Upgrade from Indesign CS3 to CS5...

I'm wondering if there are any 'problems' with CS5 that I should be wary of...
What about big pluses?...any advice?
I'm on OS 10.6.8, maybe one day 10.7 but not for the immediate future...my main computer these days is a three year old macbook pro with 4gb of ram if that matters...
the main reason to upgrade, adobe's new upgrade policy...would do this before the end of the year to save the 20 percent...if it weren't for this I wouldn't upgrade, CS3 has been fine for me so far...
I've got similar questions I'm gonna ask on the illustrator forum...have CS3 and wonder if CS5 is a worthwhile upgrade, but i use this program so infrequently I'll probably let it pass...
thanks for any help
M

Peter Spier wrote:
You might find a reseller someplace who still has CS5 upgrade disks, but it's not very likely. For print workflows, there's not a lot of difference between CS5 and CS5.5, but if you think you might be interested in any sort of ePub or online publishing, 5.5 is the better choice.
As far as what would make it a good idea? I like the new selection behaviors, smart guides, Illustrator-style layers panel, Live Preflight (though that can casue some trouble for some users -- mostly on userpowered systems, I think), Grid in Step and Repeat, link info in the links panel, and that's just off the top of my head things that increased my productivity without really looking at new features like GREP styles and Line styles. I think Bob probably still has pages devoted to what's new for CS5 and 5.5, and maybe for CS4, at his site, http://theindesignguy.com/tips.shtml
thanks for the link Peter...that is helpful...kinda like a concise list of reasons to upgrade, or not...

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