[X4U] Adobe CS3 Premium and G5 2x2?

[Zane H. Healy]

> Yes, I am using a dual 2.0GHz G5, Mac OS X 10.4.11, with 4GB RAM, as well as
> Creative Suite 3 Premium.
> 
> There are times I wait -- usually switching between Photoshop and
> Illustrator or Illustrator and InDesign -- but it's really just a pause.
> Certainly workable, IMHO. I'm not planning to upgrade any time soon.
> 
> P.S. I was using CS3 with just 2GB RAM installed until I heard how cheap RAM
> was recently. I bought it b/c it was inexpensive, not because I was fretting
> over the response of CS3, if that helps.
> 
> In addition, I always have Entourage, Mail, and Thunderbird running, as well
> as Acrobat 7 (I can't stand v8, so won't launch it) and XPress 6 and XPress
> 7, Word, and probably Excel. Plus Safari, Camino, and Firefox, all at once,
> and Linotype Font Explorer X, and Preview, Fetch, and Console. So... it
> might even run faster if I wasn't such a slob with open apps. :)

Thanks Linda, your reply, and more importantly your bad usage habits go a
*LONG* way to easing my mind as I start to consider this upgrade.  I'm just
as bad when it comes to leaving things running.

BTW, RAM prices are the only reason I'm considering going from 5.5GB to a
full 8GB.

Zane