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adam11216

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Aug 8, 2007
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I have a couple-month old 2.66 Quad Core that's been struggling with exporting PDFs from large InDesign files - getting an "Out of Memory" error. I have 3GB of RAM and I'm using CS2, and I've noticed that InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator put a hurting on my RAM. Today, after working on a few 50-60MB files, Photoshop was laying claim to over a GB or REAL RAM, not virtual. InDesign usually hovers around 400-500MB and Illustrator's not much better. Would I be better off getting another 2GB of RAM or upgrading to CS3 so it's not running under Rosetta anymore?
 

RichP

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Jun 30, 2003
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Motor City
I would say CS3 hands down; Rosetta is RAM hungry, and you are taking a serious performance hit using it. You may also get a more "stable" experience running CS3 as well, because its native.
 

marioman38

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Aug 8, 2006
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CS3 will also make the Processing of files faster, as it won't need to translate the PPC Code. I Believe you can buy a CS3 upgrade from CS2 for a significantly reduced price.
 
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