Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/13

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Subject: [Leica] mac airbook
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:51:27 +0530
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Adobe maintains all your serial numbers online if you sign up. As does
Nik Software...
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> You're right. I forgot about that. My first paid one was a CD, but all
> the updates and upgrades have been downloads. I always have to dig up
> my original serial number and it was on a CD-package.
>
> Think I'll get me a LR for the Air ...
>
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM, John McMaster <john at 
> chiaroscuro.co.nz> wrote:
>> Not if you have another Mac ;-) Also even paying for them they are 
>> usually a
>> download (inc full CS6 Master) these days....
>>
>> john
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>
>> Getting Lightroom onto a machine without a CD/DVD drive is a bit of a 
>> pain.
>>
>> You might find yourself taking a peek at Aperture. I have both Lightroom 
>> and
>> Aperture (LR on my stationary) ... I can't really say with any conviction
>> which one is my favorite. Aperture works better with the Air (for me). 12 
>> of
>> one, a dozen of the other.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:24 AM, John McMaster <john at 
>> chiaroscuro.co.nz>
>> wrote:
>>> I have LR4, CS6 Master (some) and Capture 1 on my 2011 Air
>>> (i7/256GB/4GB) with no issues (other than screen size!) I would not
>>> regard it as replacement for a bigger laptop or desktop though....
>>>
>>> john
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Interesting what you say Bob because I was toying with upgrading my
>>> very old plastic macBook. By the sound of it LR4 and PhotoMechanic
>>> would have no trouble at all.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>>
>>> Gerry Walden
>>> On 13 Jul 2012, at 07:16, Bob Adler wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an air with a 250 GB SSD Drive and an external 500GB external
>>> G-Drive, Sonny.
>>>>
>>>> I have LR 4, cs6, and Capture 1.  All work incredibly well and fast.
>>>> I
>>> carry a 500GB external G-drive mini; thin, small and fast, which I
>>> backup my photos to each night. I've had no space problems and my
>>> layered TIFF files get up to a gig each.
>>>> I backup the catalogue each night too. And the newer airs have even
>>>> bigger
>>> SSD drives.
>>>> Great travel gear IMO.
>>>>
>>>> Bob Adler
>>>> www.rgaphoto.com
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 12, 2012, at 8:10 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Just suppose one had a Macbook Air, and wanted to use LightRoom and
>>>>> Photoshop with it, .  I suppose you'd need a portable hard drive to 
>>>>> hold
>>>>> the catalog and serve as a scratch drive?   I'd think even the 256 gig
>>>>> drive is kinda small . . .
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sonny
>>>>> http://sonc.com/look/
>>>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>>>>
>>>>> USA
>>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] mac airbook)
Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] mac airbook)
Message from gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden) ([Leica] mac airbook)
Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] mac airbook)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] mac airbook)
Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] mac airbook)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] mac airbook)