Graphic Design + Macbook Pro Question

I recently got a 15in Macbook Pro, with 250GB hardrive (which is enough for me since I got a 500GB external hardrive), 4 GB of RAM, and 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. I'm going to be running Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator a lot, and I was wondering if this comp will be fine for what I want to do. If not, should I update it to something else. would the 2.8 GHz be a lot faster???? Thanks, and let's not make this thread into a Apple VS Microsoft war. Thanks in advance!

No it would not be a lot faster. You won't even notice the speed difference at all unless you had a side by side comparison.

If a mac mini can run Photoshop and Illustrator I'm pretty sure a MacBookPro would be more than capable.

Let me put it this way: I have a 2006 model BlackBook (2.16GHz with the "despised" GMA 950 chipset, about 1/5th the ability of a 9400M).

I run Photoshop CS3 every day, InDesign, Illustrator. No issues.

At home I run two monitors, and play 720p HD video clips on it all the time. No issues.

It struggles a bit with things like Google Earth or WOW, but I don't really use that stuff so I don't care much.

In short, yes I think yours will be able to handle PS and Ill just fine.

Thanks for the reply guys. I haven't start doing anything yet, cause I just got it. But Im going to be going to school soon for Graphic Design, and I just want this computer to last for at least 2-4 years, be able to do everything i need in school.