Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >>>>>> > >>>>>>