On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:21 AM, David Mann<[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 11, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: > >> When OS 10.6 comes out next month sometime, it's 64 bit architecture will >> run on any Intel based Mac going back to 2006. Gonna make Photoshop and >> Lightroom and Aperture scream. Although all Mac Photoshop users will have to >> wait for PS CS5 to get the good 64 bit code. > > Why will being 64-bit make it faster? > > Dave
Because the primary limitation of PS performance right now is memory. 32bit PS with a full 64 bit OS allows 4GB to be dedicated to PS rather than the roughly 3GB that you can currently max out at with PS on a 10.5 machine. Truly 64 bit PS would allow you to run a 32GB setup with 28-30GB dedicated to PS and absolutely no need to hit swap for most uses. Windows users are already in that position with Vista x64 and CS4, but CS5 will be the first Mac version with full 64bit support. PS getting better multi-core support would reduce the other major bottleneck. Right now PS doesn't handle more than 2 cores very well. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
