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

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Subject: [Leica] mac airbook
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 09:50:15 +0100
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That's inflation for you - the last time I heard that saying it was six of 
one and half dozen of the other!

I have Aperture and like many of its features but I am afraid that it needs 
to catch up with LR.

Gerry

Sent from my iPhone

On 13 Jul 2012, at 09:38, Daniel Ridings <dlridings at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Replies: Reply from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] mac airbook)
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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)