However, the reality is a world away from these minimum requirements, and realistically 8GB should be considered the absoloute minimum, and 16GB should be your aim.
Adobe’s minimum system requirements for Lightroom on Windows platform would suggest that a fairly basic laptop with 64-bit Intel or AMD 64-bit processor and 2GB of ram is perfectly fine. The first area that I want to look at is the operating system. Finally, I will compare Lightroom’s general performance between a conventional disk drive and an SSD. This essay will identify some of the aspects impacting on performance along with some methods by which their effects can be mitigated or removed altogether. Unfortunately, the answer is not a simple yes or no. Similar questions regularly arise on the Adobe’ Lightroom forum. It seems like never a week goes by without me receiving a query as to whether a Solid State Drive ( SSD) will improve Lightroom’s overall performance. Nevertheless, in terms of Lightroom Classic performance, the relationship between these three components and my opinion on which is more important remains as it was back in 2011.Īll references to Lightroom should be read as Lightroom Classic as Adobe renamed the application in 2019 Sure we have faster processors, more ram and even faster SSDs. (Originally published 3 April 2011, updated 30 April 2015 and periodically reviewed)Īs I review this essay in early 2021 (nearly 10 years after it was originally published) I’m struck by how little has changed regarding where Lightroom performance can be gained or lost.