How much RAM
Aug 18, 2020 12:13:45 #
planning to get a Windows laptop for use with PS/LR.. either 16gb or 32gb?
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
Aug 18, 2020 12:18:17 #
I'd recommend at least 16 GB. I've got 8 and it leaves something to be desired.
Aug 18, 2020 12:19:21 #
Ysarex
Loc: St. Louis
At least 32gb. I use a Windows laptop when I'm in class. It has 16gb RAM and although it runs PS/LR there's some straining for sure, especially LR. I wouldn't want to load up a large catalog in LR and try to really use it. The laptop is a Toshiba and is a few years old. The hard drive is an SSD so no problem there.
Aug 18, 2020 12:29:31 #
Jbravi wrote:
planning to get a Windows laptop for use with PS/LR.. either 16gb or 32gb?
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
If your budget allows it no question go with the 32gb.
Aug 18, 2020 12:35:03 #
Chromodynamics6
Loc: Beverly Hills Ca.
Ysarex wrote:
At least 32gb. I use a Windows laptop when I'm in class. It has 16gb RAM and although it runs PS/LR there's some straining for sure, especially LR. I wouldn't want to load up a large catalog in LR and try to really use it. The laptop is a Toshiba and is a few years old. The hard drive is an SSD so no problem there.
More than likely it is the processor. You can easily see by opening the performance monitor and watching in real time.
Aug 18, 2020 12:36:10 #
Aug 18, 2020 12:37:40 #
I have a Toshiba, I'd probably consider an Acer or Lenovo with an ssd hard drive and a backlit keyboard and I7 processor and 32 gigs of ram. Toshiba has become expensive.
Aug 18, 2020 12:52:27 #
Aug 18, 2020 12:52:56 #
I figured I needed at least 16 gigs of RAM, so I doubled it and got 32. Glad I did, especially since I now have the D850 and am getting back into scanning medium format.
Aug 18, 2020 13:26:49 #
Aug 18, 2020 13:29:11 #
Jbravi wrote:
planning to get a Windows laptop for use with PS/LR.. either 16gb or 32gb?
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
If you’re planning on getting a NEW Windows laptop, I’d recommend getting 32GB. The cost difference isn’t that much, and if you have multiple applications open at the same time, it’s amazing how fast memory fills up, requiring Windows to start swapping programs in and out of memory, which will slow down your editing, etc.
Also, Windows is notorious for memory leaks. A periodic System Restart (not Shutdown) clears that up.
I have a 5 year old Windows laptop with 16GB of memory and an SSD. Can’t put in more memory. Slow CPU by today’s standards. One application I use is Luminar 4, which typically runs pretty slow on my laptop, (probably because of my slow CPU and integrated graphics on the motherboard). So, to increase performance a little I close down other applications and do a System Restart.
Get a fast CPU as well. I’ve heard a fast Graphics Card doesn’t increase performance that much with PS/LR, but don’t know that for sure. I’m sure other knowledgeable folks can chime in here.
Good luck.
Aug 18, 2020 13:30:57 #
I ponder the lengths technology has come already. I remember having 20 MEGABytes of RAM in an early PC. That was back when they had truly floppy discs. Graphics was in its infancy.
Shoot, I go back to when the I/O device was a teletype and the computer was 8 KILOBytes, and it was named a PDP8. That was used by NASA for space vehicles. We even had a very early one at work that didn't use ICs, it had individual transistors and filled a 6 foot rack.
And now 16 GigaByte isn't enough!
Shoot, I go back to when the I/O device was a teletype and the computer was 8 KILOBytes, and it was named a PDP8. That was used by NASA for space vehicles. We even had a very early one at work that didn't use ICs, it had individual transistors and filled a 6 foot rack.
And now 16 GigaByte isn't enough!
Aug 18, 2020 13:31:00 #
Jbravi wrote:
planning to get a Windows laptop for use with PS/LR.. either 16gb or 32gb?
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
Would you buy a 400 HP SUV with a 10 gal gas tank?
Think about the next few years. Do you think software will need less ram 🐏 in the future or more?
Stuff it full. It helps performance and “future proofs” the system.
Aug 18, 2020 13:45:56 #
NCMtnMan
Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC
Go with 32GB. If like most notebooks it will have two memory slots. They will populate them with 8GB pieces for 16 and you will have to remove them both in order to move up to 32 and they will be wasted unless you can use them elsewhere.
Aug 18, 2020 14:32:54 #
Jbravi wrote:
planning to get a Windows laptop for use with PS/LR.. either 16gb or 32gb?
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
At present I am using macbook pro with 16gb RAM.
32gb is a good starting point. If you have a 50mp or larger sensor, then even more ram would be in order. You can run in 16 gb, but some stuff, like content aware operations and applying gaussian blur in photoshop can bring a computer to its knees.
Lightroom is far less demanding on memory - 32 gb is more than adequate. But its code does take advantage of multiple cpu cores - up to as many as 32 with 64 threads. There is only a small advantage to getting more than 12 cores with the current version.
Here is some no-nonsense tested configuration advice from a well-known and respected system builder - Puget Systems
https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Photoshop-139/Hardware-Recommendations
https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Lightroom-Classic-141/Hardware-Recommendations
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