Checking Photoshop CS3

MacBook Pro 17"
Leopard 10.5.4
Before I upgrade from Photoshop 7.0 to Photoshop CS3 are there any problems should I be aware of before installing on my MacBook Pro?

1. Max out the RAM. Currently the reasonable max is 4GB for the MacBook Pros. (actually there are new 4GB modules by Kingston which will work in the MacBook Pro but the price is over $400 each. Wait a year and we'll be able to upgrade our MacBook Pros to 8GB for a couple of hundred dollars I'm betting.)
2. If you work on images larger than 20MB or so use an external FireWire 800 drive for a Scratch drive.
3. Actual install should be no problem but have your serial number from PS7 handy.
4. If you use Spaces with Photoshop there will be some 'issues' with the redraw of the options bar, tool bar and palettes. Sometimes they don't, depending on how you access the space which has Photoshop. The easy fix, tap the tab key twice.
Generally speaking Photoshop runs just fine on my MacBook Pro but I only work on smaller images and downloading images from my tiny forays into taking photos. If you seriously use Photoshop in the office or home consider using the MacBook Pro to drive an external monitor with more real estate.

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