[X4U] (POT) Graphic Artist Question

[Richard Gilmore]

I do some graphic design on an iMactel with 2 gigs of RAM and CS1 and it
does get slow with Photoshop and Illustrator open at the time. Partly that's
due to running in Rosetta but I think you can get by with 2GB but if you can
afford more I'd put it in. Getting CS3 and running it natively on the intel
would help a lot too. I think the old iMac limit for RAM was 3GB the new
ones are 4GB I believe. A MacPro would probably be better in the long run
though depending on your budget.


On 4/8/07 8:45 PM, "Wayne Wilkin" <macsys at mac.com> wrote:

> Your kidding right? An iMac w/2 gigs of ram. The OS and In-Design and
> or Quark, by itself will eat that right up. Not to mention, ever want
> to expand? Forget it!
> Design stations need the ability to be upgraded and the ability add
> more storage, easily! Maybe your right about some of this, it's a
> little more, but myself working in this field as a designer and now a
> tech support specialist still in the industry, all I know is I get
> far lesser complaints about slow-downs etc, the kind you would get
> with a 2/gig iMac.
>