Adobe Software Unstable

I've been using Adobe software since the late 80s and I'm very disappointed with the stability of CS4 - specifically Illustrator and Flash. I've been using these two applications around 40 hours a week for the last few months and Illustrator crashes on me at least once or twice a day and Flash crashes maybe three or four times a day.
I just lost one hour of work in Illustrator and have to redo it because it crashed when I changed the font of some text. I'm now having to work like I did in Mac OS 9 where I have to save every few minutes because I don't know when the thing is going to crash on me.
I'm using OS X 10.6.2. The OS is very stable and hasn't crashed on me in months, but Adobe's applications crash regularly. Photoshop seems stable, though, but my use of it is pretty light.

David the thread and the participants are really an on going comedy skit. Once Hans (Skullmaker) gets involved no one takes it serious.
Hans is simply too cheap to upgrade and the OP is not really discussing the real issues with his computer because they probably do not want to take the condition of the system and hardware and so like many they blame Adobe. Sure there are things that are not perfect but most users agree that CS 4 works pretty well.
Almost all the time we find in the end that the user had software conflicts, font corruption, plug in issues hardware problems and they usually hold back the relevant information because of this commitment of not be responsible for screwing things up themselves.
I would pay more attention to this thread if it smacked of any real issue but it does not so I have for the most part ignore it after an intial attempt to see if it were real.
I think if they want to whine about their problems so be it.

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Is all Adobe software for rent only now?
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http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud/faq.html
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/install-apps.html to install or uninstall
http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup/creative_cloud_faq
what is http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/creative-cloud-desktop.html
Cloud Getting Started https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/topics/getting-started.html
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So I own CS6 for Design and Web and Lightroom 4.x and have been pretty happy with it.
But in August there was a deal to try Creative Cloud for $19.99 a month. I bit on the deal and installed it.
But realize.. I don't need all the DEV Tools Nor do I need all the Video tools so $50 a month will be a deal breaking in a year. You need to create sub suites of Creative Cloud that match some of the suites you used to sell or I will abandon the cloud and I suspect like many others CS6 will become the defacto standard for years.
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What IDIOT fails to test a machine with lots of your own software installed to see if it breaks your installer
What IDIOT releases software that demands users uninstall your products every time it needs an update.
This is an Adobe failure but the entire Product Team for the CC Desktop manager application. Time to clean house and bring in the A team to fix this.
Know this.. The Third time I am put in a position to Uninstall, Clean and Reinstall CC.. IT will be Uninstall, Clean Reinstall CS6 and Cancel my CC account and block CC payments to Adobe from my Amex.
This is not new.. I can read for months and months people having this problem. Find the problem Adobe software has with Adobe software and FIX IT.
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