Yes I can second that. On my old PC (my laptop is modern but not hte other PC) which is AthlonXP 2GHz, 768 RAM etc... Lightroom is VERY slow. To the point that when it begins to rebuild its thumbnail database (every program start.. don't ask me why it acts like that) my computer is simply unusable.
My laoptop being dual core, it is usable, slower due to disc access, but usable. However I wouldn't want a final product to behave as the beta does, for sure. 2007/1/31, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I had similar experiences and from my reading on the boards, many > people have the same problems. I know that if I would load the > program and walk away for about 20 minutes, it would cache things and > I don't know what else, but would run at a reasonable speed after that > - not blazingly fast, but tolerable. Sorry to offer no help, but I > can sympathize with your experience. The product itself is rather > slick and quite capable. I may look again when it is released, but I > finally gave up on the beta due to performance. > > -- > Bruce > > > Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 9:21:09 PM, you wrote: > > BL> I send my questions and concerns ;-). > > BL> Folks, I've imported about 350 images to LR beta 4. This is all my K10D > BL> stuff that I shot so far. My PC at home is running Win XP (not 64 bit) > BL> and hardware is Athlon 64 at rated 2800+ with 1.5 GB RAM on board. Not > BL> the fastest, but not a slouch either. > > BL> Now, if I have an image in the Develop pane and try to open another > BL> image it takes ages. I see CPU jumpin' up to 100% for quite some time. > BL> Also some of the more subtle adjustments such as individual color > BL> correction seem to be very unresponsive... > > BL> What is it I am doing wrong? > > BL> Boris > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille ---------------------- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
