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| DATE | Jul 2, 2008 |
| TICKET | #338014 |
| STATUS | Closed |
| SUBJECT | photoshop 7 |
| CAT | Computers, Operating Systems, Applications or Connected Devices |
| TYPE | Operating System Features, Bugs and Problems |
| DESC | Apple |
| DESC | 10.3.X (Panther) |
| PLATFORM | Apple Macintosh (PowerPC G3,G4,G5) |
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| NAME | GORD |
| USERNAME | gord |
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TICKET ARCHIVE -> photoshop 7
gord - Jul 2, 2008 - 5:53 pm
hi ........
do you know if i would be able to run Photoshop 7 - which i use on my Powerbook G4 1Ghz with operating system osx 10.2.8 - if i updated to Panther 10.3 or Tiger 10.4?
kind regards,
gord
do you know if i would be able to run Photoshop 7 - which i use on my Powerbook G4 1Ghz with operating system osx 10.2.8 - if i updated to Panther 10.3 or Tiger 10.4?
kind regards,
gord
Serenak - Jul 2, 2008 - 7:41 pm
Hello Gord
thanks for using macosx.com and I will do my best to advise/help you.
Photoshop 7 was the first "X Native" running version of PS - except it is not really "native" it is "carbonised" - that is it uses some native X code and bits of the older OS9 (aka Classic) code. It should run fine on 10.2-10.4 on PPC Macs - it won't run on intel as they won't handle any Classic code and it won't run on 10.5 as that lost Classic support too.
I would consider looking for an upgrade to a later Photoshop, or if your needs don't run to the "whole 9 yards" of Photoshop consider either Elements or even perhaps Pixelmator (which is like a PS CS3 lite for about $60 IIRC)
Upgrading to 10.3 or 10.4 is a really good thing to do - even on your older Mac you will find that performance should improve - and stability, and you will get access to a whole raft of much newer software - and a lot of freeware too - check out the excellent www.pure-mac.com and perhaps the www.opensourcemac.org/ (not as up to date as it could be but hey...
Hope that helps
thanks for using macosx.com and I will do my best to advise/help you.
Photoshop 7 was the first "X Native" running version of PS - except it is not really "native" it is "carbonised" - that is it uses some native X code and bits of the older OS9 (aka Classic) code. It should run fine on 10.2-10.4 on PPC Macs - it won't run on intel as they won't handle any Classic code and it won't run on 10.5 as that lost Classic support too.
I would consider looking for an upgrade to a later Photoshop, or if your needs don't run to the "whole 9 yards" of Photoshop consider either Elements or even perhaps Pixelmator (which is like a PS CS3 lite for about $60 IIRC)
Upgrading to 10.3 or 10.4 is a really good thing to do - even on your older Mac you will find that performance should improve - and stability, and you will get access to a whole raft of much newer software - and a lot of freeware too - check out the excellent www.pure-mac.com and perhaps the www.opensourcemac.org/ (not as up to date as it could be but hey...
Hope that helps
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