Darren, thanks for the heads-up. That's an unpleasant news.
Larry, you are right from the point of view of the technology.
But it is not the right decision from the users' point of view (ot at
least some of the users). Adobe is essentially cutting off from the new
versions of LR those users who have CURRENT and SUPPORTED versions
of the major OS, Windows 7 and Windows 8.*.
And I disagree with your statement: "to really make use of it, you really
need pretty serious hardware anyways."
You don't! That's a myth promoted by the hardware manufacturers and
supported by software manufacturers. (And in some [many?] cases, software
manufacturers are doing a sloppy job by not righting efficient code. I
know that from "insiders".) You are looking from an elitist point of view:
a person who shoots lots of photos with large file size, etc.
Some people are happily using LR for working on photographs shot with
advanced P&S's. Some people even use it with photos shot in JPEG (not that
I recommend that, but there could be legitimate cases for that).
Those can perfectly work on a mid-range computer (e.g. laptop) running
Windows that came with it [which is often a 32-bit system].
And while RAM is in my view is the biggest limitation of a 32-bit OS,
LR is well usable with the 3GB of RAM accessible under 32-bit Windows.
One can also make an argument about some people who still need to use
32-bit system because of some other software that has problems running on
64-bit Windows. I don't know if that's true anymore or not, - but I might
agree that this argument carries less weight, as that, in most cases is
the fault of that other software... But again, there could be some
legitimate cases with some vintage software (maybe not as legitimate with
the vintage hardware).
Does this decision from Adobe surprise me? Not really! It is not
the first time they "pulled the switch" and turned their back on some of
their users. Oh, well, I am hooked on LR, but I am not getting married to
Adobe.
There are software manufacturers that I like, and there are those that I
dislike for some particular aspects. Adobe is on the latter list. (And I
checked it more than twice!)
Cheers,
Igor
Larry Colen Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:55:53 -0800 wrote:
Darren Addy wrote:
For those who haven't seen it yet, it looks like if you aren't already
running a 64-bit OS you are going to need to upgrade to be able to run
Lightroom 6:
http://petapixel.com/2015/01/22/adobe-lightroom-6-will-compatible-64-bit-operating-systems/
This is a wise choice on their part. LR5 is great software, but to
really make use of it, you really need pretty serious hardware anyways.
By going to the bigger OS, they can take advantage of more of the
hardware, using 64 bit libraries and such.
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