[steve700]

What version of Photoshop is best for an Imac G3?

Thanks

[almaink]

I'm running PS CS1 on my beige G3/500 and while slow on large files it's fine for web based work. The OS you have installed, how much ram and what processor are all things to consider.

[Gibsonsg]

What OS are you running? I run Photoshop 6 on my G3 in Mac OS 9.22. That is the latest Photoshop release for system 9. Photoshop 7 runs on System X. The later releases are Photoshop CS and CS2 for Mac OS X 10.4.

I don't like running system X on a G3. Too darn slow. I have my G5 iMac for that.

[almaink]

Your info is wrong. Photoshop 7 runs on OS9. Panther runs fine on all three of my G3/500 Macs. You need all the ram yo can get tho.

[Gibsonsg]

Originally Posted by almaink

Your info is wrong. Photoshop 7 runs on OS9. Panther runs fine on all three of my G3/500 Macs. You need all the ram yo can get tho.

Oops. I forgot Photoshop 7 was cross-OS for 9 or X. I still absolutely refuse to run any OS X system on a G3, Panther, Jaguar, or otherwise. We have several CSR workstations at my office that are G3's loaded with varirious versions of OS X. I refuse to work on any of them. It takes too darn long to get anything done. Personally, I prefer a minimum of a G4 for any OS X system with a minimum of 1 GB of RAM. All of our color workstations are dual-processor G5's running CS, CS2, Quark 6.5, Freehand, etc.

[eyevaan]

@ almaink - so how are you running OSX on that old beigebox? I have an oldie with 600 MB of RAM and pondered setting it up but it wouldn't take when I tried.

[almaink]

I've been running it for a long time since it was OS10.0.4. Now it's running Panther 10.3.9. Ya gotta get Xpostfacto to install it tho.
http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/...PostFacto.html

[eyevaan]

thx a bunch.