Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was thinking the same thing today. The new PS Elements has the healing brush in it, which is the only thing I cannot do without. PS CS has a ton of things that I don't need. I forgot about Apple using the Intel chip. Hell, I was going to Apple to get away from the Intel chip. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bob Shaw Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 9:44 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Mac desktop for Photoshop CS2? Jeff: I use a 2-year old iMac (CRT, not LCD - the rather awkward looking one). It sports a full MS Office Pro load, Safari, Firefox, Quicken, Windows Media Player (I actually ran Windows XP on it for a while), etc. etc. Oh, and did I mention Photoshop Elements 4.0? Thing is If I shoot a crappy image, it's crappy; don't need CS2 as I shoot R8 and R9 mostly film, have Costco scan to high res disc, load into iPhoto then export the few remaining decent images to Elements for home proof printing on a Canon i860 (up to 8x10). If it's a "lucky shot", I pass on the CD and have an archive print made at a local lab from the negative. Plus more than 1,600 SuperLarge JPGs in iPhoto, etc. So yeah, get the latest iMac. You won't be disappointed. Any Mac model faster, it just keeps getting better. Bob in Seattle On Nov 19, 2006, at 14:42, Jeffery Smith wrote: My current Gateway computer works fine for just about everything. It was a top-end screamer when I bought it nearly 4 years ago. But using it with Photoshop CS is enough to push me nearly over the edge. Sometimes it takes 20 seconds to respond to an [Alt] push when using the healing brush. It is simply too slow and too limited in resources to work well or even marginally with Photoshop CS. I feel that I have two choices: (1) Buy 4 gb of memory and see if that speeds things up (2) Buy a low end Mac and use it for PS CS2 only For those of you out there who are Mac aficionados, what would be a reasonable lower end Mac for use with PS CS2 keeping in mind that I will be using it for that ONLY. Maybe an iMac in the $1,500 to $2,000 area? Doesn't the Mac handle memory and resources better than Windows XP. Your thoughts and suggested are heartily welcomed. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information