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Bridge 2017 versus Bridge CS5
Have one folder with over 8000 jpg images. These have very detailed descriptions and a couple of thumbnails.
To open CS5 from scratch, with this folder active, takes about 20 seconds before all images and data is visible
In contrast, doing the same with 2017, takes 20 seconds just to open Bridge, then another 90 seconds before all data is available.
Both use similar settings, everything possible had been reset and cleaned. The thumbnail cache used is the same for both.
Installed a trial Bridge 2017 on another PC, with a similar result, after letting it build the complete cache first. Both PC's are pretty fast, plenty of RAM and disk space.
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