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Bruce Chizen said it's not just a question of compiling the software, you have to test it and in Adobe's case that can take three to four months.

'Steve likes to trivialise the process and make it seem easy, but moving the apps over is not that easy' he said. 'Getting over to MacTel is work.'

However he maintains that in the long run the switch will be worthwhile, providing better performance and greater value.

'At Adobe, we tend to optimize for Intel today on the Windows side,' he confessed. 'The fact that we'll be able to optimise for Intel cross-platform will make it even better for us.'

Chizen added that the 'MacTel' version of Photoshop will in all likelihood continue to support existing systems, in much the same way that Adobe apps remained compatible with OS 9 in the early days of OSX. He said that the normal product cycle suggests that the Photoshop upgrade will occur towards then end of 2006 or at the beginning of 2007, after the first Intel Macs have appeared.