Understanding the TSP "In A Box" Solutions

With Adobe's release of Photoshop CS3 we're seeing one of the most important and powerful updates of the software since the release of the first CS version. As part of the CS3 Suite, the software has been re-tooled to function well on the new Intel-based MacPro systems.

Think of an artist, drawing a pencil rendering. They'll start with a rough sketch. Once they get the gesture and outline they want, they refine, develop, erase and embellish. They may draw over the initial sketch, they're final rendering may just be drawn right over that sketch. This is linear editing. Every step is a path, even an erasure is a step forward in a line.

This week, I haven't discovered much new in the way of problems or incompatibilties with Leopard, but there is some new info regarding compatibility and testing with various applications.

Adobe Application Compatibility with OS X Leopard

Adobe has recently released their official notice about Leopard and Adobe compatibility.

Now that Leopard has been released, we can now talk about our experiences with it fully - whereas before we were limited by the pre-release non-disclosure.

So the good news so far: Performance is good: Intel machines and PPC alike get more responsiveness in the Finder. It's too early to tell whether or not the applications are much faster with the final release, but my guess is that they may be here and there, but not a lot generally. Interface wise, there's a lot of tweaks - useful things like spaces, a new dock - but we'll review those separately. What most people are concerned about right now is "Will it run my old software?"