Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Peter, I think the people on that forum are talking rubbish. You should > put as much memory in your laptop as it supports, period. On the iMac on > which I write this, I have 4 GB 800 DDR RAM. My iMac is slightly faster > than your laptop (2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo) but that is not a dramatic > difference. Yet, I comfortable manage a LR database with 20,000 photos in > it. I think the main reason for the difference between yours and mine > experience lies mainly in the differing amounts of RAM. > > Cheers, > Nathan I would agree. The main improvements I've made usually have to do with more access to RAM. Every 6 years or so the "speed" of processing seems to have made enough improvement to beg replacement. The size of the images is of course a MAJOR factor. Now I have the 'blad and 39 megapixels and the M9 with 18 the computer is being stressed, so I do try to only keep the best images in full glorious RAW: that will help speed Cheers Alastair