computer monitors have always been matte. However, there is more to consider if you are working with photos and such. I for one do prefer to "eyeball" a monitor for things like proper contrast and color rendition as well as a good viewing angle.

But it was mentioned that you are looking at an HP machine...I've used HP computers, both towers/workstations and laptops, and I've been pretty happy with the monitors, but again I go for the matte display...

You should realize that a computer monitor for photos will have different properties compared to a plasma TV. Those TVs are great for watching "stuff", but not so much for editing photos!

Thanks to all of you for your help
Man windows 8.1 is going to take some getting use to, Just got through doing all the updates, installing lightroom4, spider 4, calibrated and added a few other programs. Think I am going to like it, but did notice that the internet is slow through wifi, going to hook it up with cat5 cable tomorrow.
Thanks again for your help.

You should go ahead and upgrade to LR5.

As long as you are happy with the onboard video. The power supply is only 300W and the motherboard may or may not have a PCIE expansion slot for video.

Seems a shame to have that processor and memory and not much upward mobility for video.

WhidbeyHiker wrote in post #16796197
As long as you are happy with the onboard video. The power supply is only 300W and the motherboard may or may not have a PCIE expansion slot for video.

Seems a shame to have that processor and memory and not much upward mobility for video.

I'm not much at video games, everytime I play my great neice on xbox I want to throw the controler up against the wall, can't even drive the lego batman, bat mobile, lol. I do edit vedios of the family during the holidays, but haven't done much of that since getting the t3i. As usual I screw myself at everything I do any way, so I probably payed a thousand dollars for a five hundred dollar computer, But, It's a whole lot faster than the 10 year old desktop that it replaced.

DigitalDon wrote in post #16796736
....... As usual I screw myself ........

What else are you going to do on a rainy Saturday.

DigitalDon wrote in post #16796736
... I probably payed a thousand dollars for a five hundred dollar computer...

Actually these large companies tend to get good deals on components so it's likely that you would have paid a bit more to build it out yourself at the same spec level.