Textureing wise, I'm screwed

I have a shiny new dual core 2.4 GHz intel iMac and it rocks.
What doesn't rock is the fact that photoshop 7 wasn't made as a universal binary. So - that's easy enough to fix right?
i'll jus use this "gimp" program I've run into few times. HA! I download the intel gimp and make myself a nice new document, get my paint brush out for a little test run. Paint brush is lagging behind my cursor like a decrepit limpet on Opium. I click down to make a bit of a paint mark and the application crashes. Bugger that mate.

Searching the internet later on I find that HUZZAH there is a program that transfers PowerPC programs and runs them on intel. Except according to Apple it doesn't work for a bunch of programs, among the list is photoshop. How lovely.

Basically I have to get around this by sending files between an old mac with photoshop on it, and this mac with the power. Makes the whole process bloody long winded.

It's actually funny cause I havn't done some work on my little project ina while, it's been there at the side of my head, and I've been sketching kinda concept's and stuff for various models, but it's all quite pushed to the side line by college and let's face it, I've been playing Shadowbane a hell of alot.....

Nevertheless, Now I am kinda out of luck for a while. I guess I'll get back into consturctor and make that second tower model I've been meaning to make for quite a while....