We have been running CS3 on newer and older iMacs (some First-Gen Intels).
It was really slow. We skipped CS4 and have now moved to CS5 and the
improvements are really noticeable. 4gigs of RAM is a must of course but
also because the same machines are also running iMovie, Final Cut and some
have Vectorworks, etc. 64 bit Adobe apps really makes a difference.
Jonathan
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Jonathan Mergy <jmergy@lwhs.org>
Director Of Technology
Lick-Wilmerding High School
755 Ocean Ave, SF CA 94112
P:415.585.1725 x365
http://www.lwhs.org
> From: Carl Campion <ccampion@mac.com>
> Reply-To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:20:51 -0400
> To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Subject: CS4 & large iMac
>
> Hello list
>
> We noticed toward the end of the year a the complexity of the
> Illustrator or Photoshop projects increased the performance of our now
> three year old iMacs decreased. I believe the issue is a lack of
> actual video RAM. Last summer I bumped the ram to 4GB which helped but
> isn't the cure.
>
> Moving up to a new 27" unit with actual video RAM and a larger work
> area is a logical solution. Before making this move I'd like any
> feedback on CS4 and this current generation of iMacs.
>
> thanks
>
> Carl Campion
> Director of Technology
> Archmere Academy
>
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