could someone post experience of photoshop CS5 on new 11-inch MBAir?

[albertwang]

I believe the cpu/ram of 11' MBAir could handle normal use of video/MSoffice/web. The only concern is: occasionally I need my computer to run photoshop cs5 and illustrator cs5, even AutoCAD. I know I should get a MBP or iMac for that. But I am wondering if the MBAir can handle that, at least for a limited usage.

thanks

 

[cheapa55]

bump, I'm interested as well

 

[r2fa3l]

+1

 

[bloodycape]

Doesn't autocad have a min resolution requirement?

I tried CS5 demo on my ibook G4 and it was fairly slow and on my TT with the 1.2ghz(working at the 1.4ghz speed of the base Air) cpu Photoshop CS5 works fine for light to medium work. Heavier stuff you may notice you are waiting a bit longer for a render to finish. Not sure how much faster or slower CS5 would be on OSX, but it should run it fine, pending you are cool with the screen size and some extra wait times.

 

[niuniu]

Also interested in seeing the 11 incher pushed to it's limits

 

[SashaFierce]

CS5 runs just fine. I have the 13' MacBook Air. However zooming in with the trackpad causes a noticeable lag.

 

[ImperialX]

CS5 runs just fine. I have the 13' MacBook Air. However zooming in with the trackpad causes a noticeable lag.

I think this answers the question of whether the 11.6" can run it smoothly...

 

[bloodycape]

CS5 runs just fine. I have the 13' MacBook Air. However zooming in with the trackpad causes a noticeable lag.

I have that same problem with CS3 on my CD MBP.

 

[Apple OC]

running CS5 will work just fine ... as you described your needs as occasional.

you will be pleased on how it runs ... screen size is the only setback.

 

[Kebabselector]

Without posting a similar thread, has anyone tried Adobe Lightroom 3 yet?

I use it on my old poly MacBook (2ghz 2gb C2D) and it's fine for tethering/field checking of images. Was wondering how the new Air copes (especially the 1.4/2gb/64gb version).