- Joined
- Dec 7, 2007
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- 3,066
- Location
- Puget Sound
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
- Lightroom Version
- Classic
- Lightroom Version Number
- 5.x
- Operating System
- Windows 10
While things have been quiet on the LR and photo front for me this past year while I have been addressing some ongoing health issues, I have been slowly turning my attention back to my photography, as well as some hardware and software updates. I picked up a new Lenovo Yoga 730 laptop (i5-8550U/8GB/256GB) for a great deal as a "fill-in" machine to my main desktop PC, and am now considering it for light-duty mobile editing when needed in a pinch. The laptop is not a workhorse, but it does have 100% sRGB coverage and a PICe NVMe drive, which are becoming more common for mid-market laptops these days, so I am hoping that it should run basic LR functions without causing me too much frustration.
With that said, I am currently considering installing either version 5 or 6, as my (Win 7) home PC is still running 5 but will soon be updated (I told you it was a quiet year for photo processing). My initial inclination is to move ahead with my LR upgrade by installing version 6 on the laptop. But, having not used it previously, I was not sure how it would compare to version 5 on this laptop with respect to performance. My processing needs on the laptop are not going to be great, as I most often find my self doing out of town family events where folks usually appreciate a fast turnaround. Are there any merits to going with 5, or should I just move to 6? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
--Ken
With that said, I am currently considering installing either version 5 or 6, as my (Win 7) home PC is still running 5 but will soon be updated (I told you it was a quiet year for photo processing). My initial inclination is to move ahead with my LR upgrade by installing version 6 on the laptop. But, having not used it previously, I was not sure how it would compare to version 5 on this laptop with respect to performance. My processing needs on the laptop are not going to be great, as I most often find my self doing out of town family events where folks usually appreciate a fast turnaround. Are there any merits to going with 5, or should I just move to 6? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
--Ken