2 Replies Latest reply: Jul 8, 2010 10:53 AM by Bill Hunt RSS

    CS4 or CS5 on low-powered laptop?

    Another Photographer Community Member

      I will be travelling for a week, and need to use Photoshop (and Illustrator) while on the road.

       

      I know that generally older software requires less resources, but sometimes newer software is better tuned.

       

      The laptop is an ultraportable with 1.5 Gig RAM, very slow hard drive, and Intel Core Duo 1.2Ghz, running Windows XP.

       

      I have both CS4 and CS5 versions (as well as CS) of Photoshop and Illustrator.

       

      Which version do you think will run best or at least tolerably to get me through the week?

       

      I typically have pretty complex Illustrator files, but very small Photoshop files.