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1. themacjedicali

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 11:01am close

   ouch

   adobe drops us again! with every damn release adobe drops previous version support so the masses have to get the latest and greatest. Luckily adobe products are so low cost that anyone in this economy can upgrade! Ridiculous really how easily they could make the products work by fixing the core libraries they use instead of just dropping support all together. pathetic

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1. ocfra

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 11:16am (1 reply) close

   Ridiculous!

   Adobe has been s******* loyal Mac customers for years - I am tired of shelling out so much money to keep my Adobe software current. I quit giving them $$$ after uprgrading to CS2. I am still mad that they ate Macromedia / Dreamweaver. If CS2 Photoshop stops working I will find another program to handle my image needs.

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1. Whopper

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 11:27am close

   They're doing it again!

   CS3 users let's not upgrade to CS4.

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1. DanielSw

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 11:28am (2 replies) close

   They have every right

   CS4 is well worth the price whether full or upgrade. Clinging to older versions means you either don't know the software well enough to use or appreciate the new features, or your work doesn't require those features.
   
   Sooner or later, you'll ante up with upgrades, or you won't.
   
   Either way Adobe has the right to conduct its business the way it sees fit--just as you all do.
   
   

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1. pairof9s

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 11:40am close

   Get a real!

   Saying CS4 is worth the price is a very presumptuous statement. Our team has decided not to upgrade to CS4 for a variety of reasons, some stemming from these very policies Adobe practices and that are exasperated here by others. Anyone using the software extensively enough knows this to be true!
   
   A recent history of not fixing admitted bugs, both major and minor, if only to be addressed in the next major upgrade is the type of policy that deserves to be lambasted and ridiculed. While I agree that Adobe has the right to run their business as usual, these policies likewise deserve to be called out.
   
   There's a good reason CS4 has tanked in sales compared to its predecessors...one of which is that Adobe has worn out it's welcome to Mac users!!
   
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1. jwdsail

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 11:53am close

   meh

   I'm still using Photoshop CS2, Aperture, and GraphicConverter..
   
   In the past I've bought PS every other version - 5, 7, CS2.. CS4 is the first time I haven't.. I may still upgrade, but am waiting to see how things run on 10.6.

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1. Rocha

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 12:04pm close

   Don't Upgrade!

   If you are still using CS2-3 why upgrade to Snow Leopard?
   Stay with Tiger or Leopard.
   
   You proly have a PPC anyway...

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1. Sean.Perrin

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 01:06pm (1 reply) close

   Insane!

   I JUST bought CS3 for a good price on Tuesday, but it was still hundreds of dollars. Why can't I use this application with OSXSL?!?!?

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1. c4rlob

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 01:39pm close

   previous version support

   I could understand no longer supporting CS2, but a company not supporting both the current and immediately previous version of software for a platform update of their core consumers is pure INEPTITUDE or LAZINESS! That's just sad development Adobe. Adobe is dropping the ball and also potentially keeping Mac users away from Snow Leopard, or future Mac OS upgrades. Apple may want to start developing (acquiring) a photo/image counterpart to Final Cut Pro?

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1. FireWire

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 02:06pm (1 reply) close

   What?

   S***! What a bunch of f..ers! I'm a student and I afforded to buy it one time because of a tremendous rebate when you bought a new mac and the suite. I don't care if it's not 64 bits but at least make it work! They have no reason to drop support like this for a relativelely new product and a minor system update.
   
   What am I supposed to do now?!

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1. TheSnarkmeister

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 02:25pm close

   Where's the surprise?

   The Adobe/Macromedia merger should never have been allowed to happen. Under any other administration it likely wouldn't have been tolerated, since it effectively gave Adobe the sufficiently large portion of the market so as to allow them to behave as a monopolist. And here we see they are. Competition is a good thing. It is always is. The consumers always loose when competition is reduced.

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1. pairof9s

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 02:28pm (1 reply) close

   Good for goose & gander?

   It would be interesting to know if Adobe plans to drop CS3 support for Windows 7 users, too.

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1. ggirton

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 02:49pm close

   Uh-oh

   I'm still dealing with the fact that all my photos of Paris, in Kodak PhotoCD format, can be read ONLY by Adobe CS-1.
   
   As soon as I bring them across to CS-3, then I can upgrade to Snow Leopard and CS-4, only $29 plus $500 or whatever the upgrade is
   
   THANKS ADOBE.
   
   I'm starting to think Flash isn't so great either.

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1. manleycreative

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 03:19pm close

   Remember Macromedia?

   Now a monopoly and now in a position not to support anything older than six months.
   
   
   Quark 2.0

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1. testudo

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 05:51pm close

   and

   does anyone know if CS3 actually runs on Snow Leopard or not?

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1. chotty

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 09:13pm close

   Adobe have since...

   Adobe have since updated their original blog post, to offer some clarification on the issue. John Nack states, "No one said anything about CS3 being 'not supported' on Snow Leopard. The plan, however, is not to take resources away from other efforts (e.g. porting Photoshop to Cocoa) in order to modify 2.5-year-old software in response to changes Apple makes in the OS foundation."
   
   Adobe still has not said outright whether or not CS3 will work, but users can find out for themselves come Friday when Snow Leopard hits stores.

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1. chotty

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 09:14pm close

   Adobe have since...

   Adobe have since updated their original blog post, to offer some clarification on the issue. John Nack states, "No one said anything about CS3 being 'not supported' on Snow Leopard. The plan, however, is not to take resources away from other efforts (e.g. porting Photoshop to Cocoa) in order to modify 2.5-year-old software in response to changes Apple makes in the OS foundation."
   
   Adobe still has not said outright whether or not CS3 will work, but users can find out for themselves come Friday when Snow Leopard hits stores.

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1. thebiggfrogg

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 09:19pm close

   Well...

   I'm STILL running CS 1 in the latest reiteration of Leopard (until Friday). Hopefully it won't break with Snow Leopard as I can't resist the upgrade for my MBP. I can understand dropping support for CS 1 and 2, but CS 3? That is criminal. Not all of us are as "power users" who need every new feature and castigate others for not upgrading. I'm a teacher in China and use Photoshop quite a bit and several of its features, but I probably don't need every new gewgaw and needless to say I don't have the $ to upgrade every other month to software packages that cost hundreds of bucks.

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1. thebiggfrogg

   Joined: Dec 1969

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   08/26, 09:19pm close

   Well...

   I'm STILL running CS 1 in the latest reiteration of Leopard (until Friday). Hopefully it won't break with Snow Leopard as I can't resist the upgrade for my MBP. I can understand dropping support for CS 1 and 2, but CS 3? That is criminal. Not all of us are as "power users" who need every new feature and castigate others for not upgrading. I'm a teacher in China and use Photoshop quite a bit and several of its features, but I probably don't need every new gewgaw and needless to say I don't have the $ to upgrade every other month to software packages that cost hundreds of bucks.

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1. chas_m

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   08/27, 02:34am close

   I agree

   Just to correct Adobe's own blog, the last CS3 edition was introduced in June 2008, ie 14 months ago. A lot of customers did not get on board the CS3 train until sometime in 2008, making it a year, year-and-a-half or so since the "last upgrade" for many customers.
   
   If they'd said up front that "CS3 core technologies can't be easily upgraded to SL, we're sorry, here's a limited-time sale on CS4 for CS3 upgraders" I think many would have understood and given Adobe the upgrade money. As it stands now, they are ENCOURAGING piracy of CS4 rather than DIScouraging it. Dumb move, Adobe.

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1. chas_m

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   08/27, 02:35am close

   I agree

   Just to correct Adobe's own blog, the last CS3 edition was introduced in June 2008, ie 14 months ago. A lot of customers did not get on board the CS3 train until sometime in 2008, making it a year, year-and-a-half or so since the "last upgrade" for many customers.
   
   If they'd said up front that "CS3 core technologies can't be easily upgraded to SL, we're sorry, here's a limited-time sale on CS4 for CS3 upgraders" I think many would have understood and given Adobe the upgrade money. As it stands now, they are ENCOURAGING piracy of CS4 rather than DIScouraging it. Dumb move, Adobe.