What version of Lightroom should I use (5 or 6) with Windows 7 (32 bit) or Windows (64 bit)?
Dec 13, 2016 20:12:04 #
Hi fellow HH-ers. i have a dilemma with the potential use of Lightroom and my older Wintel Ultimate 7- 32 bit system that I also use to run my main Photoshop CS4 application. A previous message I left on here recommended Lightroom to help me create pages with multiple images on a page. On reading the Tech Specs for Lightroom, I discovered something curious, and I quote: Lightroom 5 requires a multi-core Intel processor with 64-bit support. Lightroom 6 requires a 64-bit version of Windows. I do have two different boot drives- one with Windows 32 bit (the one I run Photoshop on), and one with Windows 64-bit (which I reserve for certain applications that my be better served, or that might only run on the 64-bit OS). My question to fellow HH-ers is this: are there any of you out there that use LR5 on the older Windows 32 bit OS platform with little or no issues, or have you been forced to use LR6 on the Windows 64-bit platform? Thanks in advance.
Dec 13, 2016 20:22:48 #
You are way behind the curve here...
I really do not see the point of having a double boot 32/64 when 64 alone does it all unless you have some older program that refuses to deal with 64 bit.
As to how LR will behave in 64 bit instead of 32? Faster, more efficient use of memory and computer capabilities.
This is really not about the software used but your understanding of it.
I really do not see the point of having a double boot 32/64 when 64 alone does it all unless you have some older program that refuses to deal with 64 bit.
As to how LR will behave in 64 bit instead of 32? Faster, more efficient use of memory and computer capabilities.
This is really not about the software used but your understanding of it.
Dec 13, 2016 20:41:27 #
I agree with the Ronster on this one, there is no percentage in having a 32 bit and 64 bit boot drive. If you need compatibility with older programs, etc Windows has a compatibility mode that lets you configure older programs to run. Or you could install the Microsoft Virtual Machine and configure something for as far back as Windows XP if you really needed.
To answer your core question, if you are not willing to go with the subscription model of the Creative Cloud, go with Lightroom 6
To answer your core question, if you are not willing to go with the subscription model of the Creative Cloud, go with Lightroom 6
Dec 13, 2016 21:10:26 #
Dec 13, 2016 21:30:43 #
Just use a 64bit version of Windows. Ideally Windows 10 if you have it. It is likely that it will work. There are some that don't, but my Adobe CS3 worked fine in Win 7 64. I haven't tried it with Win 10, but my gut would at least prompt me to try it optimistically. I'm still using a 1996 version of PaintshopPro without any issues, and that is very definitely not 64bit software and way old. In 1996 even 32bit was new for both Intel and Microsoft (see Windows 95: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 )!
Dec 13, 2016 21:43:07 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
I agree with the Ronster on this one, there is no percentage in having a 32 bit and 64 bit boot drive. If you need compatibility with older programs, etc Windows has a compatibility mode that lets you configure older programs to run. Or you could install the Microsoft Virtual Machine and configure something for as far back as Windows XP if you really needed.
To answer your core question, if you are not willing to go with the subscription model of the Creative Cloud, go with Lightroom 6
To answer your core question, if you are not willing to go with the subscription model of the Creative Cloud, go with Lightroom 6
Err... read my answer again, we agree. (And I did come across an older **** program that refused to work in a 64 bit machine... One in a decade!!!)
Dec 13, 2016 22:41:49 #
tonybear wrote:
Hi fellow HH-ers. i have a dilemma with the potent... (show quote)
Well I have run / had installed lightroom 5.7 on a 32 bit version of windows ultimate on the bootcamp side of my macbook. I uninstalled it some time ago, I just went to check. There is very little reason for me to use it on windows. I have an old scanner with limited driver support but even that i am as well using a virtual machine for an old xp install and sharing a folder with osx.
32 bit windows is limited in the ram it can address, which really works against you for processing images. Lightroom can plod along if you are not running anything else in 32 bit mode.
So yes you can run lightroom 5 on a 32 bit version of windows, but you would be better with a 64 bit version and more ram.
Dec 13, 2016 22:53:01 #
Forget the 32-bit and as others have suggested, run the 64-bit version unless you have a legacy ap that will absolutely not run in the 64-bit version (and you're unwilling/unable to upgrade the ap). The issue with 32 bit is that you can only utilize (address) 4GB of RAM, no matter how much you have installed, and that will kill your PS performance (I'm assuming that you have more than 4GB RAM available).
Dec 13, 2016 23:06:15 #
TriX wrote:
Forget the 32-bit and as others have suggested, run the 64-bit version unless you have a legacy ap that will absolutely not run in the 64-bit version (and you're unwilling/unable to upgrade the ap). The issue with 32 bit is that you can only utilize (address) 4GB of RAM, no matter how much you have installed, and that will kill your PS performance (I'm assuming that you have more than 4GB RAM available).
Yep, and the amount of total addressable RAM is only theoretically 4GB. Once a system is up and running 2GB is a more realistic usable number if you only have a 32bit 4GB RAM system. On a 64bit 8GB system only about 4GB is usable, so you may be creating problems for yourself....
Dec 14, 2016 17:02:01 #
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