Photoshop Cs2, Laggs More Than Cs8

yeah here are my computer specs

Pentium 4 2.3ghz processor
1gb ddr ram(or 2 512 sticks of ram)
74gb hard drive (96% full)

and whenever i use PS2 it just laggs when i pick something off the tool bar i have to wait a full 15 seconds for it to become in use. anyway to fix the laggyness?

 

CS2 lags more than CS yes, so unless ur pc can handle then go back to CS, having ur hardrive 96% full is a real problem :blink:

 

There's a cs8?

Anyway, I have cs2 and it doesn't lag alot for me...

512 mb of RAM
And 2.0 ghz processer...

 

yea i know,and cs2 is like twice as big as cs

 

Maybe i wanna update from cs to cs2 but what are the improvements is it worth updating?

 

i tried CS2 but it just lagged too much :| back to CS for me

 

That's your problem right there. Might wanna consider Disk Defragmenting, or Disk Cleanup. Both of those will take a good long while with that much HD space filled up, but it should help in cleaning it up a good bit.

 

i have cs2 to
works fine for me
my PC:
196 ram
17 gb hard disk˙i know it sucks)
geforce 2 mx250

the only thing that takes time is when loading pics larger then 1 mb other then that it works fine

 

mines started to lag a few weeks back so i formated hopin it would fix the problem. but it didnt it just does the same.

 

here to mate,
i use 7.0 again.
if i press a button, i have to wait a few seconds to.
and 7.0 is fine to im my oppinion

 

well partly your harddrive i suppose, but i have a pentium 4 , 2,8 ghz , 500 ram and cs lags like hell. my specs are pretty good, but still. i'd go back to photoshop 7 if those damn brushes worked for it :/

 

i have no problems at all with cs2.....i only have a pentium4 3.006 with hyperthreading, 120gig hard drive only 20% full, 1gig of pc3200 400mhz ram, and a crappy geforce fx5200 video card with 256mbs of ram