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Subject: [OM] Re: **SPAM** Re: iMac for Workflow
From: "Tom Scales" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:35:12 -0500
That was my point.  There is no Intel compiled version for the Mac yet and 
they've said CS2 never will be.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 6:29 AM
Subject: **SPAM** [OM] Re: iMac for Workflow


> Ah!  Mention of Rosetta reminds me that I've been forgetting that
> PhotoShop for Apple is written for a PowerPC processor and not the
> Intel.  I think I'm suddenly a lot less inclined to go there.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Stephen Scharf wrote:
>
>> That might have been the case up until OS X 10.4.8. Photoshop got a
>> 35% speed increase running under Rosetta
>> emulation with ten forty-eight on Intel Macs. I ran some benchmarks
>> on my MacBook 2 GHz Core Duo using Photoshop CS under Windoze via
>> Bootcamp
>> or under Rosetta emulation with 10.4.6, back in May when I got it:
>>
>> My Dual Processor 2 GHz G5  with 1 gig RAM (my desktop machine):  29
>> seconds (with Safari open)
>> My MacBook Core Duo 2 Ghz (512 Meg RAM) running Win XP via Bootcamp
>> and PS CS: 27.7 seconds
>> My MacBook Core Duo 2 Ghz  (512 Meg RAM) running OSX PS CS2 under
>> emulation with Rosetta: 38 seconds
>>
>> With 10.4.8, that difference would go down quite a bit running PS CS2
>> under emulation in Rosetta due the Speed increase
>> from the new OS.
>>
>> http://www.macworld.com/2006/11/firstlooks/rosetta/index.php?
>> lsrc=mwtoprss
>>
>>
>> FWIW, running XP in Parallels is roughly 25-30% slower than natively
>> via BootCamp.
>>
>> FWIW, Lightroom runs as a native app on all MacIntel models.
>>
>> -Stephen.
>> On Nov 19, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Listar wrote:
>>
>>
>>>From: "Tom Scales" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Subject: [OM] Re: **SPAM** Re: iMac for Workflow
>>>Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:25:15 -0500
>>>
>>>
>>>And remember, there isn't a native CS2 for Intel Macs yet, so this
>>>version
>>>runs through a translation layer to the old code.  I'd be willing
>>>to bet the
>>>Windows version running under Parallels would actually run better!
>>>
>>>Tom
>>
>>
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