Computer Requirements for Lightroom
Sep 5, 2018 11:40:10 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
Consider a refurbished Mac if you want to save a little money and get ongoing support from Apple should you need it. This site http://www.refurb.me/en-us seems to be connected to the Apple refurbished inventory and lets you spec out pretty much any combination of features you want. If they don't have a refurb with those specs you can set an email notification for when one does show up.
If you're looking for a Mac laptop to use with peripherals, be sure to check out the ports any particular model offers. Their super-elegant Macbook Air model, for example, now has only a single port, which can be (and has to be) shared for input, output and charging. They can advertise how light and thin it is, but it strikes me as pretty useless if you want to do much more than email and net surfing. Older models did have USB ports and a card reader. But I think the Macbook Pro line is what you'd want for a photo management and editing platform - that's what I started with, and had a stand for it on the desktop where I could plug in an external monitor and hard drive. Keyboard and mouse were bluetooth, so didn't need ports. It also has an SD slot for easy downloading. Older models even let you open 'em up to add more memory, replace the battery, and the hard drive if necessary, but at some point they started sealing 'em up so you can't get inside - what you buy is what you get.
If you're looking for a Mac laptop to use with peripherals, be sure to check out the ports any particular model offers. Their super-elegant Macbook Air model, for example, now has only a single port, which can be (and has to be) shared for input, output and charging. They can advertise how light and thin it is, but it strikes me as pretty useless if you want to do much more than email and net surfing. Older models did have USB ports and a card reader. But I think the Macbook Pro line is what you'd want for a photo management and editing platform - that's what I started with, and had a stand for it on the desktop where I could plug in an external monitor and hard drive. Keyboard and mouse were bluetooth, so didn't need ports. It also has an SD slot for easy downloading. Older models even let you open 'em up to add more memory, replace the battery, and the hard drive if necessary, but at some point they started sealing 'em up so you can't get inside - what you buy is what you get.
Sep 5, 2018 12:22:30 #
A similar thing happened to me when I bought a MicroSoft Surface Pro. After I brought it in to the Geek Squad the third time for operating system problems I wanted to exchanged it in for something else, but the wouldn't do it. In addition I spent $200 for a docking station to connect to an external monitor. The Best Buy blue shirts assured me it would seamlessly convert it into a tower computer equivilent. When the dock died after less than a year of use neither Best Buy or MicroSoft would replace it. In the end I got a I5 tower and I love it. It has plenty of cooling, it will accept my big monitor and my peripherals, and I can add more memory and extra hard drives. As I had written here before, get a tower unless you have a serious need for portability. Look into an inexpensive, refurbished or used laptop you really need portability. My Surface Pro has become a good little laptop computer now that I'm not asking too much of it.
Sep 5, 2018 13:34:09 #
How much RAM does your desktop have? That might be where the slowdown is occurring. The whole program PLUS the photo gets loaded into memory. Most people don't work with such large image files as you do, and it would be a shame if you spent a lot of money without much improvement. It would be wise to see if anyone you know has a newer computer with Lightroom installed, and see if they will try loading some pics from your camera.
Sep 5, 2018 14:39:00 #
Bharrell
Loc: San Leandro Ca.
How much memory does your existing system have? Additional memory might help....
Sep 5, 2018 22:06:09 #
unclebe1 wrote:
Hpucker99
Thanks. Never heard of Sager, but went to their website. It looks to me that even their least expensive notebook is fully packed and would easily handle LR CC. Giving it serious consideration as it is $900 less than the Surface 2 product.
Thanks. Never heard of Sager, but went to their website. It looks to me that even their least expensive notebook is fully packed and would easily handle LR CC. Giving it serious consideration as it is $900 less than the Surface 2 product.
Check Consumer Reports about the Microsoft Surface reliability. It was among the worst they have tested, recently.
Sep 6, 2018 00:00:20 #
My solution to running Adobe products on a laptop was to buy a gaming laptop with an SSD, 2Tb spinner, I-7 CPU, 16 Gb of RAM and most importantly a 4 Gb video card. It's a Lenovo, bought it at Costco for around $1,000.
Sep 9, 2018 13:37:53 #
Thanks all. The real attraction of the Surface is its weight, but between the cost and reliability issues, I think I'll pass on it. The gaming laptops appear much more robust even if it's at the cost of an extra pound or two. Since I'm not backpacking anywhere in the near future, I think that's the way to get the performance and still have portability.
Again, thanks for the good info.
Again, thanks for the good info.
Sep 9, 2018 15:00:51 #
unclebe1 wrote:
Hpucker99
Thanks. Never heard of Sager, but went to their website. It looks to me that even their least expensive notebook is fully packed and would easily handle LR CC. Giving it serious consideration as it is $900 less than the Surface 2 product.
Thanks. Never heard of Sager, but went to their website. It looks to me that even their least expensive notebook is fully packed and would easily handle LR CC. Giving it serious consideration as it is $900 less than the Surface 2 product.
Sager is one vendor's name for Clevo laptops from Taiwan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevo
I have been suggesting them to photographers for at least 5 yrs. Good value. I suggest looking at the options at Xotic PC which offer Sager(Clevo) MSI and other gaming, graphic workstation and video editing platforms. Their service is quite good, and they do stand behind what they sell. When you call for support there is a live, native English-speaking support person to work with.
https://www.xoticpc.com/
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