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Mactel Version of Photoshop Coming Next Year
You all might want to take a peek at the article at the link below. I think it gives a good idea of things to come for us all.
I have not completely wrapped my brain around the entire Mactel thing yet with regard to exactly why it requires all of us to acquire new versions of every single app we own. But, at first glance it sounds like a terrific way for every software company on the planet to generate huge revenues.
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I think it is supposed to function just fine using Rossetta. It just won’t be very fast.
Sean
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I’ve had no problems using Photoshop CS1 on my Intel iMac so I’m sure the upcoming powermacs will have even less trouble than that.
Yeah, yeah, there’s all sorts of tests out there showing that it runs slower than the future version will but it’s not like I’m rendering the “Cloud Effect” every day. For what I use Photoshop for it runs just FINE.
And for the record, a LOT of the updates I’ve gotten to make programs Universal programs have either been free, or pretty darned close to it ($50 for all Final Cut Pro suite programs). I don’t see many companies getting rich from it. Photoshop is different because of the way it was written. Some programs have to be altered for this…Adobe has to RE-write Photoshop from scratch. So they’ just starting fresh with the next version. It makes the most sense for them. I’m sure it will be super-fast at that point but I probably won’t even upgrade the instant it comes out. Seriously, I’ve been just fine with the old one so far.
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One thing to consider is to run the Creative Suite using Windows XP. You obviously will need to buy the Windows version. Benchmarks tests using the MacBook Pro and Windows XP look very good.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
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[Jeff Carpenter] “Adobe has to RE-write Photoshop from scratch”
I highly doubt that. Recompile, redo, recode many things yes. But from scratch means they’d throw away the program and start with a blank slate. Huge chunks of routines and code will be reworked.
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[Steve Eisen] “One thing to consider is to run the Creative Suite using Windows XP”
Doesn’t make much sense to me. Photoshop will run plenty fast for most applications and especially when the desktops come out. The only people who might need to run Photoshop native on XP would be artists doing work for major print material with HUGE file sizes and lots of effects.
For video editors, I really don’t think you need to completely switch over to the Windows version of photoshop to run on an Intel Mac. i’m certainly not going to do that.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[walter biscardi] “For video editors, I really don’t think you need to completely switch over to the Windows version of photoshop to run on an Intel Mac. i’m certainly not going to do that.”
Walter,
Is it really a Windows version, or is it a universal version? If its universal, why can’t it just be one or the other rather than both? This is a bit confusing?
DRW
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[David Roth Weiss] “Is it really a Windows version, or is it a universal version? If its universal, why can’t it just be one or the other rather than both? This is a bit confusing?”
Steve suggested installing the Windows Version of Photoshop on an Intel Mac. I’m saying not to do that, just install the Mac version and wait for the Universal version.
Universal Mac version means Intel and PowerPC native on the Mac. It has nothing to do with a Windows version nor would a Universal version work under Windows XP. Not sure what’s so confusing about that.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[David Roth Weiss] ”
Is it really a Windows version, or is it a universal version? If its universal, why can’t it just be one or the other rather than both? This is a bit confusing?”I think you’re confused. Apple just released a utility called Boot Camp. With it, the REAL Windows XP can be installed on an Intel Mac alongside OSX. You can select which OS you want during startup. So when they say the “Windows version of Photoshop”, it is meant literally.
I agree with everyone else here. Video editors generally don’t need turbo-charged Photoshop performence. The PowerPC version is just fine on an Intel Mac. But if for some reason you do need power Photoshopping, and you need to physically do it on your Mac Book, then the Windows version is the only solution.
Sean
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