Upgrading from PowerPC G4 to Mac Mini

my startup disk has run out of space and I don't think I can add more the 30Gb, i'm concidering the mac mini 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1GB memory 120GB hard drive and had some questions.
I wanted to know If Illustrator 10, photoshop 7, after effect 5.5 and Macromedia Studio 8 run on Mac Mini and if not do CS2 versions of Illustrator and photoshop run on the Mini.
Thanks

HI-
Everything will be able to cross over. The intel based macs use Rosetta to emulate (i think im using the term correctly here) ppc programs. which is why there is a bit of a delay at times. For example, I use the microsoft office pack since all of my professors use them for there handouts and such and every so often i will get ahead of the program in my typing. I will stop and about half a second later it catches up. Its not a huge bother, but it is enough to notice. It seems to me though if you are doing graphics work you might want to think about a different option then the mac mini since it will have the non upgradeable graphics card and all. But thats just me.
Just keep in mind that g4's are ridiculously upgradeable. read through these threads and you will see that a lot of people just upgrade their g4 rather then investing in a whole new unit.
even though new macs are fun .
Billy

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