Christine, h/w wise you'll be fine, but add some RAM to the 4GB machine. You need to be north of 6GB to be happy.
The "special photographer pricing" of $20/month only applies to Lr + Ps. If you want InDesign and the other design packages you'll pay much more, up to $50/month. Upside, you can rent until you are done, then cancel. Disclaimer: I'm not a CC user. I'm allergic to the rental model. I'm happy with Lr and CS5. I may upgrade to CS6, but after that, nada. I'm adopting a wait and see stance. On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Thanks, Godfrey! Sounds good. I’m not really interested in the photog > stuff. I’m completely committed to Lightroom on my hard drive (iMac & > Laptop)etc. I’m not budging from that. I use my PSElements when I need to. > Very happy with this setup for now. > > What I am interested in learning and using are the InDesign and other apps. > If I consider it, I’ll add some ram to my desktop, which I should do anyway. > I am, however, at the low end of the processors: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 on my > iMac and a little better on the laptop 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, but 8 gigs of > ram. I’d actually like to use the CC on the laptop. Lots of space on my hard > drive for both—no worries there. > > Cheers, Christine > > > On Feb 1, 2014, at 10:59 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godfreydigio...@me.com> wrote: > >> On Feb 1, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: >> >>> Anyone using Adobe’s Creative Cloud? Any thoughts, recommendations, or >>> criticisms? Lastly, why kind of specs does your computer need to have for >>> an enjoyable user experience? Ram, storage, et al. >> >> I haven't the need - Lightroom does 99% of everything I need, no real bonus >> to the CC for what I'm doing. But I know several people who bought the CC >> package of Photoshop and Lightroom on the special of, what was it, $10/month >> or something like that around Christmas time. They seem to be pleased with >> it. >> >> How much computer you need depends upon both what you are trying to >> accomplish and on what your expectations are. The simple answer is "as much >> CPU, as much RAM, as much storage space as you can throw at it." But in >> practical terms, any recent Apple system with the faster variants of i5 and >> i7 processors, 4G RAM (8-16G preferable), and a big disk with 20-30% free >> space will do nicely. (I say Apple systems only because I don't keep track >> of non-Apple hardware or software.) I'd have no reservations using the >> package on my Mac mini, for instance (2.6Ghz i7-quad core, 16G RAM, 1T >> internal drive with 50% free space, connected to a Thunderbolt Display 27".) >> >> G >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
