blogs.adobe.com — When's the last time you got a free update that made your machine 35% faster at something? Apple's recently released 10.4.8 system update includes a number of enhancements to the Rosetta processor emulation technology...a roughly 35% improvement running Photoshop CS2 on Intel-based Mac systems
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mudcrutchNov 14, 2006
It's obvious that you use CS2 on an Intel Mac for light purposes as you described.For anybody in a serious production environment the speeds are SLOW and it hinders my work -- especially when doing last minute changes flipping from InDesign to Illustrator, etc.
aerosquidNov 14, 2006
if you want faster just overclock... oh wait.
stelexNov 14, 2006
At the same time 10.4.8 seems to make my MacBook Pro cook again :-(<a class="user" href="http://www.silvermac.com/2006/macbook-pro-running-hot-again/">http://www.silvermac.com/2006/macbook-pro-running-hot-again/</a>
lowridahNov 14, 2006
Out of curiosity, do you legally own your copy of PS?From what I understand, with parallels the product repeatedly attempts to activate, and you only get two activations per 6 months...or are you using that "free" version of PS?
burtcokainNov 14, 2006
@mtnxfreeride, uownedgeTiger 10.4.8 runs great on my G4 400 Mhz titanium w/320 Mb RAM (it's my backup server), but i run mail, iphoto (with my backed up full library of far too many pictures), itunes, firefox 2through vnc over an ssh server very nicely thanks. I don't think your XP system will be doing that... It has an uptime (yeah, lets compare uptimes) of however long it is since that airport security update came out, and it is always on. Also, this isn't running a five year old OS.
ryanschmidtNov 15, 2006
Here I thought I was coming home to a new update... and here, I have had it for weeks. :(
rtiniNov 15, 2006
This story is somewhat inaccurate. Depending which Photoshop tests you run, the Mac OS 10.4.8 update provided more of a performance improvement for G5 Macs than it did for Intel Macs.<a class="user" href="http://barefeats.com/quad13.html">http://barefeats.com/quad13.html</a>