>PhotoShop performance really ends up as a wash in my experience. I'm not really even talking just about PS performance. I know it's a memory hog and that my system is a little older and I'm not expecting it to scream along...but with 1 gig it shouldn't have to be the only program running just for basic stuff. And I've just become frustrated with crappy Windows performance in general. I mean, even if I'm doing very little, I often have to wait for my start menu items to come up. Over the course of an entire day, that kind of thing just becomes really annoying. I'm constantly having to clear stuff up do if I delete files I don't have to twiddle my thumbs waiting for things. And anytime I install something new I cross my fingers that the whole system isn't going to crash. I do everything I'm supposed to do to keep Windows running smoothly...but running smoothly just doesn't seem to be something it will do.
I guess I'm just frustrated a bit at my options too. If I stick with Windows, I can try to stay with XP and its limitations on memory...or go to Vista and deal with the incompatibility issues....trying to run CFMX 6 for one. I'd most likely have to use my current system as a separate local server in order to do the types of things I need to do...and I simply don't have the space for that. I know I can run Windows applications in Parallels...but that doesn't always work perfectly for my needs. For instance, one of the things I do a lot of in Photoshop is digital scrapbooking. I usually want another application for digital file management (like ACDSee) running so I can find images and send them to Photoshop. If I'm running Photoshop on the Mac side, and ACDSee on the Windows side, that's not going to be possible and will severely effect my workflow. I've been looking to see if there's a decent program for Macs that can handle my needs, but picking are pretty slim. And unfortunately it's not easy to evaluate Mac-based software like Apeture if you don't actually have a Mac yet! --- Mary Jo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232574 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
