CS3 or Elements 6?

Hi all,
I am trying to find out if it is worth buying CS3 in stead of elements 6. Surprisingly, nobody has been able to tell me what the difference exactly is.
The best I got so far was that elements is a trimmed down version of CS3 but what more can I do with CS3?
As I am in England, CS3 would cost me about $1100, as opposed to $650 in the US, which is a bit much if you don’t know exactly what you get for that amount.
It says something on the adobe features section about BETTER raw processing, but not compared to what. Old version? Other software? Better than nothing?
I will be running it under XP, and the only use will be to optimise images from a digital camera in RAW format, 90%, and a jpeg (10)%, partially for web use, partially for prints.
The most common things are:
Correcting exposure when pics are unevenly lit.
Correcting color temperature.
Removing unwanted parts of a picture e.g. somebody stepping into the picture, advertising signs or copyrighted material.
Altering color of small parts of an image like that of a single flower in a bouquet.
Removing blemishes in portraits.
The photos will always stay single photos, I can not foresee any use for slide shows, animations, video or anything related.
From what I have been able to find out so far, it seems that Elements 6 will do all this and I don’t need to spend the extra $1000, or should I?

I don't know of a chart or matrix style list of features that the two
programs support, but some of the big ones are:
CS3 supports real curves, and the Lab and CMYK color spaces. The cloning
and healing tools are more comprehensive. There is better control of
embedded profiles, and you can edit profiles to some extent. Masking and
adjustment layers are more powerful. Smart filters allow a larger number
of filters to be used non-destructively. You mentioned better Raw
capability.
Does this add up to enough functionality to be worth the price difference?
If you are a professional and get paid for your work, then I'd say yes,
this is a no brainer. Otherwise, you can answer that yourself by
installing the 30 day trial version.

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