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10/03/2007 01:23:18 PM · #1 |
I've read a number of threads on this topic, but couldn't find the help I needed.
I purchased Aperture with the belief that it would run on my powerbook G4 with 1GB of RAM. Unfortunately it is so slow that I cannot use to process the output from portrait sessions. The mac upgrade will have to wait awhile (24-70L is next on list), so I'm wondering if LightRoom would be a better performing solution given my outdated hardware. Does anybody have experience with these two products?
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10/03/2007 01:26:21 PM · #2 |
FWIW, lightroom on windows is a huge memory hog too and slow on older hardware. Dunno about the mac version, but I suspect it wouldn't be much different.
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10/03/2007 01:38:47 PM · #3 |
| I have the same setup (G4 with 1 GB of RAM) and Lightroom runs decently on it. Not the fastest program I own, but it gets by. It's a bit slow rendering 1:1 previews, and I can say I've been frustrated at least a few times, but it's definitely not as bad as Aperture seems to be running on your computer. |
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10/03/2007 01:41:07 PM · #4 |
| I use lightroom 1.2 on my laptop (Pentium M, 1GB Ram) For me it runs fairly fast. But yeah large imports and exports do take a while. |
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10/03/2007 02:05:56 PM · #5 |
I ran Aperture on a G4 with 1.25 SDRAM, which was a functional experience, to put it nicely.
On my desktop (iMac 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2 GB DDR2 SDRAM) it runs entirely smooth and fast as can be. |
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10/03/2007 02:13:57 PM · #6 |
| From what I've heard the direct answer is, yes, Lightroom will be faster than Aperture on a PowerBook, BUT it will still be sluggish overall. You really need a G5 or Intel Mac to use such heavy-duty software. |
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