Are any of the CS3 users running the program on a laptop?

Just as a background on me, I'm always on the road with my laptop and my camera... I'm currently using PSE4, which isn't enough at this point... I need something that can process a large batch of files faster than what I have now. I've looked into Photoshop Lightroom and CS3. Is anyone running either or both programs with a laptop?

I run CS3 on a MacBook Pro. 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM and it runs pretty smooth. Much better than CS2 now that it is native. I dont have any slowdowns or hiccups. I also run Aperture witch is smooth as well. Best of luck.

August 15 Photography wrote in post #3470623
I run CS3 on a MacBook Pro. 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM and it runs pretty smooth. Much better than CS2 now that it is native. I dont have any slowdowns or hiccups. I also run Aperture witch is smooth as well. Best of luck.

Sounds exactly like my setup. Works fine.

Using CS3 on a Dell XPS ,1710 and also on a Dell Inspiron 9400. Both run 2gb of RAM with a 2GB speedboost SD card installed.

The only thing slowin' it down is the HDD speed due to scratch disk being same as OS disk.

i run both on my Dell laptop. Make sure you have plenty of RAM installed. 2GB would be fine.

Same setup with a sony vaio (sz-430N). CS3 runs great. But my computer came with Vista Business. Vista is a RAM hog. Initially, it took up 850MB of the 2GB. So I turned off many of the glitzy features (like the 3D window scrolling. No the operating system only uses about 450MB.

Vista's memory management is very good. It uses RAM, yes. What good is all that RAM if you don't use it? When a program needs it, it allocates resources far better than XP.

I don't know if the OP is a Mac user or not, but if you have a PC, Vista and CS3 play very well together for me. I do like freeing up CPU and HDD cycles for CS3 to use by using speedbost.

Ideally you need to determine what you are goingt o be doing with photoshop and allocate how much RAM it needs as well. My images are 5000 pixels wide and larger. If you are processing 20D files then you can get away with 1gb of RAM without too much fuss.

Remember, you only have enough engine power if you can lay 2 (or 4) thick black strips exiting the corner, all the way down the straight until you have to brake. Then you need more traction! Same goes for computers.

I'm using an HP dv1650. It's got an Intel Duo Core 3.2ghz(1.66 per) with 2g DDR2 533 SDRAM with XP.

I'm also seeing CS3 with Vista. Anyone using CS3 with XP?

August 15 Photography wrote in post #3470623
I run CS3 on a MacBook Pro. 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM and it runs pretty smooth. Much better than CS2 now that it is native. I dont have any slowdowns or hiccups. I also run Aperture witch is smooth as well. Best of luck.

yep, I run CS3 on my MBP with no issues...

I run it on my POS Dell work laptop with only 512MB Ram and the older Pentium M. While it's pretty slow, it still works fine.

I use CS3 on my very old Compaq laptop.It's a littles slow, but not at all unusable.

perfect for me on IBM thinkpad T41 2GB ram, 1.70Ghz on XP