Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yup, but Adobe won't sell LR3. Peter PS the h/w is probably five or six years old. On 07/01/2013 18:24, Richard Man wrote: > More to the point, any machine older than that can run XP and LR2 or LR3. > Win7 and Win8 will probably those features as are most of the latest > software releases. > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Richard Man <richard at > richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > >> But my point is, all recent CPU since 4-5 years ago should support PAE, NX >> and SSE2. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at >> frozenlight.eu>wrote: >> >>> So why do you need Windows 8? >>> >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >>> Sign my petition against the gun lobby: >>> >>> >>> https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/include-nra-list-terrorist-organizations-group-actively-promotes-killing-us-civilians/GgyPdyy4 >>> >>> YNWA >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>> information >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> =========================================================== >>>>>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> =========================================================== >>>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig