Lightroom 32bit or 64bit?

ivar

I can start Lightroom in 32 bit or 64 bit on my mac. Which one do I want?

arodney

ivar wrote:

I can start Lightroom in 32 bit or 64 bit on my mac. Which one do I want?

64 bit, although you’ll need more than 3+ gigs of ram free to see any benefit. The more, the better with such app’s that support 64 bit.

Richard

arodney wrote:

64 bit, although you’ll need more than 3+ gigs of ram free to see any benefit. The more, the better with such app’s that support 64 bit.

More memory means better performance, usually. Note that Photoshop itself will not be 64-bit on the Mac till CS5, but I don't think you should have any problem mixing 64-bit LR with 32-bit PS.

Scott_Quier

Richard wrote:

More memory means better performance, usually. Note that Photoshop itself will not be 64-bit on the Mac till CS5, but I don't think you should have any problem mixing 64-bit LR with 32-bit PS.

I know I don't have any issues with this combination on both my desktop and laptop - though I'm running Win7 x64 not Mac.

ivar

thanks guys, 64 bit it is

I rarely use photoshop to be honest and I am still on CS2 because of that, so I'm okay with that not being 64 bit

cmason

http://macperformanceguide.com/SnowLeopard-Performance.html

ivar

cmason wrote:

http://macperformanceguide.com/SnowLeopard-Performance.html

Cool, thanks