CS4 details on Adobe website

Question

For anyone who's interested, details (inc pricing) of all CS4
products
(Photoshop, DW, Fireworks etc) have been unveiled on Adobe's
website:
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/
Shipping dates have not yet been announced (presumably
tomorrow).
Regards
John Waller

Answer 1

Bruce BFD wrote:
>
> I use MC at work and WP at home. I'm having trouble
putting together a
> cohesive argument for my boss to pay for the upgrade,
and even less for
> upgrading my home system. I'm branching into video
editing and print at home,
> so I'd have to upgrade to MC and the thought of paying
$1600 for the features
> that I could have upgraded under CS3 for much less makes
me less than
> enthusiastic.
>
What do MC and WP stand for?
To me, CS5 sounds like a bigger ripoff than CS4. Which isn't
to say I
don't appreciate CS4 - in the IT arena, it's probably the
best thing
that ever happened to me next to switching to a Mac. If Adobe
is a
pseudo-monopoly, it at least deserves credit for producing
quality
software, a far cry from Microsoft.
Still, the price tag is pretty steep for non-professionals -
and I feel
bad about the way they keep sticking it to Europeans.
It's amazing that they're maintaining their high prices even
as the
economy is spiraling out of control. I can't help but wonder
if perhaps
they've gone a little too far. Adobe's pricing strategy is
only fueling
a growing resentment, associating Adobe with the dreaded term
"monopoly," not good for public relations. I can only assume
it's
fueling the competition, as well.
Then again, it's possible that Adobe sees this as its last
opportunity
to make a killing. An economic slump will almost certainly
impact their
profits, and it could just be a matter of time before the
competition
begins to look a little more credible.
Another interesting thing - when I read about Dreamweaver CS4
a few
weeks/months ago, it sounded awesome. It was described as a
truly
radical upgrade. But the articles I read today don't sound
that exciting
- or am I missing something?
It also irks me that Adobe is making CS4 64-bit for Windows
but not
Apple...even though I don't understand the significance.
64-bit programs
simply process faster, right?
In somewhat related news, the netbook revolution is nicely
coordinated
with the economic crisis to exert enormous pressure on
hardware vendors
to lower prices. With people buying mini laptops for under
$500, they
may be even more reluctant to spend five times that much on a
software
suite (even if that suite can't be run on a netbook).
Anyway, there are lots of things happening out there. If the
Dreamweaver
upgrade is respectable, I might upgrade that program alone.
But I'm
thinking of skipping CS4 and waiting for CS5, which I suspect
will be
significantly better thatn CS4 and less expensive at the same
time.
In fact, it might be kind of pointless for me to upgrade when
I haven't
even learned to use CS4 yet. I'm pretty comfortable with
Dreamweaver and
Photoshop, which I've used for years, but it's going to take
a while to
learn Illustrator, Fireworks and Flash.
I wish there were more than 24 hours in a day! :)
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