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JayhawkSD

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2. Running Win 10 with 4 Gb RAM is a nonstarter.

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Wed Oct 11, 2017, 12:28 AM

Oct 2017

You need at least 8 Gb to do much of anything with Win10, and 12 would be better.

Are you editing photos or videos? Editing photos should not take any time at all, although I have no experience with Corel.

I use Irfanview, which is freeware, and even with extensive alteration of tone and color depth, the change takes less time than my fingers on the keyboard does, and saving is instantaneous. Editing videos may a while, but photos? No.

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I know the answer is out there but can't get 'search' to work, so here goes. [View all] flamin lib Oct 2017 OP

What video Break time Oct 2017 #1

Okay, more ram it is. nt flamin lib Oct 2017 #3

Running Win 10 with 4 Gb RAM is a nonstarter. JayhawkSD Oct 2017 #2

Okay then, 8 gigs it is. nt flamin lib Oct 2017 #4

Sudden slow downs indicate that the hard drive and processor are busy doing other things. earthshine Oct 2017 #5

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a photographer not a hardware engineer . . ." flamin lib Oct 2017 #6

Sounds like you need a Spock to elucidate it for you. earthshine Oct 2017 #7

Ok, that helps a lot. I'm using the tutorials on YT to good advantage.nt flamin lib Oct 2017 #8

In addition to RAM make sure you have enough disk space for a scratch disk csziggy Oct 2017 #9

Disk space isn't an issue as I edit the quantity of images like a miser. flamin lib Oct 2017 #10

Hope the RAM works! csziggy Oct 2017 #11

Video editing really wants 16 gig of memory or more. ManiacJoe Oct 2017 #12