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Re: Is the Adobe CS3 software optimized for quad core processors?

Posted by Laurence Payne on 04/22/07 11:41

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:10:22 GMT, "Luis Ortega" <lortega@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>Thanks, Spex,
>I have made no decision yet and in any case I am waiting until August right
>before we start school again to make my purchase, whatever that turns out to
>be.
>My two choices are:
>
>1. Upgrade my PC from my current P4 setup to a Core 2 Quad system (or Core 2
>Duo if the software can't exploit the quad performance) with new
>motherboard, 4 gig ram and 512 mb video card, and get the Adobe Video
>Production CS3 Master collection bundle which includes almost all that I use
>now but in a CS3 version.
>
>2. Buy a Mac Pro desktop with dual 2.66 ghz Zeon processors, 4 gig ram, 512
>video card option and FCP Studio 2, plus also install Win XP and my current
>production software and upgrade those to Mac versions as I can afford it. I
>would eventually like to have my main production software (Photoshop, After
>Effects Pro, Flash, Premiere Pro) in Mac versions.
>
>Obviously, option 2 is more expensive, but the goal of my research in the
>next few months is to determine if it's worth it in term of stability and
>performance, and also feature set comparisons once Premiere Pro CS3
>information is available.

Only you can judge feature sets. But do I detect an underlying desire
to believe that Macs MUST somehow be better? A longtime PC user
dreaming of another country where grass is greener?

Well, a brand new top-range Mac will certainly perform better than
your current PC. But then so will a brand new top-range PC. Both
platforms are currently in a transitional phase - Windows to Vista,
Mac to Intel. This causes the same sort of frustrations on either.

I work mainly in audio, dabble in video. I support users on both PC
and Mac. Both basically work fine, both have had a few problems and
occasional non-compatibility with some hardware.

When a program has both Mac and PC versions, it's usually the Mac
program that lacks a few extra features. Often I think this is
because you can't assume a Mac will have a multi-button and wheel
mouse (yes, I know it CAN :-)

Maybe it's different in video.

 

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