[hmai18]

I'm getting a new hard drive installed after the stock 40Gb unit in my iBook failed last week. The machine specs will be:

1.33Ghz
1.5Gb RAM
120Gb 5400rpm drive
Leopard 10.5.2

I have a copy of CS2 through a site license at my undergrad university but can also get CS3 through a similar agreement where I'm currently at grad school. Is it worth upgrading? Will there be a noticeable performance hit between the two?

My use of the programs will mostly be:
Ps: photography post-processing
Ai: Misc. graphics design (t-shirts, flyers, etc).
Id: layout work for our program's academic journal.

I'm not an expert with these programs by any means. I probably haven't even mastered all of the important features with CS2 yet.

[analogika]

Since CS2 isn't fully compatible with Leopard (10.5), CS3 is your only option.

Simple.

[angelmb]

CS2 feels slower than CS3 on my 1,25 GHz Power Mac G4, but you better use an external display (which I presume you already do) since there are palettes all over the place.

[hmai18]

Thanks for the replies.

And yes, if I'm doing design work, I'll be at home on a dual screen setup with the iBook and an external screen.