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Subject: [Leica] LR 4 Alternatives anyone
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 21:48:19 +0000
References: <50E9F090.6050506@summaventures.com> <CAF8hL-GvS0RT5-fHpDYNMcF3v6X-mF7BVgZmSN6ckzQwsjXpLQ@mail.gmail.com> <50EA12E5.1090805@summaventures.com> <CAF8hL-EqQfDR2JTyTzuWMDTkqzgBxfo9O8Zez_=TRbgMr3Chrw@mail.gmail.com> <50EAAC91.9050009@summaventures.com> <9F81143B-A9E7-41D2-9B2D-EA8993F8D555@frozenlight.eu> <50EB42CE.4030704@summaventures.com>

But will it run Windows 7 (or at a push Vista)? LR4 will run on either of 
those, and I would say W7 is preferable to W8 ;-)

john

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Because my proc doesn't support NX and it is 32-bit.
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 07/01/2013 11:53, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > So why do you need Windows 8?
> >
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> >
> > On Jan 7, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote:
> >
> >> "Physical Address Extension (PAE), NX processor bit (NX), and
> >> Streaming SIMD Extensions 2 (SSE2) refer to features of the
> >> processor. PAE enables 32-bit processors to access more than 4 GB of
> >> physical memory on capable versions of Windows and is a prerequisite
> >> for NX. NX allows the processor to help guard the PC from attacks by
> >> malicious software. SSE2 (a standard on processors for a long
> >> time) is an instruction set that is increasingly used by third-party
> >> apps and drivers. For Windows 8, for your malware defense features to
> >> work reliably we require that your processor support NX. To enhance
> >> the reliability of third-party apps and drivers running in Windows 8,
> >> SSE2 is also required. If your PC doesn't support PAE, NX, and SSE2
> >> you won't be able to install Windows 8...."
> >>
> >> - Nicrosoft
> >>
> >> On 07/01/2013 00:25, Richard Man wrote:
> >>> what CPU do you have? PAE probably refers to 64-bit x64 CPU. Any
> >>> Intel PC made in the last 4-5 years have that. NX is no execution or
> >>> something? So same thing, any 4-5 year old CPU should have that.
> >>> SSE2 is the same, it's the multimedia SIMD extension that has existed
> since a number of years now.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Peter Dzwig
> <pdzwig at summaventures.com>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> FWIW.
> >>>>
> >>>> LR4 comes up with the need to have PAE (Physical address Extension)
> >>>> and NX bit available to it plus something SSE2. I have the former
> >>>> and the latter but don't have NX on my chipset so..... and having
> >>>> spent GBP90 on s/w I don't want to spend GBP300 - 400 for a new
> >>>> server.
> >>>>
> >>>> Peter
> >>>>
> >>>> On 06/01/2013 22:51, Richard Man wrote:
> >>>>> ?? LR4 runs fine on most Windows PC? Not sure about problem
> descriptions?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It may have problems with Windows 8, but that would probably just
> >>>>> be W8
> >>>> and
> >>>>> hopefully will be fixed by Microsquish.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Peter Dzwig
> >>>>> <pdzwig at summaventures.com
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I bought LR4 to go with my XPro 1 only to find that I can only
> >>>>>> run LR4 over W8 or a version of Windows supported by a chip
> >>>>>> having certain properties implemented by Intel (PAE, NX, etc.)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Since I don' want to buy a new computer as well does anyone have
> >>>>>> any recommendations for an alternative to LR4 that can read RAW
> >>>>>> from an
> >>>> XPRO-1?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Currently I normally run PSE over XP which is fine for most apps.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Peter
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> PS I knew that film was cheaper!!
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> ==========================================================
> =
> >>>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>


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