I just got a totally maxed-out 17" MacBook Pro. I am exceptionally pleased with performanceon almost everything, except those behemoth Adobe applications in particular Photoshop. Even Photoshop Elements 4 loads and runs slower. Is there an alternative, Universal Binary image-editing application to use in the interim? Yes, iPhoto's tools are too limited, and iView Media's set is good, but I like the flexibility of something like Photoshop.
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Image Editor for Intel Macs?
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Gimp does have a Universal (or at least Intel) version available. For me, Photoshop is fast enough on an Intel Mac, but I can see how it would be too slow if you were doing anything really heavy duty with it.
I'm pretty sure GIMPShop is a UB. I think it still needs X11, but it's the GIMP made to look/act more like Photoshop.
GC is great...it's been a mainstay in my toolkit for years. However, it still doesn't have the power of even Photoshop Elements. I usually set Elements to be the editor for iPhoto, and resort to full PS for heavy lifting. I'm not convinced GC can step in for Elements.
I was hoping there was a good third-party app we could support. Adobe has been giving us the short end of the stick for too long now. The dismal performance of their apps under Rosetta is almost too much for me.
Between the two 800-lb gorillas, I fully expected to spend most of my time waiting on Microsoft Office. But on my machine, Office flies...it's quite impressive.
I was hoping there was a good third-party app we could support. Adobe has been giving us the short end of the stick for too long now. The dismal performance of their apps under Rosetta is almost too much for me.
Between the two 800-lb gorillas, I fully expected to spend most of my time waiting on Microsoft Office. But on my machine, Office flies...it's quite impressive.