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[greyspecks]

Hi,

Will Photoshop CS3 run okay on a Power Mac Dual Processor 2Ghz with 2GB RAM..
As my local MAC shoppie reckons CS3 will process to it's best perforamnce on an Intel MAC:confused: and PPCs' don't get the best outa CS3!..?
If this is the case, does it mean it's better to use CS2 on these MACs'....BTW I'm looking to upgrade from CS.. Thanks in advance.

[David Luttmann]

Hi,

Will Photoshop CS3 run okay on a Power Mac Dual Processor 2Ghz with 2GB RAM..
As my local MAC shoppie reckons CS3 will process to it's best perforamnce on an Intel MAC:confused: and PPCs' don't get the best outa CS3!..?
If this is the case, does it mean it's better to use CS2 on these MACs'....BTW I'm looking to upgrade from CS.. Thanks in advance.

You're running Photoshop on a raincoat? :)

[Marko]

Grey,

If in doubt, download the trial version (http://www.adobe.com/downloads/?ogn=EN_US-gntray_dl_trialdownloads) and test it out. Just make sure you have a complete backup of your system - including preferences! - before you install it.

I can't tell for sure, but I think CS3 was written as Universal Binary, so it should work on both platforms. Even if it does, it would benefit from memory upgrade, though. 2GB is not all that much any more...

[David Luttmann]

Grey,

If in doubt, download the trial version (http://www.adobe.com/downloads/?ogn=EN_US-gntray_dl_trialdownloads) and test it out. Just make sure you have a complete backup of your system - including preferences! - before you install it.

I can't tell for sure, but I think CS3 was written as Universal Binary, so it should work on both platforms. Even if it does, it would benefit from memory upgrade, though. 2GB is not all that much any more...

I smash into the 2gb limit all the time. Man, I never thought I'd be playing with 1.5gb images.

[rippo]

1.25 Ghz G4 dual processor here, 1.75 Gb RAM, runs CS3 just fine. not fast mind you, but it works as well as CS2 did, as far as i can tell.

[Marko]

I smash into the 2gb limit all the time. Man, I never thought I'd be playing with 1.5gb images.

Hey, you're in good company.


640K ought to be enough for anybody.

Remember who said that? :)

[Scott Knowles]

I'm running a 2.3 GHz G5 (PPC) upgraded to Leopard (10.5.2) and CS3 Premium with Photoshop. It ran fine with the 2.5 GBytes of memory but I raised it last week to 4.5 GBytes with a second internal hard drive. Watching the activity monitor, it routinely uses 3-3.5 Gbytes for software (Photoshop, GoLive, Bridge, Safari, Nikon Scan 4, etc.) so the new memory was a good idea. It seems to run a little faster (image processing), but it's likely more perception than reality.

[Stephen Best]

Hi,

Will Photoshop CS3 run okay on a Power Mac Dual Processor 2Ghz with 2GB RAM..
As my local MAC shoppie reckons CS3 will process to it's best perforamnce on an Intel MAC:confused: and PPCs' don't get the best outa CS3!..?
If this is the case, does it mean it's better to use CS2 on these MACs'....BTW I'm looking to upgrade from CS.. Thanks in advance.

It depends on your file size. I ran Photoshop CS3 on a PowerMac G5 2x2Ghz with 4GB and it ran great for files up to about 500MB. I then switched to a MacPro 8x2.8GHz with 2GB which was pretty zippy for files up to about 200MB. I've since upgraded to 10GB and use a striped scratch. The PowerMac G5 with 10.4 was a great platform for CS3 and had less bugs than I experience with the MacPro with 10.5.

[greyspecks]

Thanks all for your posts, I spoke with an Adobe Tech earlier, ' CS3 will run just as well on the older dual machines' So thats-that sorted then- even more ways to spend my tokens on, though I may now just splash the cash on more RAM and keep with CS.
I had a brief look through CS3 today and I don't really need perspective control or keystoning tools etc.. Unless there's something else I missed, I shoot with 4x5 Monorail system on 6x9... & some occasional 4x5 sheets..
Unless there's a heap of other tools that add more to the upgrade-than this to post production editing.
I've been looking niks Pro 3 bundle, with the film effect filters and other bits and bobs I could intergrate that as part of my work-flow, not too sure on the sharpening s/ware, great if your images are mostly going to one specfic printer or web display, but could be difficult if for example would be web libraries, where post sharpening couldn't be designated before hand as it'll be impossible to know how much sharpening to do..?!!!


If you walk a mile in my shoes I'd want them repaired before you returned them..

[Lenny Eiger]

Thanks all for your posts, I spoke with an Adobe Tech earlier, ' CS3 will run just as well on the older dual machines' So thats-that sorted then- even more ways to spend my tokens on, though I may now just splash the cash on more RAM and keep with CS.

More RAM is much better, and its cheap. Try RamSeeker or omnitechnologies.biz



Unless there's a heap of other tools that add more to the upgrade-than this to post production editing.
I've been looking niks Pro 3 bundle, with the film effect filters and other bits and bobs I could intergrate that as part of my work-flow, not too sure on the sharpening s/ware, great if your images are mostly going to one specfic printer or web display, but could be difficult if for example would be web libraries, where post sharpening couldn't be designated before hand as it'll be impossible to know how much sharpening to do..?!!!


I can't recommend any of the third party tools. I've bought most of them at one time or another and have been unimpressed - they simply reproduce Photoshop capabilities and put a different face on them, sometimes more cryptic, as in Nik Sharpen... I recommend learning how to sharpen your images with Unsharp Mask... CS2 and CS3 are way better than CS1 in the way they do not increase the file size very much for adjustment layers.

Lenny

[sanking]

Thanks all for your posts, I spoke with an Adobe Tech earlier, ' CS3 will run just as well on the older dual machines' So thats-that sorted then- even more ways to spend my tokens on, though I may now just splash the cash on more RAM and keep with CS.
I had a brief look through CS3 today and I don't really need perspective control or keystoning tools etc.. Unless there's something else I missed, I shoot with 4x5 Monorail system on 6x9... & some occasional 4x5 sheets..
Unless there's a heap of other tools that add more to the upgrade-than this to post
If you walk a mile in my shoes I'd want them repaired before you returned them..

I run CS on one MAC and CS3 on another. CS is adequate for most needs but ther are certian tools in CS3 that I find very useful, Merge to HDR and Photomerge, for example. I do a lot of stitching from scanning and the photomerge feature on CS is much better than even on CS2, and not available at all on CS so far as I can figure. This feature by itself is why I upgraded to CS3.

Sandy King

[D. Bryant]

I run CS on one MAC and CS3 on another. CS is adequate for most needs but ther are certian tools in CS3 that I find very useful, Merge to HDR and Photomerge, for example. I do a lot of stitching from scanning and the photomerge feature on CS is much better than even on CS2, and not available at all on CS so far as I can figure. This feature by itself is why I upgraded to CS3.

Sandy King

Can the release of CS4 be long? Adobe Lightroom beta 2.0 is now available.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5Flightroom2

Don Bryant