While I was trawling through Net Applications' operating system share trend data for the past 24 months, something struck me. June 08 marked a big month for Linux. The OS saw the largest increase in market share for the whole 2 year period - a growth of 0.12%.
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Of Photoshop? The typical user probably does more than I do. The "Typical User" of Photoshop is professionals and not the kind who download it over torrent networks.
Most "typical users" do some pretty heavy things in all the apps I listed. On a daily basis.
The "typical user" line applies to Office, not professional graphics, video or photo workhorses.
(unless of course you're just being sarcastic 
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I'd put you on an osX rig since it seems you actually use the 90% of Photoshop and other Adobe tools that most people will never touch and need a slick parformance focussed paltform.
The real downfall of Adobe outside of Apple/Microsoft markets was demanding license fees that where not justifiable in comparison to competing products for most users. Hm.. Photoshop does 10% more than GIMP yet they are still asking 700$ per install.. back to GIMP we go.
Now, they seem stuck on the myth that unless you run Microsoft or Apple systems, your unwilling to pay any license cost for software; nope, we just value quality, functionality and costs that are justifiable against those traits.
I'd guess your already on an Apple platform from the sounds of what your doing but that's not based on anything further than your comment here so what do I know..
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2005-07-08
I work with 200MB+, 5-10 adjustment layers in ProPhoto/16-bit photos quite often and those require an incredible amount of grunt to do anything with.
I also work closely with InDesign, Illustrator, AfterEffects and Premiere.
WINE doesn't cut it.