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March 14, 2023
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Need Support for WOS Devices (Windows on Snapdragon)

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Sunny UK

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With a slew of new laptops (including MS Surface Pro 11) being built on the ARM Snapdragon platform, does anyone know categorically whether it is possible to install and run Lightroom Classic on Window-on-ARM in emulation mode?

According to the system requirements (https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom-classic/system-requirements.html) it needs an Intel or AMD processor.

However, I've found this analysis (paid for by Microsoft) of the performance of the new Surface: https://signal65.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NewSurfaceLaptop2024_Signal65LabInsights.pdf . On page 24, there is an assessment of the performance of LrC running in emulation mode on the Surface 11. That suggests that it is possible.

If this needs to be raised as a feature request, can anyone point me in the direction of how I should do that?

Ian Lyons

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I don't have an answer to your question and doubt that other users will have either. That being said, I'm sure that it will shortly generate significant interest.

I've moved your post to the 'Ideas' forum.

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realmasters

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A number of Windows laptops have been announced that are based on the new Snapdragon X Elite CPU. These look to be powerful machines. Is Adobe planning to optimise LR Classic (&/or Desktop) for these devices?

Thanks.

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Grune

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I received confirmation from Microsoft today that Lightroom Classic is already natively supported.

Ian Lyons

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Although it might not be expressly stated, on the Adobe web site you can assume that if you don’t see Classic in the name, Adobe is not talking about Lightroom Classic, only cloud Lightroom.

As far as I know, based on the available public documents like the one you linked to, at this time Lightroom Classic does not run natively on Windows PCs with Snapdragon X processors, which are based on ARM instead of Intel x86. Hopefully, Lightroom Classic will be included in the Adobe statement further down on that page: “Adobe is actively working to bring more Creative Cloud apps to Copilot+ PCs that run on Snapdragon X Series processors. ” So maybe it’s just a matter of waiting a little longer.

At this time, the only ARM-based processor that Lightroom Classic runs on natively is the Apple M series, probably because those started coming out four years ago. I can’t remember exactly but I think it was the same situation: Classic didn’t run natively at first, but the native version was eventually released.

Native support for Apple Silicon on LrC came in 10.3 (June 2021), which is 7-8 months after the first M series Macs were released.

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