Adobe ships Creative Suite 2.3
updated 11:15 pm EST, Wed November 8, 2006
Creative Suite 2.3 ships
Adobe has begun shipping Creative Suite 2.3, an enhanced version of the professional application suite that now includes Dreamweaver 8 (acquired from Macromedia) and Acrobat Professional 8, the new Universal version of its PDF application for creating PDFs and managing communication that began shipping earlier this month. Acrobat 8 offers a refined interface to allows user to easily access various features, including combining, signing and protecting PDF files, interacting with PDF forms, reviewing and collaborating on documents as well as integration of Acrobat Connect software (formerly Macromedia Breeze), a hosted software service for realtime Web conferencing and collaboration.
Announced in September, Creative Suite 2.3 offers tighter integration between Adobe Acrobat 8, the only Universal component of the suite, and other applications in the suite. The full version is $1200, while upgrades are $160 for CS2 Premium users and $550 for CS1 users.
Adobe's Creative Suite 3, which will offer Universal versions of all applications and other new features, is expected to arrive in the first half of 2007 and will drive Mac sales, according to a new report.
Jesus Christ
11/08, 11:48pm reply
Way to suddenly get my hopes up, only to smash them down! When I read 2.3, my first thought was "universal apps but of the same versions, not new versions" But nope. Just more c***
l008com
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Joined: Jan 2000
sucks...
11/09, 02:53am reply
to be anyone who was hoping for Universal for CS right now.
but i wasn't expecting 2.3 to do that. i think we all know that 3.0 is where Universal will come into play for all these apps. and at MWSF07 of course. let's stop acting surprised.
rtbarry
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Joined: Aug 2001
NO WAY
11/09, 07:04am reply
Please let me upgrade PSCS2, stop the c*** and let me earn some money fast! Bring me the CS3 Universal version Now! and let me buy a new Mac Pro NOW! (that's the only thing stopping me right now)
I WAS the One
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Joined: Mar 2003
10.4.8 Rosetta Faster?
11/10, 04:52pm reply
According to MacWorld tests, Rosetta got a speed bump in the 10.4.8 update aiding Photoshop and other non-universals.
mgseeley
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Joined: Nov 2006
re: 10.4.8 rosetta faster
11/10, 05:07pm reply
Except that Illustrator crashes so much it's almost unusable. I literally had 12 crashes today while copying and pasting between AI documents and releasing clipping masks.
chirpy22
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Joined: Jan 2006
Acrobat 8 least "upgrade"
11/12, 07:41am reply
Adobe Acrobat 8 has now reached the lowest in infamous Adobe "upgrades" which amount to very little new for a very lot paid.
None of the new features in 8 are available on the Mac; all are on the Windows side. Now, you can't even get the Standard version for Macs! So the only version available is the Professional for $160 price, which only sports a Universal Binary as its main update. And to add insult to injury, you can't download a Mac demo to see how much faster it is!!! Icing on the cake...no Acrobat 8 Reader is available!
Adobe sucks! They're worse than Microsoft!
doctor9
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