Test hardware MacBook Pro Core Duo 2.IA-32 (limited), PowerPC (limited), x86-64Īdobe Creative Suite ( CS) is a discontinued software suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe Systems. The Mac version requires more space because of the Universal Binary application format. Note that none of the CS3 applications are 64-bit.
PowerPC® G4 or G5 or Intel processor (single or multicore).Of course, this update also comes with Universal Binary Intel Mac support, a new interface, and some things called "new features" that we'll also take a look at. Okay, it wasn't that bad, but Adobe knew it had issues with the older code with CS3, they've completely overhauled the drawing engine to get a much larger boost and bring an end to any nostalgia for the speedy-yet crashy-days of yore. Eventually, updates made it incrementally faster, and with version 12, it was finally zippy enough to run on a first-gen G5 without feeling like you were designing in bullet time. This wasn't all Adobe's fault, and there were worse culprits for sure. This first native OS X version was the poster child for reasons to wait to move to Mac OS X on older hardware, since everything was glacially slow compared to Illustrator 9 on OS 9.
Overall, the transition to Mac OS X was relatively smooth, but one of the rough periods for professional graphic designers was Illustrator 10. Price: Illustrator CS3 full version: $599 upgrade from Illustrator 10, CS, CS2, CorelDraw, Freehand 9, 10, or MX: $199 ( shop for Illustrator CS3) Operating system support: Windows XP SP2, Vista Home Premium or better, Mac OS X 10.4.8
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