Adobe CS 6 to require 64-bit Mac


From CNET:

Adobe Photoshop CS6 puts a major effort toward performance enhancements, primarily with the implementation of the new Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine, but in addition offering optimized and new 3D handling, quantitative analysis, and video manipulation options to the program suite.

To make the most of these features, Adobe built them using 64-bit code optimized for multicore systems, which therefore means the suite will run best on a fully 64-bit native Intel and AMD systems...


The drum of progress beats on. While CS 6 will support 32-bit Windows system, at least in some capacity, Mac users will need to upgrade their legacy gear. This excludes Macs running with a Intel Core and Core Duo CPUs. You will need at least a Core 2 Duo Mac, which Apple introduced into its computers around 2006. Adobe said they're following Apple's lead in not supporting legacy hardware. OS X Lion, which shipped last summer, also required a 64-bit CPU.

Adobe drops 32-bit Mac support with Photoshop CS6