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Running Photoshop CS4 on a macbook pro advice?
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jts2005
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Mar 31, 2010, 08:01 PM
 
I am looking at the macbook pro 15-inch : 2.66GHz with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB and was wondering if that would be sufficient enough to be able to handle photoshop CS4. I also was considering of buying the model below this on which is 15-inch : 2.53GHz and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. I do use photoshop a bit and just want to make sure I get a model that will be capable of running this with no issues. any suggestions on what model to go with?
     
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Mar 31, 2010, 11:29 PM
 
well, i run ps CS4 on a macbook (2.4g core2 duo), with 4gigs ram, and...works great here.
u should FLY with that mbp (or even the model below)...
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Mar 31, 2010, 11:57 PM
 
thx man, I just wasn't sure about the video card options they have in the 15" models.
     
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Apr 1, 2010, 05:12 AM
 
Photoshop CS4 isn't really taxing on the GPU, any modern Mac will do for CS4.
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Apr 1, 2010, 11:53 AM
 
Unless you're working with huge (multiple Gb) PS files, even the base model should be just fine.
     
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Apr 1, 2010, 03:40 PM
 
It even works on a later Powerbook G4. If you have patience.
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