New Imac vs Mac Pro

[bri1212]

I need to buy a new computer at work.
At work I use the computer for Photography, arts, and Graphics, for Ads etc..
I will be using Adobe CS3. I need to know if I will be unhappy with
the Imac to run CS3, does anyone have any feed back running this, or should I not think about it and get the Mac Pro.
Money isn't the issue, but I do not want to sacrifice
my time and patience, even if it will save several hundred dollars
right now, I am running the original CS on a G5, slow but workable.

 

[crees!]

I need to buy a new computer at work.
At work I use the computer for Photography, arts, and Graphics, for Ads etc..
I will be using Adobe CS3. I need to know if I will be unhappy with
the Imac to run CS3, does anyone have any feed back running this, or should I not think about it and get the Mac Pro.
Money isn't the issue, but I do not want to sacrifice
my time and patience, even if it will save several hundred dollars
right now, I am running the original CS on a G5, slow but workable.

It's slow on your G5 because CS is not a Universal Binary app. I and most everyone here will say it'll be just fine; but treat yourself to a stop at a local Apple Store and see it in person. You can then compare between the two. Heck, you probably could bring in a PS doc on disk and test how fast one of your large projects opens and handles edits on either configuration. Then you'll definitely be getting what you expect.

 

[smogsy]

my mac book struggles on CS3 at times with 1650x1050 resolution but has 5400RPM drive which can make big difference,
Max ram you can afford is all i'm going to suggest

i suggest you go to apple store and create what you normally do at work on the IMac then on the Mac pro, decide then, if a apple guy comes up to just say you you will be using photo shop and need to tell the difference on productivity when i was there he helped me by click render button on mac pro while i did it on imac quite a bit away. to measure the speed of rendering a vector i created which i sent to my gmail