Help with purchasing

I am currently running an old G5 mac with CS4 and am in the process of updating to a new imac and a new Macbook pro.
I would like to run creative cloud on both but do I need to install the original CS4 and update or can I just sign up for a year and dowload to the new computers.
I understand I can run on the laptop as my back-up.
regards
D.Verrier

You need your serial number to get upgrade pricing, but you don't actually have to install the older CS4 software. Go to the Creative Cloud Plans page, and click the JOIN button for the Upgrade option.
--- Ben

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OK, so my 15" 2008 Mac Book Pro is on its last gasp--didn't help when I dropped it while open (I can now see into its innards though it's still working...sort of).
I'm not a technophile (mainly use my laptop for writing--my profession--and eBay business) so my sister told me to make sure that I had at least 8 GB and a fast processing speed. Retina display not necessary (her graphic artists friends hate it apparently) so that would lower the price; however it seems that there are two releases: Oct 2013 and July 2014. Read up on the latest release but not sure how much is necessary for to have...or care about.
Can you all weigh in and tell me (a) how important it is to have "the latest and greatest" and (b) how necessary is Retina display and (c) which would YOU purchase if you had my budget constraints. Thanks!
Anyway, I've narrowed down my choices of MacBook Pro purchases to what was within my budget: $1300 including tax. I wanted a 15" but it was too much $$$$, plus I can just use an external monitor.
Both are available at Apple. Both come with 1 year and 3-year extended warranties and both have the standard software installed, including Pages.
One more thing....Wondering if having Flash Storage is important? Only refurbished one (see below) has it.
Prices for both end up being almost the same--around $1250 out the door, including tax.
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2.5GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz
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Hmm... I'm not really sure where you found a July 2014 release without a retina display. I think it might be the old version because that laptop was last updated in 2012 (to my understanding. Also, your sister is kind of wrong, if you want a computer that will work well for everyday things, 4gb of ram is just fine. I have a three year old MacBook Air with 4gb of ram and do things in Photoshop, Illustrator, Pixelmator, FCP, etc. all the time running OS X Yosemite and it runs like brand new. However, if you want to future proof it, you might want 8gb so it can always run the latest OSes.
Flash Storage is amazingly fast compared to a Hard Drive. It also has no moving parts, therefore is much more durable, and much more likely to survive a drop than a Hard Drive (which would seem to be useful in your situation).
Also, I don't know why your sister's friends would hate the Retina display. Many people love it because it gives them the ability to edit pixel by pixel with perfect accuracy.
I would go for the Retina display. It has better specs for the same price so why not? Not to mention that it's much faster and will likely receive updates much longer than the new MacBook Pro without Retina display.
I hope I helped.
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My husband needs to purchase a computer for a PlasmaCAM which is a metal cutting system. He has charged me with this task since I know a little more about this stuff than he does. Although I have no idea what some of these items mean on the requirement list.
Below is a list of requirements for the pc on the PlasmaCAM sheet that husband gave me. What exactly do we need to buy and can I get it at any old Wal-Mart or Best Buy?
In advance--I sure appreciate the help!! I have no idea what I am looking at here (Obviously I understand a Pentium processor to some degree and Win 7 but some of this stuff I am clueless about)
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Hi. I hope someone can help me. I purchased an application (shazam encore) on bb app world, I clicked on the price tag, and then entered my password 2 start the purchase and downloading. When it was supposed to start the download, it gave me an error message of insufficient funds, while I had R160.83 in my account. When I checked my balance, I found that app world billed me for the application which I can't download. What can I do?
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Hi and Welcome to the Community!
I suggest that you clear the AppWorld application cache:
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Help with purchase decision?

Please direct me to another section if this is not the right one. I've searched for "purchase advice" & other choices, but come up empty.
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http://www.toshiba.co.uk/laptops/tablets/encore/
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I am looking to buy a 15" Macbook Pro for my 15-year old daughter. The configuration I have found is:
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All I have available is shopping cart number. Can anyone assist please? Thank you.

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AprilThisWay it is likely your Lightroom issue is related to having the incorrect Adobe Application Manager/Creative Cloud Desktop application installed. The current release version is 1.8.0.447. You can find additional details at Creative Cloud Help | Creative Cloud app for desktop | Release Notes.
I would recommend utilizing the uninstall instructions available in the link referenced in message #7. Once you have run all the available uninstallers available in the Applications/Utilities/Adobe Installers folder then please use the CC Cleaner Tool. You can find details, and a download link, for the CC Cleaner tool at Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6 - http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs5-cleaner-tool-installation-problems.html.
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