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OSX update reaps CS2 performance improvements on Intel Apple Macs
It seems like the wait for a native Intel based Mac OSX version of Photoshop, due for release sometime next year (rumored to be around Easter) has just been made a whole-lot sweeter with a new Apple MacOS system update.
As reported on John Nacks Adobe blog, the recently launched 10.4.8 system update includes improvements to the Rosetta system technology that allows PowerPC based applications to run on an Intel processor based Mac – effectively emulating the previous processor architecture so that applications that have not been re-written as native Intel applications can still be run.
Reports suggest that by upgrading your operating system to 10.4.8, you will get around a 35% speed improvement, which will be very welcome for professional designers that have upgraded their machines to Intel based Macs.
One further note – other reports suggest that by upgrading your RAM as high as you can will also improve performance, which makes sense as emulators usually gobble up a-lot of RAM… and you can never have enough RAM for Photoshop!
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Written by Jonny Allbut - freelance graphic designer
Last modified: 23 November, 2006 (12:49) | First published: 23 November, 2006
Filed under Design opinions and rumors 2 Comments »
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Comment by aloxeSpace
November 24, 2006 @ 2:27 am
Unfortunately the advertising agency I work for had to revert all Intel Macs it has (8 at this stage): if like most designers you use Adobe Illustrator on a daily if not hourly basis, 10.4.8 crashes when pathfinder is used… This is an issue that has been reported in many places. This Rosetta issue unfortunately makes Illustrator unusable. (We also had problem with inDesign). Reverting to 10.4.7 fixed everything on all 8 machines… Advice: Hold off until 10.4.9 or you will loose huge amount of production time trying to rectify the issues.
Comment by Dave
December 15, 2006 @ 11:14 am
Yes, we have had a similar situation at the ad agency where I work too – we got a new Intel Mac in and have not really been able to use it due to the CS2 compatibility – we just can’t rely on it. Looks like we are going to have to wait for CS3 to really get the most out of the machine!