Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff Moore wrote: >>> Yeah, Snow Leopard is an all-around win. Faster *and* smaller. Unless he has a PowerPC machine. Trying to remember if any versions of Lightroom used to run on PowerPC. <<< IIRC the first trial version did. >>> But keeping a PowerPC machine going in this day and age, especially for something as CPU-intensive as photo editing, seems a huge exercise in frustration. <<< Yes it is. >>> I suspect that even the new little Mac Mini, which is tiny, quiet, and dissipates about as much power as rubbing your hands together, is faster (except for the disk subsystem) than even the giantest G5. And the power consumption difference is epic. <<< A Mac Mini is on my shopping list. It comes after SWMBO's new car, repairing both bathrooms and removing the hazardous trees. And maybe replacing the truck I wrecked last week. IOW, it will be a while, and probably used. At least Phocus is free (but it doesn't run on a PowerPC computer). Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft? Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange