Photoshop CS5 with Parallels on Mac Pro?

[Whitelightning]

Would photoshop run fine in parallels desktop? Or would performance tank and should be put into bootcamp instead? (for windows version)

 

[Hansr]

Yes it would tank compared to native. It's usable but you'll be irritated compared to running it natively.

You can grab the crossgrade instead and just run the Mac version. I don't know what it costs but if I recall correctly it was $79 for just PS standard from CS2 to CS3. Just call up Adobe customer service and ask about it.

 

[TheHoff]

Crossgrade is completely free if you're on the current version; just call Adobe and you'll get a new key. If you are a version back, Adobe phone support will charge you the upgrade price but will mail out the full retail version of your new platform (after you sign something saying you destroyed the old originals, no kidding).

 

[alust2013]

I'd just switch to the mac version, like others are saying. It appears to be free, which is definitely a good call by Adobe.

 

[Whitelightning]

Thanks for the crossgrade suggestion, I will definitely have to take that into consideration. My concern is performance on the CS5 suite in Windows vs Mac. I think I read somewhere that Adobe writes the applications for Windows first, then later ports it to the Mac, so maybe windows can get slightly better performance compared to the Mac for heavy processing? Bootcamp or Crossgrade, hmm...

 

[Hansr]

The new features are developed cross platform so some on MacOS some on Windows and then merged from what I heard.

See here as well as to why I'd recommend the Mac version instead of the Windows one: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1106707/

 

[gullySn0wCat]

Thanks for the crossgrade suggestion, I will definitely have to take that into consideration. My concern is performance on the CS5 suite in Windows vs Mac. I think I read somewhere that Adobe writes the applications for Windows first, then later ports it to the Mac, so maybe windows can get slightly better performance compared to the Mac for heavy processing? Bootcamp or Crossgrade, hmm...

It depends. Adobes flagship products (Ps, Illustrator) have obviously gotten the most love. After that you run the gamut from Indesign (OK but buggy) to Dreamweaver (obvious port.)

I don't think on modern hardware that there would be a performance hit between the two, other than in the heads of people who spend their lives whining and arguing about which is better.

I would do the crossgrade just so you don't have to boot into Wind0ze all the time, but that's just me.