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<blockquote data-quote="johnwartjr" data-source="post: 8844" data-attributes="member: 2176">Hardware is more important than OS.Based on the fact that you mention a laptop with Vista, I'm guessing a&nbsp; single or dual core processor, 2 GB of RAM or less, and probably a 5400&nbsp; RPM drive. Means your editing efforts are going to run a little slow&nbsp; regardless of what tool you use. My desktop is twice as old as that, but&nbsp; has adequate RAM and fast disk - and it's kinda slow compared to my&nbsp; modern laptop. But, don't make that your limiting factor. You can do&nbsp; certain things like make sure you have 25% free disk space, clear out&nbsp; temp files, run scandisk, run defrag, make sure your OS is updated with&nbsp; patches and service packs etc and that should speed things up a bit.&nbsp; None of that will cost a thing. If you'd like some more detailed&nbsp; pointers in this arena, just ask.Regarding NX2, can anyone give me any reasons why I might consider&nbsp; adding it to my normal workflow? I do 99.5% of everything in LR3, then&nbsp; move to CS5 on the rare occasion I need it. I know there's lots more to&nbsp; learn on CS5, and I'm gonna get there, but I just don't use it much&nbsp; right now. When I do use it, or learn something new, I am always amazed&nbsp; at the power - but I wouldn't use a sledgehammer to hang an 8x10 on the&nbsp; wall <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I hope to take a class or two in photoshop at some point. Just a&nbsp; matter of time and money!Academic software licensing can be a better deal than the prices&nbsp; mentioned as well - a friend is a student at Indiana University, and he&nbsp; got his CS5 for *free* downloaded off the school's network - IU has such&nbsp; an agreement with Adobe. He could've gone to his bookstore and got the&nbsp; full CS5 suite - the 'Master Collection' - for $50 - this is normally a&nbsp; $2500+ purchase from Adobe!Keep in mind, the agreement with Adobe is that you will actually pay for&nbsp; the software when you are no longer a student - the academic licensing&nbsp; is for use while you're a student.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="johnwartjr, post: 8844, member: 2176"] Hardware is more important than OS. Based on the fact that you mention a laptop with Vista, I'm guessing a single or dual core processor, 2 GB of RAM or less, and probably a 5400 RPM drive. Means your editing efforts are going to run a little slow regardless of what tool you use. My desktop is twice as old as that, but has adequate RAM and fast disk - and it's kinda slow compared to my modern laptop. But, don't make that your limiting factor. You can do certain things like make sure you have 25% free disk space, clear out temp files, run scandisk, run defrag, make sure your OS is updated with patches and service packs etc and that should speed things up a bit. None of that will cost a thing. If you'd like some more detailed pointers in this arena, just ask. Regarding NX2, can anyone give me any reasons why I might consider adding it to my normal workflow? I do 99.5% of everything in LR3, then move to CS5 on the rare occasion I need it. I know there's lots more to learn on CS5, and I'm gonna get there, but I just don't use it much right now. When I do use it, or learn something new, I am always amazed at the power - but I wouldn't use a sledgehammer to hang an 8x10 on the wall :) I hope to take a class or two in photoshop at some point. Just a matter of time and money! Academic software licensing can be a better deal than the prices mentioned as well - a friend is a student at Indiana University, and he got his CS5 for *free* downloaded off the school's network - IU has such an agreement with Adobe. He could've gone to his bookstore and got the full CS5 suite - the 'Master Collection' - for $50 - this is normally a $2500+ purchase from Adobe! Keep in mind, the agreement with Adobe is that you will actually pay for the software when you are no longer a student - the academic licensing is for use while you're a student. [/QUOTE]

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