[BadApple]

I heard CD MBP can manage CS2/MX2004 tolerably (considering Rosetta is translating the PPC apps on the fly). Now, with C2D MBP, I wonder if CS2/MX2004 apps can be run up to the same speed or a little faster than the most recent PPC PowerBook. I am interested in hearing from the actual users who work with CS2/MX2004 on daily basis.

[Burrrrrppppp!]

Today we ran this test at the office on a 17" PowerMac G4 1.6GHz, 2GB RAM vs 15" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM.

retouchartists.com/pages/speedtest.html???

Results:
PowerBook - 2m58sec
MacBook Pro - 1m50sec

[brokecollegestudentF04]

My sister had CS2 installed on a Mac Mini Core Duo with 2 gigs of ram, and it was barely useable, she took the mini back and bought a 1.67ghz PowerBook G4 to tide her over until CS was universal

[BadApple]

Ok, I found an answer to my own question as I just bought a C2D MBP 15" recently. So far, CS2 launches and performs as good as my PowerBook. It is a very noticeable improvement over Core Duo MBP. When I tried CS2 on Core Duo MBP (not C2D) at the Apple Store, I was simply disgusted by the slowness of the whole experience. It seems C2D fixed that problem for now until UB-version CS3 would be released later next year.

[iomatic]

Whee. Exactly what I wanted to know; thanks. The speed of aforementioned C2Ds?

[indigoimac]

I have found Dreamweaver, InDesign and Photoshop(for some basic stuff) to be more than reasonable on the C2D iMac in the sig, a nice upgrade over the PowerBook I must say.