From experience using it it is slower when either using large files
or having multiple apps, this on a 17 inch macbookpro with 2 gig ram.
From xlr8yourmac:
" Hi Mike, This Intel iMac seems to add to my popularity. ;)
Concerning Adobe CS2: It's exactly like the reader said that
responded first. It's about as fast as it was on my TiBook (667Mhz,
1GB Ram), and you really do need as much Ram as possible. I've got
2GB, and I wish I had 4. I've been running Photoshop, InDesign and
Illustrator at the same time, but there was almost no free memory
left (swapping in OS X is good, but still). I didn't experience any
crashes at all.
Conclusion: It's fine for basic stuff, but working with large files
feels MUCH better on a G5.
Best Regards,
Andreas L. "
" I am running CS2 (Photoshop CS2 and Image ready he later said) on
an Intel iMac (1.83GHz) with 1 GB ram. You need the ram. 2GB is
better to run this app.
I initially had the stock 512MB, but anything Rosetta is a killer.
With 1GB ram, it runs about as fast as my old G4 iMac 700 Mhz with
1GB ram. Everything seems to work, including the contextual menus
to resize images.
It is absolutely usable, and is actually the first app I
reinstalled. My site will be doing a review of Lightroom from Adobe
and LightZone by LightCrafts (both Universal).
Initially both apps run very fast, and are good, viable editing
alternatives. GraphicConvertor (Universal) is also an excellent
alternative.
-Peter "
" I tested an iMac 20" core duo and I wasn't impressed. It had only
512MB ram and I opened CS2 Photoshop. It crashed twice before
opening. The 3rd time it took 3 times as long to open as my
powerbook dl 1.5GB ram. Everything was so sluggish, I decided to
walk away without purchasing anything. :(
-Rossi "
On 28/06/2006,Wednesday, at 8:41 AM, Jude wrote:
>>Photoshop for PPC is definitely slower on an intel mac as it
has to use Rosetta, which is translating the code.
I'm not a power user when it comes to Photoshop, but I do use it
at a professional level and I have to say that I specifically went
and had a play with it on an Intel iMac at Digilife and I couldn't
get it to perform badly. It seemed exactly the same to me.
So if people are holding off because of this, I would urge them to
check it out themselves. For what I do, which often involves tight
deadlines, I don't think I would even notice the difference.
As I said, it could be different for power users, though I'm not
sure exactly what things would give it grief, if any.
For anyone considering intel macs and FCP - all reports are
excellent so far. Much faster than a dual G5 even on a macbook Pro.
cheers
Jude
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