I've let certain blood relations talk me into doing some web site work for them. It's not really my bag, but it's more my bag than theirs -- and I can easily write the copy for their sites. They're insistent on buying the premium Adobe Creative Suite 3 for creating the sites. I've tried saying they are simple, cheaper, less feature-laden packages that will almost surely allow me to do the very same things they want -- their site requirements are not complicated; they're not setting up an online shop or a big fancy Flash-based menu-driven monster. But still they want to go with CS 3. It's their money, they have plenty to afford, so I'm loath to argue a losing battle.
I know that some support files for applications like these will have to be installed in my system and home directory Application Support directories, and that this support files can climb up near 750MB. But the various apps and files from the the suite that are installed in the Applications folder itself can run around around 300MB or more apiece, for a total well over a GB, plus all the various large graphics source file and whatnot. I'm a writer, even book-length typescript files are small with the word processor I use, I've upgraded my MacBook hard drive, too, but I have *a lot* of CD music and iTunes purchases, plus some iTunes video -- the reasons I upgraded the internal hard drive.
With Leopard being delivered next Friday, requiring even more disc space, ideally, I'd like to install CS3 to an external drive, realizing I'm still going to lose 750MB or so into Applications Support on the start-up drive, but run those apps from the external drive -- I won't need them in any sort of portable situation -- and also keep the associated project files there.
Should I expect any problems with that scenario? Apparently, they're buying CS3 almost as we speak. Is there any reason I can't go ahead and install it on the start-up drive, then delete the apps and reinstall them to the external drive when I buy one? (I think you have to active CS3, but I'm sure I can deactivate it before deleting the apps and then activate again after installing to the external drive.)
Thanks.
I know that some support files for applications like these will have to be installed in my system and home directory Application Support directories, and that this support files can climb up near 750MB. But the various apps and files from the the suite that are installed in the Applications folder itself can run around around 300MB or more apiece, for a total well over a GB, plus all the various large graphics source file and whatnot. I'm a writer, even book-length typescript files are small with the word processor I use, I've upgraded my MacBook hard drive, too, but I have *a lot* of CD music and iTunes purchases, plus some iTunes video -- the reasons I upgraded the internal hard drive.
With Leopard being delivered next Friday, requiring even more disc space, ideally, I'd like to install CS3 to an external drive, realizing I'm still going to lose 750MB or so into Applications Support on the start-up drive, but run those apps from the external drive -- I won't need them in any sort of portable situation -- and also keep the associated project files there.
Should I expect any problems with that scenario? Apparently, they're buying CS3 almost as we speak. Is there any reason I can't go ahead and install it on the start-up drive, then delete the apps and reinstall them to the external drive when I buy one? (I think you have to active CS3, but I'm sure I can deactivate it before deleting the apps and then activate again after installing to the external drive.)
Thanks.