Lightroom CC/6 Myths & Confusion
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Andy, I was running LR 5 (and 4 before that) on my 17.3", Win8.1, i7 cpu, 8gb ram, 256gb ssd, 1tb hd laptop. The ssd has my LR catalog and previews, but the photo files are all on the hd. I left that computer in Japan though so before coming to Spain I bought a compromise laptop to use with LR: 14.1", Win7 pro, i5 cpu, 4gb ram, 750gb hd. I needed something smaller than the 17.3" for this sort of extended travel so looked at 15.6", 14.1", and 13.3" laptops. Naturally, while not using it I would like something the size of an iphone, but when using it I would like something the size of an 27" imac.
Life is full of compromises though so I decided that the 15.6" was too big for this trip and the 13.3" was too small. The 14.1" is still usable with LR, but is small enough that it isn't too much of burden for the trip. While in Europe we each have a small, carry-on style rolling bag (in 2001 on our 4 month travels in Europe we each had backpacks) so the laptop fits easily into my rolling bag.The 4gb is enough to use LR + have Firefox open with several tabs + Notepad, Windows File Explorer, etc.. Usually LR never uses more than about 2-2.5gb from what I have seen, and usually less, for the last couple of years. That is processing 16mp and sometimes 18mp raw files. Maybe if I was processing 36mp raw files it would use much more.
I will probably wait until LR 6.1 before upgrading. That is what I usually do. Let them fix some of the early bugs that are found.
It would be nice though if Adobe has been able to reduce memory usage with 6. As soon as I noticed that the recommended ram was 4gb I had to go back and check earlier versions because I thought I remembered that for 5 they recommended 8gb. Turns out I was right.
