On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:51:45 -0800, trouble wrote:

You can download a fully functional trial version and see for yourself.
For how I use NX, as a raw converter with images transferred to
Photoshop for finishing, I could see absolutely no advantage to the
upgrade as what is added is better done in Photoshop.
I use NX on dual core (AMD and Intel) and Intel Quad core machines,
laptops and desktops, and have never experienced any problems with speed
or stability. I used to use it on a Pentium 4 laptop without problems.
Rather than paying for NX2 it may be more worthwhile looking into the
new Nik plug-in (Nik is the actual source of NX) for Photoshop that does
essentially the same thing and possibly more.

Does Nik plug-in allow saving of edit parameters without changing the
source file, as does Capture NX?

Mike.