Can I run Adobe CS on 800mhz ibook w/ 256 ram??

[bluemonkey]

I have used my ibook for Photoshop 7 & Illustrator 10 work. I would save the more intensive work for when I'm actually in my office, but would I even be able to run this software at all on my ibook? I know it'll be slow and all, but is it physically possible, and has anyone here done it?

I have an 800mhz G4 ibook w/256 ram and an AE card. I'm hesitant to install this software without hearing from you guys first because I think it would be a real pain to clean off if it doesn't work. Plus, if you tell me it can't/shouldn't be done, I'll just stick to the software I currently have installed and be done with it.

I went to the Mac Design Conference last week in Chicago, IL, and they did a fabulous job of selling CS to me. I never got a chance to ask anyone what the minimum system requirements are to avoid thoughts of suicide when using the software.

Anyway, thanks a lot!
-Jason

[wrldwzrd89]

I have used my ibook for Photoshop 7 & Illustrator 10 work. I would save the more intensive work for when I'm actually in my office, but would I even be able to run this software at all on my ibook? I know it'll be slow and all, but is it physically possible, and has anyone here done it?

I have an 800mhz G4 ibook w/256 ram and an AE card. I'm hesitant to install this software without hearing from you guys first because I think it would be a real pain to clean off if it doesn't work. Plus, if you tell me it can't/shouldn't be done, I'll just stick to the software I currently have installed and be done with it.

I went to the Mac Design Conference last week in Chicago, IL, and they did a fabulous job of selling CS to me. I never got a chance to ask anyone what the minimum system requirements are to avoid thoughts of suicide when using the software.

Anyway, thanks a lot!
-Jason
I just checked this page (http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/systemreqs.html), and found that your Mac does meet the system requirements for Adboe Photoshop CS. So the answer is, yes, it WILL work!

[Horrortaxi]

It'll work and it won't even be painful. You might want to up the RAM, but I used to run Photoshop 7 on a 700mhz iBook with 256MB. No big deal.

[virividox]

i can rune adobe of a 500 with 256 okay; i upped it to 640 so its better but i think it should be fine

[janey]

i've tried it on a 800mhz iBook w/128mb ram, so it will work, but the RAM...up the ram dude...you need as much as you can get :p
i upgraded to 384, its wonderfully faster than before.

[BornAgainMac]

You can see if your machine has enough memory by looking at "Activity Monitor" in the Utilities folder. Free memory is represented in green.

[bluemonkey]

Thanks for all of your advice. I have the whoe Creative Suite Premium and it only asks for 192mb of ram (per application), but I know that sometimes the "minimum requirements" are not really enough. It's good to hear that someone has actually tried this. I guess I'll go ahead and install it tonight.

Thanks again!
-Jason

[decksnap]

You don't even need close to that. I run a 450Mhz G4 tower at home with only 256 Mb of RAM. There is no noticeable difference to me between this amd my 800mhz at work with 512 Mb of RAM. I have recently worked on files over a GB in size at home with little problem- (although I did leave them open for days rather that close and reopen them each time I edited them.)

Illustrator doesn't need jack for resources anyway- it's more about Photoshop.