I meant to touch base about the hardware/sys specs needed for CS6.
Oh MY you would have been a downer for me if I'd known your recommendation before I got what I got.
One hard drive is below the required minimum of two. I'm surprised that it runs at all with just 4GB RAM. See here for recommended disk setups (Click on the chart in the first post):
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/662972OK I'm partly kidding, but I think for my purposes I will be fine. I don't do much more than small videos, nothing complex or needing most of the other CS applications. I'm a Lenovo-lover, Lenovo had a July 4 sale, I only wanted a laptop, and CS6 comes free via my employer, so those got me what I got. Totally scientific, eh?
I found this page as a useful reference - do you think it's a good analysis?
http://prodesigntools.com/products/adob ... ments.htmlhttp://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/files/2012 ... ID=2159997As for my machine, do you think I will be okay with it? Specs below, not sure which ones are most important:
Processor Intel Core i7-3740QM (6M Cache, up to 3.70 GHz)
Operating system Win7 Enterprise
Total memory 16 GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (2 DIMM) (will be upgraded to 32)
Hard drive 500GB HDD 7200rpm
Battery 9cell LI Battery TWL70++
Color Sensor W530 Color Sensor
Display Panel W530 15.6FHD AntiGlare WWAN CS
RAID Setting Internal RAID - Not Enabled
SIM Card for WWAN 2 NONE
Storage Adapter No Micro Solid State Drive
System Unit W530 NVIDIA Quadro K1000M 2GB
System expansion slots TW530 Exp CS & 4-1 CR & Bezel
Essentials
# of Cores 4
# of Threads 8
Clock Speed 2.7 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency 3.7 GHz
Intel® Smart Cache 6 MB
DMI 5 GT/s
Instruction Set 64-bit
Instruction Set Extensions AVX
Embedded Options Available No
Lithography 22 nm
Max TDP 45 W
Memory Specifications
Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 32 GB
Memory Types DDR3/L/-RS 1333/1600
# of Memory Channels 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Supported ‡ No
Graphics Specifications
Processor Graphics ‡ Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Graphics Base Frequency 650 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency 1.3 GHz
Graphics Output eDP/DP/HDMI/SDVO/CRT
Intel® Quick Sync Video Yes
Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology Yes
Intel® Insider™ Yes
Intel® Wireless Display Yes
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI) Yes
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology Yes
# of Displays Supported ‡ 3
Expansion Options
PCI Express Revision 3
PCI Express Configurations ‡ 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 16
Package Specifications
Max CPU Configuration 1
TJUNCTION 105 C
Package Size 37.5 x 37.5mm (rPGA988B); 31.0 x 24.0mm (BGA1224)
Graphics and IMC Lithography 22 nm
Sockets Supported FCPGA988
Low Halogen Options Available See MDDS
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡ 2
Intel® vPro Technology ‡ Yes
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡ Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) ‡ Yes
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡ Yes
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) ‡ Yes
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡ Yes
AES New Instructions Yes
Intel® 64 ‡ Yes
Intel® Anti-Theft Technology Yes
Intel® My WiFi Technology Yes
4G WiMAX Wireless Technology Yes
Idle States Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology Yes
Intel® Demand Based Switching No
Thermal Monitoring Technologies Yes
Intel® Fast Memory Access Yes
Intel® Flex Memory Access Yes
Execute Disable Bit ‡ Yes
Intel® Secure Key Yes
Intel® Identity Protection Technology ‡ Yes