Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmmm?on the same machine LR6 is demonstrably faster. I?m using a 2013 Mac Pro. It makes extensive use of the GPUs which are themselves rather quick. Other features of Lightroom seem at least as quick as the version they replaced. Imports might be faster (at least Adobe claims they are on the Mac). Adam > On May 2, 2015, at 1:15 PM, mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com> wrote: > > over all every new version of most software becomes slower and bigger and > thats a fact of life. that machine u are using is way too slow for lr. u > need a 4 core 16gb ram and sd disk. that us the new norm aram. time to > upgrade. for me its about the same speed as lr5. i am running a 12 core 48 > gb desktop. > > > ------------------------------------- > regards, mehrdad > > On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Lightroom 6 has been blazingly fast for me, but I can't really compare it >> to LR5 because I changed to a much faster computer at the same time LR6 >> came out. With SSD hard drives, I don't have to wait for anything in LR >> or >> PS. It's so much faster that I have probably saved months of time in the >> few days I have had the computer!! >> >> Tina >> >> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I upgraded to 6 the first day, but have not had time to use it much as >> that >>> was the day before we left on our trip home. We are about half way there >>> (Monterey, CA) and we have internet in our campground and power, so I >> have >>> been playing around. It is very slow compared with 5. Especially slow >>> booting and slow switching from library to develop. And it takes longer >> to >>> import and change from NEF to DNG. It use to do that in one process, but >>> now it takes two. Loads all the NEF files then does the conversion. >> Maybe >>> there is a way around that. >>> >>> >>> >>> I am on my traveling HP laptop, an I-5 second generation, with 4 GB of >> RAM >>> and most of my hard drive empty. No GPU. I sure hope it is better on my >>> desktop when I finally get home. Just wondering if anyone else has seen >>> any >>> speed differences. I know they said it was supposed to be noticeably >>> faster >>> since it was all new 64 bit code. So far not impressed, at least about >>> that. I have played around with a few new features that will allow me to >>> not go to Photoshop as often. I like that idea. I use PS less and less >>> and >>> LR has added more and more features since version 1. >>> >>> >>> >>> Aram >>> >>> >>> >>> Aram Langhans >>> >>> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher >>> & Unemployed photographer >>> >>> "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin >> himself >>> would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information