I am confused about PS CS2

I just went to the Apple store and played with Photoshop CS2 on a Mac Pro. I was under the impression that PS didn't work on the Intel processors?

It works fine. It just runs slower than it would if it was a Universal App.

It works, but it has to run under Rosetta emulation software - sort of a translator between Intel chips and PowerPC code. With a powerful enough computer and enough ram, programs running under Rosetta run just fine. I can run Photoshop CS2 without a hitch on my MacBook Pro, but with my Mini it is slow as molasses.

Wow. Crazy fast response. Thanks

I am getting a MBP C2D w/ 1GB of RAM. It should be alright then?

G'day cheesybanana,

CS2 would be running under Rosetta on a Mac Pro and would therefore be slightly slower on an Intel Mac.

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cheesybanana said:

Wow. Crazy fast response. Thanks

I am getting a MBP C2D w/ 1GB of RAM. It should be alright then?

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The Macbook Pros will handle Photoshop CS2 very well and will just scream when CS3 comes out. :black:

cheesybanana said:

Wow. Crazy fast response. Thanks

I am getting a MBP C2D w/ 1GB of RAM. It should be alright then?

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For running CS2 I would recommend 2GB of RAM. Running just Mac OS X, default Widgets, and Photoshop CS2, I am left with only 700MB not used, on top of that, Photoshop uses a scratch disc that starts with RAM to store stuff for the program, a large cache if you will. 2GB of RAM lets Photoshop run flawlessly.

do you guys know when cs3 is supposed to be coming out?

nukemm said:

For running CS2 I would recommend 2GB of RAM. Running just Mac OS X, default Widgets, and Photoshop CS2, I am left with only 700MB not used, on top of that, Photoshop uses a scratch disc that starts with RAM to store stuff for the program, a large cache if you will. 2GB of RAM lets Photoshop run flawlessly.

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Yeah but if it means not having to restart every time I want to use it, I am willing to take the performance hit. I will probably get another gig of ram down the road, but I just can't afford it after this.

Thanks for all the info!

nef said:

do you guys know when cs3 is supposed to be coming out?

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Not specifically but I'd bet somewhere around September if I had to guess.

I heard April/May, but nobody knows for sure.