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Adobe unveils new Creative Suite 3 packages - watch the live webcast this afternoon
To aid in the selection of a new CS3 package, Adobe has created a thorough product matrix that makes even the many versions of Vista cry. To further help navigate all the new products and features, Adobe has of course revamped their Creative Suite product pages and has also posted some introductory videos to help bide the time until this afternoon's live webcast event that we mentioned earlier. The webcast begins at 3:30EST today, but don't fret if you're all booked up for the day - it will be recorded and available for streaming for the ultimate in 'pajamas-at-3-am' viewing experiences.
Preorder pricing for Creative Suite 3 packages begins at $999 for a new suite (Web Standard), and $240 for upgrades (Design Standard). The Design suites are scheduled to begin shipping in April 2007, while Production Premium is slated for Q3 2007.
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stefan said 11:10AM on 3-27-2007
Upgrade - Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium
Estimated ship: Late April
I ordered mine at 830 today :-)
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josh venice said 11:14AM on 3-27-2007
This is great. How can you go wrong with Adobes creative products. They are the best
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Aron Trimble said 11:35AM on 3-27-2007
How can it be that the boxes look so much better than the icons...
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Brady J. Frey said 11:48AM on 3-27-2007
We'll see if Dreamweaver still spits out relatively dated code. While I still recommend BBEdit, or TextMate or TextWrangler, I know some users aren't up to speed with their XHTML/HTML and CSS (http://htmldog.com is a good place to start if you're wondering) - it frustrates me that the code dreamweaver outputs can add more headache and frustration to young coders in the long run.
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Jon said 12:17PM on 3-27-2007
I found out yesterday that not all of the tools in the suite are Mac-compatible. Adobe acquired Serious Magic and has released DVRack (rebranded as something else) as Windows-only. They recommend that Mac users use BootCamp to run it. I don't know whether this is the only one or whether other tools in the suite are Windows-only.
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Mary Reale said 12:17PM on 3-27-2007
I'm still working out the multitude of intel bugs of CS2 on my Mac. Wish I could be more positive...
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Billy K said 12:39PM on 3-27-2007
Adobe's bloat is becoming unmanageable.
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John Laur said 1:06PM on 3-27-2007
With all of the confusion, you'd think SOMEWHRE they would address what you are entitled to if you already own Adobe Creative Suite Premium 2.3 with an ADO Upgrade Plan... With a thousand different versions of that suite now (all of which include more or different products than the original 2.3 suite) which one will I get with the entitlement?
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Ben Mattison said 1:16PM on 3-27-2007
Does anyone know if you can save down to InDesign CS2 from CS3? I want to upgrade ASAP, but not if no one else will be able to open my files.
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Aymeric said 3:20PM on 3-27-2007
What about dreamweaver CS3, is it going to look more like golive? will smart object be integrated DW? as well as other golive features?
thanks
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thegdog said 3:20PM on 3-27-2007
>I found out yesterday that not all of the tools
>in the suite are Mac-compatible. Adobe acquired
>Serious Magic and has released DVRack (rebranded
>as something else) as Windows-only. They
>recommend that Mac users use BootCamp to run it.
>I don't know whether this is the only one or
>whether other tools in the suite are
>Windows-only.
It is all clearly listed here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/?cs3Tabs=compare
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viskwal said 3:57PM on 3-27-2007
Maybe worth mentioning that Adobe is getting more and more into corporate greed with every new release.
The European upgrades are almost double the price of what the exact same upgrade costs in the US.
$1133 in Europe vs $599 in the US, this is the price of CS2 Standard upgrade to CS3 Premium.
I don't mind paying a high price for good software, but charging double the price because it's another continent is criminal.
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pilster said 7:04PM on 3-27-2007
Adobe sure are Creative, at least with pricing structures. Upgrade from CS2 Premium > Design Standard CS3 for me as a UK resident will cost £492. In the US this same upgrade is $399. Hmm. How much is Quark anyone...
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jim said 7:08PM on 3-27-2007
Is anyone else getting sick of Adobe dead-ending the upgrade paths on their products? They should really take into account more than one piece of software in determining upgrade eligibility. Some of us have owned Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, etc. since before they started bundling them into suites. If I want to upgrade CS2 standard to the new Design Suite, they don't even care that I also already have Dreamweaver, Flash, and Acrobat. It was the same when CS came out and we had to pay for the "upsell from Photoshop" version.
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JeffDM said 10:23PM on 3-27-2007
6: I don't know if I'd blame Adobe for the bugs for running their PPC apps on Intel if they work fine on a PPC. I'd call that a Rosetta bug.
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JeffDM said 10:40PM on 3-27-2007
12: Europe is not "just another continent". Europe is a lot more stringent regulatory system with regards to operating business, which makes operating a division there more. I would bet that most of that difference is paid as taxes to pay for all the social services that Europeans brag so much about.
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viskwal said 3:30AM on 3-28-2007
16: If what you say were true, than why is it that only Adobe needs to ripp us off like this ?
I understand what you are saying, and it is justiffiable to a certain degree, but not to doubling the prices over here.
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jesse Knight said 1:42PM on 3-28-2007
I was unhappy to find out that you can't upgrade from Golive CS2 to Dreamweaver CS3. Adds insult to injury. I know they're still planning to release a Golive 9, but how long are they going to support that?
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