ever since getting my mac, i have felt only tepid about the change.
my biggest gripe was that i had this BEAST of a powerful machine, but i still had issues with crashing and other system-crawly-overload things.
my research told me it was because all my primary apps – photoshop, illustrator, flash, dreamweaver – had not yet been optimized for mac’s nifty intel chips.
what did that mean?
those apps had to be run through a 3rd party software to work on intel macs.
can you say “Performance Nightmare”? go ahead…scream it. i did.
it had become a bigger and bigger problem as my projects were requiring mega-multitasking between photoshop and illustrator – with big files to boot.
finally, last week, i thought to check when the new versions that were supposed to fix this problem were coming out.
lo and behold, they arrived this spring while i was traveling.
torrent goodness has yielded a lovely copy of CS3 for mac and the difference is amazing.
*NOW* my mac exceeds my PC’s performance.
*NOW* i feel like i might have spent my money wisely.
i’m not convinced yet, but the simple fact that i can operate without crashing at a pivotal moment makes me less likely to want to throw my pricey toy out the window.
please mac, satisfy me. make me adore you like no other.