[Lula] graphics workstation

[Dan Kegel]

On 3/4/07, Steve Glasser <steve at fpig.net> wrote:
> The wife has informed me that it's time to get her a new computer.
> She mostly wants to do graphics with photoshop (under wine) and
> convert/edit video using main actor or similar video editing software.
>  The os will be ubuntu.
>
> What do you recommend for processor, ram and any other hardware?

For video editing, the beefier, the better, of course...

Here's a site that shows how various hardware performs on
a standardized video editing benchmark:
http://mysite.verizon.net/wgehrke/ppbm/

A few other random pages that look informative:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/print/core2duo-e4300.html
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Reasonable-PC-HD-video-editing-ftopict222188.html
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=2010489

Hope that helps.  Let us know what you pick.
- Dan