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Subject: [Leica] LR 4 Alternatives anyone
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 12:53:29 +0100
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So why do you need Windows 8?


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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.
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>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
>>> ===========================================================
>>> Dr Peter Dzwig
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> ===========================================================
> Dr Peter Dzwig                                
> 
> 
> 
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