Will CS2 run on intel processor?

November 15, 2007 6:36 AM

will creative suite cs2 with system requirements of powerbook g4 or 5 processor run on my new macbook pro (which has an intel-based processor)?
posted by nicknd23 to computers & internet (8 comments total)

Yes, but under Rosetta (PowerPC emulation). It'll run okay, but it'll be significantly slower than CS3, which has a Universal Binary (eg, native PowerPC and Intel versions packaged together.)
posted by Tomorrowful at 6:44 AM on November 15, 2007

I run CS2 on an Intel Mac and it seems just fine; of course, I'm comparing it to Photoshop 5 on an ancient, decrepit XP box, so my standards for "runs just fine" may differ from yours.
posted by COBRA! at 6:55 AM on November 15, 2007

Yes. And though people say it's "slower" than CS3, I've been running it on my MacBook Pro for a year now, and have noticed nothing abnormally slow about it. Maybe I should try CS3.
posted by jdroth at 7:14 AM on November 15, 2007

While CS3 is significantly faster than CS2 (thanks, UB!), I found CS2 completely usable for the year I used it (my only real complaint was program load time).
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 7:20 AM on November 15, 2007

Yup. CS2 is completely usable on intel, but I'd highly recommend at least 2 gigs or ram. The main difference I saw after upgrading to CS3 was faster launch times.
posted by pmbuko at 7:47 AM on November 15, 2007

FWIW Adobe has said that you really should have CS3 if you are using Leopard.
posted by Gungho at 7:56 AM on November 15, 2007

In fact, Gungho, Photoshop CS2 will not start up on Leopard at all. Be forewarned!
posted by catesbie at 9:09 AM on November 15, 2007

And may I ask Whuts up widdat? A whole mess of major brand software gets borked by Leopard. In addition to Adobe I see Filemaker, 4D, and these people say they have no plans to even try to make the older stuff work. How very microsofty of them...
posted by Gungho at 8:22 AM on November 16, 2007