Photoshop CS4 is a disaster

>Is anyone using/testing Stonehenge (ver 11.0x001DEV) supplied to me >in response to volunteering to test?

>If so, have you had any improvement in OpenGL-enabled performance?

Yes, I´m running Stonehenge.
My impression:
Redraw, painting etc., animated zoom, moving objects around: VERY SMOOTH now, so there´s hope CS4 will be fixed.
Moving entire image & Zoom by mouseweheel: CHOPPIER THAN BEFORE, but
tolerable, for the time being.
I´m actually getting quite some work finished on CS4 atm.
Wonder how much longer ´til they release el patcho.

Cheers everyone, Erbs

"They should be writing fault tolerant software" and then it would not run as well on my machine.

"What have we here, computer discrimination?" Not at all, I just expect that when running professional software for my business, I will need a machine with the appropriate power.

Last year I was working a brochure when IDCS2 stopped working to the point that I had to re-boot the machine while the client was on the phone, that was embarrassing. I didn't get on the forums and complain that the software wouldn't run stably on my dual PIII 1Ghz machine with 4Gb of RAM under WIN2K thinking the engineers were a bunch of lamers because it wouldn't.

When I built the new machine with an Intel BadAxe II board it was my first 'build from hell'. I had to replace virtually every part because the quality was not up to snuff and eventually had to get a refund from Intel for the BadAxe board and switch to Asus. I didn't get on the forums and blame the software, but it took a lot of work to get the machine working like it does and it runs the Adobe Master Collection really well. I still have an ATI FireGL card that makes a really cool paper-weight. If you think Adobe customer service is bad, you try dealing with Intel.

I had pointed out earlier in the this thread that if you think Photoshop is a dog, you should try running the other apps in the collection.

I hate to repeat it Basil but (for the silent majority) it does fly!

> Honestly, if you think I want my installation screwed up so it can run on your lame machine, you're nuts!

Actually I am saying exactly the opposite to what you seem to think I am saying.

Nothing should have to be screwed up to run anything! That is my point! Its just that Adobe seem to think otherwise. They should be writing fault tolerant software, not stuff that works on Computer A but not on Computer B, or when the wind is blowing from the wrong direction, or whatever.

I have been running Photoshop on all sorts of boxes, since its virtual inception, and I have never experienced problems such as these. While computers have got better, faster and more reliable, Adobe software has been going doggedly in the opposite direction.

This software should FLY!

Intel Quad-Core Performance, Top to Bottom
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2336852,00.asp

interesting article comparing quads, some i7s and and a duo. photoshop cs4 is one of the tests...

OTOH, the i7/x58 chipset kicks butt big time. Why would I want to install software that will run on an HP or a (gulp! avert your eyes!) Costco!

i Honestly, if you think I want my installation screwed up so it can run on your lame machine, you're nuts!

What have we here, computer discrimination? I think we need to start a National Association For Equality For All Computers.

NAFEFAC rules!

>Stupid response . . . David. <br /><br />damn. this is my best stuff... :)<br /><br /><Rodney Dangerfield, grasping his tie><br />Tough crowd, I tell ya. Tough crowd.<br /></Rodney Dangerfield, grasping his tie><br /><br /><img src="http://milbut.org/images/Rodney_Dangerfield.JPG">

Basil: I do not want all Adobe products to run on whatever machine a person decides it should run on, that would be an outrageous mistake. I am not having a problem on a machine that is eighteen months old (it was time to upgrade, the old machine was six years old and started showing its gums) with a graphics card that is not on the approved list but runs perfectly.

Honestly, if you think I want my installation screwed up so it can run on your lame machine, you're nuts!

So . . . ?