I just looked into Bibble and you are correct - I will not run on my original Athlon, but it will not run on my Athlon XP system. Bibble says that the processor must be SSE compatible, which the original Athlon is not (at least according to SiSandra.) the Bibble documentation is not 100% clear on this - the SSE compatibility is noted in one place, not in another. Perhaps the documentation was not consistently updated.
Similarly, my Athlon XP, while SSE compliant, does not support SSE2 or SSE3. Perhaps PS CS 2 needs that, or some other unsupported processor feature unique to Intel chips. I don't know - but like you, I won't be upgrading my PC for a while so I'll live without PS CS 2 if needed.
Keep us posted re what you find....
- MCC
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pdml" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: Photoshop Questions
Thanks to everyone who responded. I think I need to clarify the question a bit:
Background question: Adobe lists only Intel processors as the hardware that will run PS CS2, including the Pentium III and IV. I have an Athlon 1.33 Ghz, which is equivalent to the Pentium IV.
So far everyone seems to think that CS2 will run on the Athlon. But has any of you actually run CS2 on an Athlon (as opposed to an Athlon XP)?
I have two concerns before I put my money down:
1. Bibble will not run on an Athlon. It is designed not to. It requires an Athlon XP. I am wondering if Adobe pulled any cute tricks like this.
2. An article in the June issue of Shutterbug says that CS2 requires an Athlon 64. This is a brand new processor that is not yet widely available. Reading that is what prompted my question in the first place. I am hoping that the author got it wrong.
I absolutely refuse to buy a new computer every two years. It seems that now even software producers want us to do that.
Alternatively, does anyone know how I can get Adobe to respond to this question? Their technical support refuses to respond by e-mail. At Shel's suggestion I have posted a query on Adobe's discussion forum. I have gotten helpful answers, like here, but so far none has fully hit the mark.
Thanks, everyone. Now I am going to try to install Windows XP, partly in the hope of being able to run CS2.
Joe
