Lightroom really benefits from having over 2gb available to it in RAM. If you are on a 32-bit OS you are restricted to less than 4gb. Windows 7 eats up 1-2gb on a good day, so you do the math. Its also really slow on older processors. I don't know about you, but when I have to export a few hundred pictures at once, its nice to not have to wait 2 hours for that to happen. Waiting on a raw file to render at 1:1 in lightroom can be pretty slow on older computers too. My aging core i5 with 8gb of RAM seems inadequate these days to be honest. Especially when pushing huge panoramas through photoshop. Most recent windows 7 installs are 64-bit anyways. This is a non issue except those with really ancient hardware. BTW, the performance increase between say a core duo and an i7 is really significant, and its not just the processor. RAM has increased in speed at a fairly decent clip too. You can't really expect software designers to support depreciated windows versions forever. General support for Windows 7 has now ended. Microsoft doesn't even support it anymore other than security updates and those will eventually end too. If someone insists on using 32-bit windows, well LR5 is still plenty powerful enough for the few edge cases that want to use it with their P&S camera or whatever. I still use Photoshop CS5 for example. I'm tempted by CC I must admit for the $10 a month, but CS5 still does everything I really need it to do. The only thing I want from CC is the expanded panorama tools.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
