what's the cheapest way to get in on Adobe Creative Suite?
joecab (97 points) | Wed, 2005-04-13 14:55That price *is* a bit high to buy it new. Is there a cheaper way to get CS other than buy an old copy of Photoshop as cheaply as possible, then buy the CS - Photoshop Upgrade version? As I understand it, any full version of Photoshop will do, going all the way back to Photoshop 1.0 (but no LE or Elements).
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Get a friend at an accredited university or school to buy it for you through the bookstore at their school. Students get a substantial discounted price, (like half-off sometimes), but make sure that the registration limitations (if any) aren't going to come back and bite you when upgrading in the future.
Terrell Thornhill
e-zign Design Group
To state the CS suite is priced too high is a little subjective, at best. If you use more than 2 of the apps, it's a bargain. Of course, if you're not using it in a professional environment, no price is low enough. (insert wink emoticon here)
Alec
Yeah but if you're just plain cheap ... :)
I'm too chicken to try the academic route for the reasons stated.
Do you NEED all the apps or can you get away with only a couple? You might consider purchasing the apps individually over a period of time to suit your budget.
Alec
You can use BitTorrent if you like, but you wont get past the registration process in CS2. Same applys to Quark 6.
Do you need to register throught the net for CS2? Wow, that's like XP right?
I've successfully activated pirated XP before :))
There'll be a crack coming along, don't worry...
I'm going with CS 1.3. I don't see anything in CS 2.0 that screams "must buy," and that copy protection thing doesn't sit well with me. Apparently you need to either register through the net or call Adobe for CS 2's activation. And remember that it actually gets tied to your hardware, so just two computers, and you can't run programs on both computers at the same time if they're networked.
I think I'm just gonna buy the upgrade. All it does apparently is scan you computer for an old copy of Photoshop and if it finds it, it installs. And if you feel creepy about registering it on the web it still gives you the option of priting a form to fill out and send or fax to Adobe instead.
Now my new question is: does the CS 2.0 upgrade (which I'll buy if they offer it at a minimal price for anyone who buys CS 1.3 this month) look for just CS 1.3 or does it still need that old Photoshop somewheres to install?
"and you can't run programs on both computers at the same time if they're networked"
Not true. You're not supposed to do so, but there is no check like in the old times.
Adobe rules are pretty flexible: Are you allowed to install Quark on two machines? When you buy some hardware, do you receive a second one for free?
Also, you might install CS on several machines, you can just activate two at the same time (for instance, a machine in the studio is deactivated, and you activate your second laptop to have a back-up on the field.)
See: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps9_activation/activation-2.htm
pierre-etienne courtejoie
Just buy an old version of photoshop 6 on ebay for like $50 then buy the cs 2 upgrade and presto! Youve got it all. Thats what i plan on doing.
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"The higher you jump on the flagpole, the higher the bonus you receive."
I'm going to feel bad saying this but piracy is always beating the vendors new tricks.
I got my CS long time ago and for Photoshop, I chose registration over the phone and there was a crack there waiting for me to type in a code and activate it. For CS2, I think there might just be a web registration.
However, as I've said before, I'm not going to get CS2 till I can afford it legally. I'm keeping what I've got though, the whole CS Creative Suite (insert wink emoticon here).
Stay legal, it's for your own health - hehe. I think Photoshop 6 is good enough till you can get CS or CS2 legally, and you can get Photoshop 6 for pretty cheap too nowadays right?
To marry a girl who works at Adobe.. LOL
I purchased the Adobe Design Collection (ID 2, PS 7, AI 9, GoLive, Acrobat 5) via Education Discount and have had no trouble upgrading them all to the latest versions of NON-Education versions of CS.
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With regards to the student pricing. Doing my the license agreement, I believe it cannot be used for work that generates income. In other words the student version by legal means (wink) is reserved for academic, no profit use.
A little note to buying the apps on eBay. Be careful as with any ebay purchase. There is a lot of false and pirated software out there.
BTW: people will develop a work around to the CS2 registration process.
Ron Gallagher
Citrus Studios
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Yes, the educational versions are not supposed to be used for commercial use. That's why we forked over the $$$$$$$. But still, I lack any work. It's keeping us out of prison though. ;)
Check out http://www.adobe.com/support/salesdocs/1002268.html
It states that you can use the Educational Version for Commercial use.
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