Sep 4, 2006, 13:38
Moving from a 1.2GHz G4 iBook with 1gb of ram to a 2GHz MacBook with 2GB of ram, I have to say that Photoshop Elements 3.0's performance sucks cycles. It wasn't great on the G4, and running under emulation is slower. It's still usable, but I haven't been tempted to install my copy of Photoshop 7 on the new machine.
The good news is that I no longer need photoshop. I've been playing with Lightroom B3, and it's awesome. There's still a lot lo learn, and a lot may change, but I have no doubt that I'll be buying the final version when it comes out. It's a "fat" binary -- I still remember the transition from 68000 chips -- so it runs just fine on my MacBook. I've never been a heavy photoshop user, so Elements still works for the few tasks that I don't use Lightroom for.
The good news is that I no longer need photoshop. I've been playing with Lightroom B3, and it's awesome. There's still a lot lo learn, and a lot may change, but I have no doubt that I'll be buying the final version when it comes out. It's a "fat" binary -- I still remember the transition from 68000 chips -- so it runs just fine on my MacBook. I've never been a heavy photoshop user, so Elements still works for the few tasks that I don't use Lightroom for.
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