On Apr 9, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > I am just a little puzzled by your suggestion to put the LR library > on the same external HD ass the image store. It may save start-up > time, but doesn't it cause conflicting demands on the HD, thereby > slowing down processing?
Lightroom will write to its database fairly often as you work, but basically it just reads from the image files unless you have it set to automatically update XMP metadata as it goes ... which I recommend turning off, as it slows things down. Better to select the files you are working on and force an XMP write when needed instead. Otherwise, the overhead is not very different at all. > [Going on 2 weeks of use with my new iMac 20" w/ 500 gig internal, > upgraded processor... Love it! My 5-year old Powerbook was/is a good > machine, but something like LR is not exactly backward compatible.] Glad you're enjoying the iMac! Nice system. Lightroom will run respectably well on any G4 or later Apple system running Mac OS X v10.4.3 as a minimum, but yes: it runs better on more modern hardware with more horsepower. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
