Mac OS X users FYI: "10.4.8 boosts Photoshop 35% on Mactel"

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2006/11/1048_boosts_pho.html<P>

 

According to John Nack of Adobe:<P>

 

<I>Apple's recently released 10.4.8 system update includes a number of enhancements to the Rosetta

processor emulation technology. Now Macworld's benchmarks add some specifics, reporting a roughly

~35% improvement running Photoshop CS2 on Intel-based Mac systems.<P>

 

This is pretty great news. I mean, when's the last time you got a free update that made your machine 35%

faster at something? Our engineering and QE folks worked closely with Apple as the new code was

developed, testing frequent drops for compatibility and performance. (See, it's knowing/doing this kind of

thing that makes me flip out when people start making up nonsense.)<P>

 

Now, obviously--obviously--the preferred solution is to get Photoshop & other PPC apps to run natively

on Mactel ASAP, and of course we continue to work hard on that front. (Just figured I'd spare anyone the

trouble of writing "Git-r-done!" or words to that effect. ;-)) In the meantime, it's great to see Rosetta

making strides to let people be more productive on these new systems.</I><P>

 

I'd noticed a bit of a speed boost too but hadn't clocked it.<P>p.s. This is his response to the "made up

nonsense" he refered to in the second paragraph above : http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2006/10/

aperture_war.html

Thanks, Ellis. Downloading it right now...

Interesting. My Mactel iMac came with 10.4.8 loaded and when people kept asking me if CS2 is much slower than the G5 iMac it replaced when checking, I've noticed that it actually runs just about as well and in some of my more stubborn plug-ins actually seemed faster. I guess this explains it.

It does get faster only if the environment is optimal, utilize max Ram, 3gb at 80% and fast schratchdisk, get rid of add-ons and plugins you don't use and don't have to many other programs open.

 

I still find rosetta the "rotten cherry" within the Mac setup. I have a MacPro, raid 0, 6gb of ram 2,66Ghz processor and I still get swinging beachballs when running my two main applications which are CS2 and MS Office, but I trust this will all change once the programs get naturalized.

 

I am getting more and more into aperture which is very fast within the right environment, but in some cases you cannot do without CS2