imac - just want to double check!

[philjohns]

Im getting an imac at the beggining of January and will be running the following:

Photoshop CS3
Illustrator CS3
Flash CS3
Dreamweaver CS3

I wont be using all programs at once...at the most just TWO at a time.

Will the 2.0GHz with 2gb of RAM be sufficient and ok for this type of usage?

Oh, and are there any other programs I should get for design work? (imagine money is no option - Im just interested)

Thanks in advance,


Phil Johns

[Toon]

Should be fast enough if you're running leopard. You may need a decent html editor, I like html taco

Also check out the 'free mac software lists' all over the net, things like cyberduck etc are all good to have.

Buy a few good font sets don't rely on all free fonts.

[Rybo]

I use:

Photoshop CS3
Illustrator CS3
Flash CS3
Dreamweaver CS3
InDesign CS3
Reason (Music Software)
After Effects CS3

[philjohns]

Thanks Toon, I'll be looking into using taco! I assume Leapord will come with the imac...wilk I have to double check or do the imacs ordered from apple themselves automatically come with it?

Is after effects used for the small special effects added to videos?

[ianm]

the latest version of OS will come installed, so that'll be leopard yes

[philjohns]

Oh right, thanks Ian.

Can someone fill me in on how useful After Effects CS3 would be to me? Ive watched the adobe preview of it and I am interested in creating and editing movies/flash files