Should I return my new MacBook Pro? Creative Suite CS and CS2 do not work?
I am soooooooooooooooo ******!!!!!!!!
I just purched the top of the line MacBook Pro and learned that the Adobe Creative Suite products do not work on this machine. I contacted Adobe and they said they will not have an update until they release the next version, which won't release until (at the earlies) the end of this year. While Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign are not crucial aps for me, I do use them for business regularly.
With this being the case, I ask the mac community using these machines, should I return the computer, buy a g4pb (my TI just literally fell apart) ? Reading the board hear and various news articles, there seems to be a few issues (whine - apps - etc).
I guess I should have looked into this more before purchasing, but I trusted Apple to release products that are ready for users.
This is the most expensive computer I have ever puchased and I need it to do everything my TI PB did.
Is the MacBook Pro worth the early adopter hastle?
(thank god I haven't opened the box yet!)
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)
According to Adobe:
Creative Suite 2 will work on Rosetta with the exception of one componet. Version Cue Workspace (Server) does not work under Rosetta. As of Jan 31 2006 this was the only known issue with using the suite on Intel Mac's.
Adobe Systems
Creative Suite: Yes (with performance losses)
Photoshop Elements: Yes
(Adobe has posted "FAQ: Adobe Support for Intel-based Mac Computers" [intelmacsupport.pdf]
http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf , which discusses Intel support, development, Rosetta compatibility, rough schedules, and more for Mac applications from Adobe and Macromedia.)
I would recommend that if you are going to use this program that you have 2 GB's of RAM seeing as I hear that Rosetta can be a RAM hog. Hope this helps you out.
I am soooooooooooooooo ******!!!!!!!!
I just purched the top of the line MacBook Pro and
learned that the Adobe Creative Suite products do
not work on this machine. I contacted Adobe and
they said they will not have an update until they
release the next version, which won't release until
(at the earlies) the end of this year. While
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign are not crucial aps
for me, I do use them for business regularly.
With this being the case, I ask the mac community
using these machines, should I return the computer,
buy a g4pb (my TI just literally fell apart) ?
Reading the board hear and various news articles,
there seems to be a few issues (whine - apps - etc).
I guess I should have looked into this more before
purchasing, but I trusted Apple to release products
that are ready for users.
This is the most expensive computer I have ever
puchased and I need it to do everything my TI PB
did.
Is the MacBook Pro worth the early adopter
hastle?
(thank god I haven't opened the box
yet!)
MacBook Pro
Mac OS X (10.4.5)
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