Photoshop advice . . .

Sorry to bother . . .but my head is spinning and I need some advice. My wonderful eMac just died, and I had to start all over and buy a new iMac and a full retail version of Photoshop CS2. Photoshop is really sluggish compared to my previous use of CS on my eMac. But my main frustration is with Bridge. I hate that it's a separate application and I've opened Bridge twice so far . . . and each time the application "unexpectedly quit". I'm using the iMac out of the box, with no memory upgrades. Is this the problem? CS worked so well for me before, that, after paying full retail for the new CS2 I'm really frustrated. Please . . . thanks for any advice.

I think I might not have explained my problem clearly. Photoshop CS2 seems to be working fine for me - although the start-up and some stuff is slower than I'm used to, I can do my thing without much headaches. My main frustration is with the new Bridge. I've only opened it twice . . . and it crashed twice. I was perfectly happy with my old CS on my old eMac . . . but this separate Bridge application on my 3 day old Intel iMac is what's frustrating me. Do you think that Bridge unexpectedly quitting is mostly a memory problem, or is it a Photoshop problem that the CS3 beta will resolve? Again . . .sorry to bother and thanks for the responses. I'm more artist than computer-guy, and just don't want to be scarred to use Bridge if it quits everytime it opens . . .

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