Is 2GB enough to run photoshop and/or light room 2 ?
Is 2GB enough to run photoshop and/or light room 2 ?
All depends on a) file size you're working with, b) what else you're running at the time.
I run PS CS3 with 2GB RAM, and it works well enough. Some of the big files (300Mb+) slow it right down, as does HDR on 5+ images.
I try not to have anything else running...
Mind you, if you can spring to 4GB RAM, future-proof yourself a bit!!!
Lachlan.
The mini maxes out at 2gb
I work with 600MB files in PS CS3 on a laptop with a little over 1GB RAM using the Guide File approach outlined here:
http://www.westcoastimaging.com/wci/...guidefile.html
2GB of RAM is very limited. You need to take into consideration that the OS uses part of that memory, too. Another problem with the Mac Mini is that you can't install a separate hard drive to use as Photoshop scratch disk. Once you start working with big enough layered files, you run out of memory pretty quick.
bernal
You cannot use Time Capsule as a Photoshop scratch disk. Time Capsule is a wireless hard drive that was designed to work with Time Machine as a backup solution. To effectively use a separate hard drive as a scratch disk, it must be directly connected to the logic board.
bernal
It depends on what you are doing. If you are shooting with a digital camera and the file sizes are less than 100 megs, sure. I like the other side of the spectrum where file sizes are quite large. Even so, if you want to power up to a PhotoShop machine (and if you want to use it for anything else) I recommend about 8 Gigs of RAM.
Lenny
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You can't add an internal drive, but on a Mac Mini why would you want to? For a Mini or a laptop, setup an external Firewire hard drive as the Photoshop scratch disk. There are even external drive enclosures that smartly match the Mini's styling, if you care about such things.
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