Running Adobe Creative Suite CS3 on G4 iBook

Hi all
I have a G4 iBook 933 MHz, 640 Mb RAM, 32Mb graphics card running OS X 10.4.11. Adobe Creative Suite CS and Macromedia Studio MX 2004 are both installed on the system and run fine.
I'm considering upgrading the software to Creative Suite Design Premium CS3. The idea is to wring another 6 months solid use out of the iBook then purchase a Mac Pro to be my workhorse. The iBook will be used just when I'm on the road.
The system requirements for CS3 design premium seem to be borderline OK for the iBook, only Photoshop and Illustrator seem to require more graphics memory than I have - but I won't be pushing either to the limit.
Just wondering if anyone is successfully running CS3 on the same hardware? Or if someone's tried and found it won't work!
Thanks in advance folks.

Hi mpjx,
I found the minimum requirements for CS Design Premium...
Macintosh
PowerPC® G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.4.11–10.5 (Leopard)
Java™ Runtime Environment 1.5 required for Adobe Version Cue® CS3 Server
1GB of RAM
6.3GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.1.2 software required for multimedia features
Some 3D features in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended require an OpenGL 1.4 capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM
Internet or phone connection required for product activation
Broadband Internet connection required for online services*
Here's the link: http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/design/systemreqs/
Since your iBookg4 only supports 640MB of RAM, and CS requires 1GB of RAM, I think you would experience very slow performance and probably crashes while editing.
I wish I had something more positive to offer...
Carolyn

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