Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But my point is, all recent CPU since 4-5 years ago should support PAE, NX and SSE2. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > So why do you need Windows 8? > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > Sign my petition against the gun lobby: > > > https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/include-nra-list-terrorist-organizations-group-actively-promotes-killing-us-civilians/GgyPdyy4 > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > 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. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> =========================================================== > >>> Dr Peter Dzwig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > =========================================================== > > Dr Peter Dzwig > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>