ID CS2 on my new MacBook Pro
So I’m now up and running on my new MacBook Pro (Intel Inside) and I thought I’d report my experiences with Creative Suite 2.
First, the speed is not as bad as I had expected. Perhaps it’s the extra speed in my MacBook Pro, but even the spinning beach ball is not too long.
The decimal issue is still around, but is slightly different from the original problem. In the original problem, before the Tiger update 10.4.8, numbers would display as 8.50005000500050005.
On my newer machine, with the update, a number that’s supposed to be 14.4 (the amount set with auto leading), shows up as 14.39999999999999. (I have no idea of the actual number of digits as I stopped counting at 5.
However, as Peter Truskier has reported elsewhere, none of these rounding issues actually affect any documents. The decimals are purely cosmetic.
Nice to know.
thanks for the report, Sandee!
How much RAM did you get installed? I’m wondering if it’s worth it to spring for the 3GB (instead of 2GB).
AM
I got 3 GIGs.
The decimals are purely cosmetic.
Hee hee — sounds like something you might find at your local Sephora
Enjoy the new machine Sandee. I am in love with mine. Wish me luck, as I’m about to do the unthinkable and install Windows on it as well. Can you imagine — one machine that can take both Mac and Windows screenshots?
Thanks Mordy,
I actually had Tekserve install both Parallels and Windows before I even picked up the machine.
No extra charge and I didn’t have to worry.
But for years I used to take screen shots of Windows using Virtual PC, so I’m very familiar with seeing Windows on my Mac.
Keep us posted on that. I’m very interested in doing this but I’m waiting til CS3. Windows is definite but I’d be very interested hearing the comparisons between Parallels and bootcamp.
I know that Parallels lets you use Windows within OSX, but at what cost as far as resources and limitations? I can’t think of too many times I would need to have both operating systems running at the same time, so bootcamp might be a better choice for me.
Sandee, do you always get that cosmetic rounding error? Or only on measurements that already have a decimal point? For example, do you get them if you type 4 in? What about 20 cm? What about 10p or 10p6?
I have only 2 GB on my MacBook Pro and am reasonably happy with it… I think 1 GB is unthinkably cramped now. (Sigh… I still remember disk-swapping on my 128K mac.)
Oh No!!!
Bob is leaving us for a Mac?!?!?!?!
I have a friend who works at Microsoft who recently needed to buy a new small laptop. After some research, he bought a MacBook, claiming it was the best around. He actually doesn’t even run the Mac OS X software on it; he just boots into Windows (Vista, I think). But I’m sure he likes to have the option, just in case.
No. Definitely not, Fred. I still prefer Windows by far and I really like Vista which I’ve been running on a test machine for some time, but I’m going to need a new laptop and it will be nice to be able to have both in one box.
There’s no way I’m replacing my desktop with a Mac anytime soon. I may even build a new machine this year. Been doing some preliminary Newegg browsing but I’ll wait for CS3 and see what I need. By then there should be some real nice stuff out there from Intel and AMD.
My, my, my, what a lively discussion.
First, yes, I don’t get the rounding errors all the time. It’s a little deceptive.
If I enter the exact measurements, in any unit of measurement, I get that exact amount.
However, if I drag to create an object or position something, the final measurement is always rounded to the bizarre measurements.
Not all the units of measurement are affected, though.
Inches and points are the worst problems.
Centimeters and millimeters are less affected.
Regarding running Windows on a MacBook, I recently had a conversation with someone about him buying an Intel Mac.
He was upset that the new Intel Macs won’t run Classic at all. Not just as a bootable system, but even within OS X.
There are a few products that he uses that are Classic only.
“Like what?”, I asked.
“Framemaker” was his answer.
I told him that he should get Parallels and run Framemake under the Windows platform.
“Don’t you know,” I said. “Windows is the new Classic!”
FrameMaker for Windows will also run under WINE/Codeweavers without the cost or virus risks of running Windows itself.
It’d be great if Adobe would give Wine enough support to raise FrameMaker’s WINE compatability rating from Bronze to Gold. Since there’s nothing like FrameMaker on the Mac, they should sell more than enough copies to cover the costs. And since WINE also emulates Windows under Linux, they’d also get Linux sales.
re: Classic on an Intel Mac
There is a program called SheepShaver out there that is supposed to allow you to run 9.02, I believe. I’ve downloaded it, but not gotten around to attempting an install yet as it requires fishing through a huge stack of G4 install CDs to find a 9.02 installer disk. Wheee.
(And no, I have no idea why he named it SheepShaver!)