On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:43:38 +0200, Miikka Leskinen <miikkaleskinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > For several months I've been thinking about moving to Linux operating > system. This would resque our old machine which is getting left behind > when it comes to hardware (and it would also put fun back into > computing). The problem is that if I convert the only machine our family > has to Linux, it would mean that an important program, Photoshop, which > we use everyday has to be abandoned. This can't be the case since my > father is a busy professional photographer, and he uses the somewhat > ancient Photoshop 5 LE everyday. He can't be forced to use GIMP because > PS 5 is the same program they use at work (...why not PS 7 or something > newer, don't ask me). > > My question is, does Photoshop run on Wine? If it does, what sort of > problems does it have? Will the performance of a somewhat older PC > suffer greatly? > > Sorry but FAQs and documentations aren't enough to answer this question. > I need to hear user experiences about this. Converting the whole > computer to another OS is a huge step and it's very risky business in > our case. Unfortunately, we can't even dual-boot because of lack of disk > space. > > Another option would be buying a brand new PC with Windows XP, Photoshop > 7 etc. But I'd like to have another options. > _______________________________________________ > wine-users mailing list > wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users > Real user experiences with Photoshop 5 under wine: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?appId=17&versionId=13 -- James Hawkins _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.winehq.org/mailman/listinfo/wine-users
