1. Why would I run Windows just to run Photoshop CS3? Why would I run Windows at all? Do people really think that Mac users are Mac users because of the hardware, and now that you can run XP on Mac hardware, we'll all just use XP? Please! That's a joke. People use Macs because they're Macs, the vast majority of which is the OS, not the hardware. Adobe has no less motivation to release CS3 for the Mac than they did before Boot Camp. Maybe they have more.

I'm itching to use XP like I'm itching for a root canal. All the noise about this is a bit much, IMO.

Posted at 6:46PM on Apr 5th 2006 by Jeremey

2. Well said Jeremy; I agree. I also remember seeing a good point made by one of the Mac game developers in my post over at TUAW. They said something along the lines of "people *think* they need Windows a lot more than they do," and I completely agree. Sure, there's always *that one app* that your company needs you to run that just doesn't have an OS X equivalent, but many times issues like this come down to a user simply being more used to a specific app they use for a generic purpose and not being able to let go.

Opinions and competition aside, it's a little over-the-top to run an entirely separate OS for one specific app or feature, when it is often the case that the user simply hasn't bothered to find a (typically superior or at least suitable) equivalent in OS X.

Posted at 8:53PM on Apr 5th 2006 by David Chartier

3. The overwhelming majority of Mac users don't think about every single hardware component that's in a Mac, they buy it for the complete package and what's very important here is the OS.

When buying a PC, you're obsessed about the date when your HDD was produced since that means X. When buying a Mac you just look at the size and the rpm.

If you really think that people are going to stop using Mac OS X just because CS2 is not an Universal application you're dead wrong. Professionals don't use Intel Macs anyway.

Why am I even writing all of this? This is just a good ploy to get people to rant and increase page views. Smart.

Posted at 6:11AM on Apr 6th 2006 by Mirko

4. Hey guys,

I think Base Camp is a great move, and as a Mac user I welcome anything that gives me more options (especially as it would mean not having to haul around two laptops). I don't think it has a big impact on Adobe's planning, however. Mac customers want great Mac-native software, and just as Photoshop migrated from 68k & PPC and from OS9 to OS X, it'll make the Mactel-native leap as well. It's conceivable that some customers would run the Windows version of Photoshop on Apple hardware rather than run it under Rosetta on the Mac OS, but realistically that would require Windows to be run in a window, not as an either/or alternative to OS X.

In any case, we all know the right thing to do--i.e., get Photoshop and the rest of the Adobe product line running native on Mactel ASAP. No updates on that front, but as before, we continue to work closely with Apple to make the transition.

J.

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