We flung one of the upper end Core i7 CPUs at CS6 about a year ago because it was a dreadful slug on anything less. "Less" at the time was just below the Core i* series CPUs.
Unless the Windows version is somehow a much bigger resource hog than the Mac version. (It is Adobe, so I would not put that past them.)
Unless the Windows version is somehow a much bigger resource hog than the Mac version. (It is Adobe, so I would not put that past them.)