Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[limpeh]

Regarding computer purchase, as a user posted earlier, a good benchmark is the system requirements of Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/tech-specs.html). Adobe Photoshop is quite taxing on the computer (i.e. it will hang easily on slow computers which is very irritating), and Photoshop is often required in Computer Studies lessons, as well as projects (making posters etc). The system requirements for photoshop listed on the website is more or less the minimum but not the optimal.


FYI my computer uses Intel Pentium Dual Core (2GHz) with 2.99 GB of RAM, but generally 1.5 to 2 GB of RAM is sufficient. It runs Photoshop just fine (somtimes a little slow but acceptable enough, though of course I wish it were a little faster). Having a very good graphics card is not important (for schoolwork at least). As for hard disk size, it depends on whether you like to hoard files (I hoard a lot of photoshop files which take up a lot of disk space because I'm kiasu lol). My C Disk (the one where system files and My Documents are stored) is 150GB, and another 1TB internal hard disk for storage of old schoolwork, system backups, etc, of which 400GB is used. For such a purpose an external hard disk could also suffice since I don't touch those files very often.

By the way, a good keyboard is very important for comfort, but no need to get the best one, just don't get the cheapest ones! Around S$30 can get a decent keyboard.

[iFirefly]

limpeh:

Regarding computer purchase, as a user posted earlier, a good benchmark is the system requirements of Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/tech-specs.html). Adobe Photoshop is quite taxing on the computer (i.e. it will hang easily on slow computers which is very irritating), and Photoshop is often required in Computer Studies lessons, as well as projects (making posters etc). The system requirements for photoshop listed on the website is more or less the minimum but not the optimal.


FYI my computer uses Intel Pentium Dual Core (2GHz) with 2.99 GB of RAM, but generally 1.5 to 2 GB of RAM is sufficient. It runs Photoshop just fine (somtimes a little slow but acceptable enough, though of course I wish it were a little faster). Having a very good graphics card is not important (for schoolwork at least). As for hard disk size, it depends on whether you like to hoard files (I hoard a lot of photoshop files which take up a lot of
disk space because I'm kiasu lol). My C Disk (the one where system files and My Documents are stored) is 150GB, and another 1TB internal hard disk for storage of old schoolwork, system backups, etc, of which 400GB is used. For such a purpose an external hard disk could also suffice since I don't
touch those files very often.

By the way, a good keyboard is very important for comfort, but no need to get the best one, just don't get the cheapest ones! Around S$30 can get a decent keyboard.

Thanks very much for your much awaited reply.. it certainly sounds very 'cheem' to me, but I will bring along this info which you have provided, on my next visit to the computer shop.

Is/are your child/children schooling at RI? Btw, your nickname is super cool hor...

[limpeh]

firefly38:

Is/are your child/children schooling at RI?

Umm well, I am.

[iFirefly]

limpeh:

firefly38:

Is/are your child/children schooling at RI?

Umm well, I am.

WOW! You are GOOD!!! May i ask which year you are in? :salute:

[verykiasu2010]

firefly38:

limpeh:

[quote=\"firefly38\"]Is/are your child/children schooling at RI?

Umm well, I am.

WOW! You are GOOD!!! May i ask which year you are in? :salute:[/quote]he says he is choosing subject combi for year 5 soon

[iFirefly]

verykiasu2010:

firefly38:

WOW! You are GOOD!!! May i ask which year you are in? :salute:

he says he is choosing subject combi for year 5 soon

Oh, I must have missed it... In fact, I was about to ask him, \"are you vk2010's son?\"...

[vlim]

Hi!... I would like to check whether RI maths club and chinese chess club fall on the same day?.tia

[naggo-nitemare]

Maths club meetings fall on Fridays 1:30 to 3pm. Hopefully someone else can provide info on chess club.

[vlim]

naggo-nitemare:

Maths club meetings fall on Fridays 1:30 to 3pm. Hopefully someone else can provide info on chess club.

Thanks naggo-nitemare

[verykiasu2010]

vlim:

naggo-nitemare:

Maths club meetings fall on Fridays 1:30 to 3pm. Hopefully someone else can provide info on chess club.

Thanks naggo-nitemare

I thought all merit CCA is on Fridays ?