The exception being Acrobat Pro X, which launched near instantly on both Macs. But I do still value the time (or lack of it) that it takes to launch apps.īelow is a comparison of the first launch and second launch times of the CS6 Design Premium apps after a restart. At any given time, I’ve got ID, PS, Bridge & Acrobat running. I’m the type that tends to leave apps open. I’ll cut to the chase right now everything you do with CS6 Design Premium is going to be faster on an SSD-equipped Mac, even if the remaining specs of the other Mac are greater. This is important to remember, because much of what you do in any CS app involves reading and writing to the storage drive on your Mac. Because my MP has three times the RAM and much more powerful processors, the only explanation is the SSD drive in the MBA. However the difference in install times between the two Macs was dramatic, as you can see in the chart above. Installation took noticeably less time than Creative Suite 5 did on both the MP and the MBA – you no longer have the luxury of running out to lunch while CS installs.
This is important to remember, and you’ll see why below.
So I installed CS6 from the mounted disc image on my hard drive. I chose the download option for CS6, rather than the boxed DVD collection. MacBook Air 2011 (MBA): 1.7 GHz Core i5, 4GB RAM, SSD Installation Mac Pro 2006 (MP): 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Xeon, 11GB RAM, 7200 RPM internal HD Test MacsĪll my observations are based off the results of running Adobe CS6 (and CS5) on two Macs, both running OS X Lion 10.7.4: I’ve not run any benchmarks or other timed processes, just real-world “eye-ball” tests. It should be noted that, with the exception of the launch-time chart below, these are my opinions based on very unscientific testing. I’ve been using Creative Suite Design Premium for a few weeks now, and have collected my thoughts and observations about CS6 regarding speed. Creative Suite 6 follows that trend for the most part, and that makes it a bit easier to compare the speed of the apps between CS5 and CS6. With all the major Adobe Creative Suite apps being fairly mature in their lifecycle, new marquee features have taken a back seat to minor tweaks, small feature additions, bug fixes, and speed improvements. With every release of the Adobe Creative Suite apps, one of the first questions always seems to be “is it faster?” Whether you use Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator or Flash, you probably crave improved speed almost as much as new features.
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