I am a CC customer until May 2017 but since my Lightroom workflow is too slow I think about leaving Lightroom and Photoshop. But since all my previous work is archived in Lightroom I really don't want to change my workflow. And in the near future I will need a new workstation. So maybe I'll find a computer that's fast enough for my lightroom needs. And I have access to lots of Windows workstations for testing purposes. All that led me to this plan:
I put together an USB thumbdrive with install files for Lightroom, about 100 test pictures and a script. The script reads out the computer information (CPU, GPU, RAM, drives and so on) and installs a trial Version of Lightroom. After that it put's these 100 test pictures through a Lightroom workflow with import, maybe some editing and export and measures the time lightroom takes. After that Lightroom gets uninstalled again.
This could lead to a list which hardware performs best with Lightroom and hopefully a reason for me to stay there.
Is there a way to do an automated / silent / quiet install and uninstall of a Trial version of Lightroom CC? I just found ways with serial number and enterprise editions so far ...