Adobe Creative Suites for PC... and Mac?

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Adobe Creative Suites for PC... and Mac?

I have 2005 edition of Adobe Creative Suite and it was purchased at the time for my work computer, which is PC. I really like to work at home now and made the conversion to iMac 10 mos ago. Didn't have the moolah to buy a whole new set of software as it is pretty $$$. Still struggling in the Mac world and studying these forums, am I reading correctly that newer macs can read all software?

Can I load my Adobe Photoshop CS and the rest of the suites on this???

Please tell me there is a way!!!

iMacG5, Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Sep 1, 2006 8:42 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 1, 2006 9:04 PM in response to Katmido

"Can I load my Adobe Photoshop CS and the rest of the suites on this???"

No. Windows software does not run on Mac OS. You must purchase the Mac versions of CS.

Of course If you have an Intel based iMac, you could then install Windows on it, and then install your software.

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Katmido Author

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Sep 1, 2006 9:06 PM in response to Templeton Peck

Ah...nah, Intel iMac came out after we bought this. Darn. I don't even know what kind of processor I have but I am sure its not Intel. How would I tell?

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Katmido Author

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Sep 1, 2006 9:08 PM in response to Katmido

I found it. Have the 1.9 GHz PowerPC G5

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Answer 4

Sep 2, 2006 1:33 AM in response to Katmido

You'll need to get Virtual PC to run Windows in your Mac and through them run CS. About Virtual PC look here: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/virtualpc.aspx?pid=virtualpc and use the search box of the Forum (there's plenty of information).However you won't get equal performance...

PS: I once asked Adobe to "switch" my license from PC to Mac and they said they couldn't.From what I understand this is the same everywhere.I wish it would change...

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Katmido Author

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Sep 2, 2006 10:42 AM in response to Kyriakos Papadakis

Why couldn't I activate my work PC to remote desktop, and then configure my Mac to do that. Wouldn't thatwork?

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iFelix

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Sep 2, 2006 6:21 PM in response to Katmido

It would...

But it would still be faster to use the work PC directly.

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