Will it be powerful enough

I am studying Graphic design and want to move to a mac. Unfortunately I won't be able to afford a new one so am looking a refurbished older macbook pros. i am looking to buy a 15" Macbook Pro with 4gb ram, Core 2 2.4 Ghz and large hard drive. Will this age of laptop run Adobe CS5 well and Lion?

J

Core 2 Duo CPU? then itll run Lion. itll be great for CS5.

seabirch said:

I am studying Graphic design and want to move to a mac. Unfortunately I won't be able to afford a new one so am looking a refurbished older macbook pros.

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Are you talking "Apple Refurbished"...or some other vendors "refurbished"?

Personally I don't trust anyone other than Apple's "refurbished"...especially since Apple refurbished computers also come with 12 months of Applecare.

HTH,

- Nick

Adobe's CS5 suite IS DESIGNED for the MacBook Pro and iMac Core2Duo line and the default video card that comes with it. Presuming you load up on third-party RAM and don't use your boot drive as a scratch disk, you should get GREAT performance out of it.

As for Lion, I'm running a 2007 MacBook (not Pro) and I'm **LOVING** Lion, so hopefully there's your answer (but to stress: max RAM, leave a LOT of free space available on boot drive at all times for best performance).