<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Feb 22, 2006, at 4:48 PM, Tom Pixton wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Hi Jay:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks. I've been chatting with folks all day. Apparently, Even Steve <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jobs said that power users of Adobe CS2 products will not be happy <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">with the performance on the new Intel machines until the CS3 products <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">are released next year.<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>It depends on what your users are used to now. Users using current to 2-3 year old G4's aren't going to really notice much of a change; in fact, things may be faster than what they're used to. What Steve Jobs said at Macworld that for professional Photoshop users, running Photoshop in Rosetta may not be good enough. If you look at the demo Steve did at Macworld (putting together the poster for King Kong), Photoshop ran pretty well: <A href="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/">http://www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/mwsf06/</A>.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Also, Adobe has a document that describes how Creative Suite 2 runs on Intel Macs and what the plans are for the future: <A href="http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf">http://www.adobe.com/products/pdfs/intelmacsupport.pdf</A>.</DIV><DIV> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The 15" PowerBook PC is such an ideal machine <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and we're not willing to put up with slow performance for a year, not <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to mention all the other unknown issues that are sure to crop up. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">We'd need to try out a demo with the CS2 products loaded before we'd <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">recommend buying an Intel machine.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I would recommend that anyone making a decision about what to buy has to look at the lifecycle of a machine. It's now expected that laptops last as long as 3-4 years. While using CS2 on a MacBook Pro won't be optimal this year, you'll see a tremendous increase in speed when CS3 ships. Although CS3 will run on PowerPC and Intel Macs, it's going to be much faster--this is where Apple's claim of 4-5 times faster comes in--on the MacBook Pro than the PowerBook G4.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What hinders the PowerBook G4 the most is the slow bus--167 MHz. The MacBook Pro's bus is 667 MHz, with the Intel Core Duo processor having two cores (essentially two processors) running up to 2.16 GHz. The bottom line: the MacBook hardware is better than the PowerBook G4; apps that are universal will run faster than they ever could on a PowerBook G4.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What's going to happen is that things will continue to improve on the Intel Macs as Apple continues to release operating system updates and more applications become universal. Lets just say users may not be as happy using pro apps on a PowerBook G4 next year.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>To summarize, CS2 and other applications that were developed for the PowerPC will run fast enough for most users for now; CS3 will run much faster when it ships. For a machine that has to last 3-4 years, the MacBook Pro is the way to go--even if many of the applications will be running in Rosetta for a while.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>As MacBook Pros arrive on campus, we'll be sure to setup a demonstration of how CS2 and other applications run using Rosetta.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV> -- Al</DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Grande; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Grande; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lucida Grande; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">______________________________</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Albert Willis</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px">Client Support Services</P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Information Services and Technology</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Lucida Grande" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Lucida Grande"><A href="mailto:awillis@mit.edu">awillis@mit.edu</A></FONT></P><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>