Thread: I should've done this earlier!

Originally Posted by bartjeej

is it possible to hook up an external harddisk to an iPad?

No. But its not supposed to be a computer replacement, so theres no real need for that. I only have 16G wifi and for me its enough.

Originally Posted by Armanius

The new MacBookPro with retina display and superthin (and lighter) body looks really nice!!

Not just nice... its brilliant. I was about to start a new thread on this gorgeous bit of kit, and I think I will.

Originally Posted by Armanius

Even with my 27" iMac from 2011 (with 6 gigs of RAM), running LR4 on it has been blah at best. I haven't upgraded to 4.1 yet.

Is there really any difference between LR 3 & 4 that makes upgrade worthwhile? All I have heard is it is a computer lagger.

For me, having individual R, G and B curves was a real draw but I must say I've hardly used it so far. I might get me some film simulations and see how I like that, I was really fond of those when all I had was the GIMP.
The range of highlight / shadow slider adjustments has apparently been greatly improved, although I still find myself maxing out the highlight reduction slider on a fairly regular basis - I don't know how much less capable LR3 was in this regard since I didn't use its sliders enough when I had the 30-day trial.
I think I was happier with LR3's auto exposure tool than LR4's, but thankfully it's really easy to apply the sliders manually - oh, and the sliders' organisation and differentiation has become more logical

other than that, I'm still only getting to know LR4 so I haven't used anywhere near all of its functions yet, but if you don't really need any of the new functions, LR3 remains an incredibly powerful program...