Print Designers - Adobe CS2 Vs CS3 using Tiger - opinions

[lafinfil]

Thanks all for comments and observations

I've directed my friend to this thread so she may be registering, and logging in to ask additional questions

I appreciate the help.

[Buckeye_Sean]

Fantastic thread! I too have been itching to upgrade, but hear too much grumbling to feel secure. Currently running a 24" imac with CS and my system is rock solid. Have had a few issues getting files in from CS3 that I've had to ask to convert back to CS. Not such a bad tradeoff vs. the alternative.

[laarree]

I've been using IDCS3 on a Tiger 10.4.11-running Mac Pro for months at work,
having previously used CS1 here. I've saved many hours of work using CS3 over
what it would have taken me using CS1 because of typesetting features in CS3
that didn't exist in CS1--I don't regret the upgrade in the slightest. I don't notice any performance issues and CS3 has been very stable. This particular Mac has 4GB of
RAM. I and the designers I work with rarely use the whizzier "Effects" other than your
basic transparency and occasional blending modes.

[ka jowct]

I'd be inclined to go with CS2 and Tiger, unless there is a must-have feature in one of the CS3 apps.

[JoeM]

No real problems for me and my junior designer with 10.4.9 and CS3 on a Mac Pro 2.66, G4 933 (mine at home) and G4 867. Must say we don't use ID, we're using Quark 7. Mostly Quark, Acrobat, PS, Ill, some Flash and DW from CS3. We have CS2 but have never used it, went straight to CS3.

I can't really find fault with the speed of anything except Acrobat 8 Pro on any of these machines.

[lafinfil]

Thanks again to all for sharing real life experience - much appreciated.

[Gutenberg]

Stick with CS. CS3 utterly stinks in 10.4 and apparently stinks absolutely in 10.5. There are times with CS3 that I wish I could go back to an X-Acto knife and amberlith.

[laarree]

[quote Gutenberg]Stick with CS. CS3 utterly stinks in 10.4 and apparently stinks absolutely in 10.5. There are times with CS3 that I wish I could go back to an X-Acto knife and amberlith.
I have the exact opposite experience. I find all the pieces of the CS3 suite that I use
to be a worthwhile upgrade in a Tiger environment--InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
and Acrobat. The only significant instability I've encountered has been while using
the Vanishing Point 3D feature in Photoshop CS3 -- application crashes even with the
latest updates applied.