Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery: I'm using a used Mac G4 533MHZ with 640MB of RAM and which I bought locally for $200. CS2 runs fine for my purposes, it's only a little bit too slow when I open around eighteen to twenty 50-80 MB files at the same time. I understand Tina's warning, but think that you won't go wrong with a fast, used G4 with enough RAM... probably 1GB would be better than my 640 MB. Jim 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 >