Anyone use Photoshop CS5 on a mini?

[BarkingGhostar]

Trying to decide if an iMac 27" for $1700 might be overkill over a loaded mini. Wife has a 24" monitor and the difference in solution is about $500, or $300 if I buy her a 27" HDTV to use as a monitor. Both options would get a separate 4-8GB upgrade from a 3rd party. The above assumes an iMac educational discount.

Light photo/video-editing in addition to the more minor stuff (email, surfing, shopping, office docs). Maybe a Wacom experimentation.

 

[LookBehindYou]

I don't see why it wouldn't. I have it on my 13" MacBook Pro and it runs great, so it should run great on the mini. If you wait a few days I'll let ya know for sure. I just got my stepdad a mini for his birthday and we are going to put CS5 on it. I'll report back with how it runs unless someone already knows.

 

[gmaster456]

It will work great. The only issue with the Mini is expansion and to a lesser extent heat, during demanding activities. But yeah a fully loaded Mini will handle CS5 just fine. Go with the standard one if you want the better graphics (6630m) or go with the server model if you want the extra Hard Drive bay (SSD+HDD). Although by the time you factor in the cost of an SSD you might as well just have gone with the iMac.

 

[mashimaroo]

i got a loaded mini for my brother and he runs cs3 on it. i know cs5 probably has more stuff but i havent heard any complaints form his yet

 

[GregGreen]

The Mini should run CS5 fine. That said, if you can swing it, the 27" iMac might still be the better choice. You get a 700$ computer and a $1000 monitor that happens to be one of the best you can buy. Depends on how much you can swing

 

[mugs]

Why would you buy a 27" HDTV to use as a monitor? It'll be at best the same resolution as the 24" monitor.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Why would you buy a 27" HDTV to use as a monitor? It'll be at best the same resolution as the 24" monitor.

Not every maintains the eyes of an eagle as they get older. Both the wife and I are in our mid-40's.

I'm betting (after 17 years of marriage) that if she got the 27" iMac should would not want the 2560x1440 resolution as everything would appear too small to her, and instead be asking me to adjust things to make them bigger.

Keep in mind I do not buy into the aspect of blind consumerism whereby the millions of HDTV's sold out there are in use with the viewer too far back to actually resolve the resolution they've paid for. For $1K she could buy three 27" monitors with native resolution (1080P) and have more real estate--or buy two, or one, and save money).