Photoshop CS4 64-bit in Windows, only 32-bit in OS X

the current design office i work in hasn't even upgraded from CS1 and only a few of us have 64bit computers. this doesn't even phase me.

on my laptop i'm actually planning to downgrade from photoshop CS3, because it runs a bit sluggish and the pretty interface is not worth the slow down. overall, every release adobe makes, the apps seem to be more bloated, less efficient and more unstable.

Is every version of Windows XP or Vista 64 bit compatible? Or doesn't CS 4 need a 64 bit OS to run in 64?

really, who cares?

How many users would really care in practical life about a 10% speed difference (which is what is claimed to be gained by the 64 bits version with large documents) ?

I wouldn't reboot my mac into windows if I learned the current version of photoshop was 20% faster. I might feel frustrated by the idea but as long as the mac version works well I just won't care.

Adobe esta muerto, apple deberia de sacar ya una suite propia de diseño

So what was the reasoning behind Apple's decision to kill 64-bit Carbon? Seems really dumb... it virtually kills 64-bit for cross platform apps. Especially apps that really need 64-bit memory access.. like Maya and Cinema 4D.

Regarding the final comment in the article about Boot Camp: those Mac Pro users won't find solace in attempting to run CS4 for Windows' 64-bit variety. Boot Camp only supports 32-bit versions of Windows XP & Vista.

I guess we will see more of this lazy 'well you can run windows so why should we bout the time into doing a Mac version'

The only solution would be OS X running on PC's to increase the install base.

Yes, this is Apple's fault, but here's how Adobe could solve the issue: SKIP CS4.

Quit shoveling bloatware on us every 18 months that we have to buy because it's inoperable with previous versions (InDesign Interchange files, anyone?). Instead, give us a new Creative Suite in 36 months that brings significant value to designers and content creators so that we all want to buy it.

The shareware/opensource alternatives can be great for web design, but not for print design. Since Quark is pretty much a joke now for anyone other than the newspaper industry, and since Corel's only good software is Painter, we're stuck with Adobe. Foster some good will, for God's sake.

i'd like nothing more but for apple to buy adobe as apple's apps tend to have approved once acquired by apple (see final cut)

having said that, adobe has improved things like flash etc but yeah - aren't practically all macs 64bit now?

someone mentioned pixelmator - an app like that shows how pshop on the mac is held back by its windows version. pixelmator takes advantage of apple's core image filters etc for super fast effects which though might not be as powerful as pshop's having the option is great. Pshop and other adobe apps would benefit greatly if they were allowed to use apple's api.