"pjp" wrote in message
There’s nothing forcing you to buy into this bullshit. Write the company mentioning same. If enough do it, they may possibly change their mind. That’s what I did, PS7 is last for me.
Me too. I upgraded every version from 3.0 to 7, but that’s it for now. If enough people will just ask themselves what they really need in CS and figure out there’s really not much (do you really need 16-bit processing or are you just flattering yourself? Can you really see the difference in the end product, double-blind?) If they had done this at version 3, there would be reason for us to be drooling over the upgrade, but what does CS offer that most people will really benefit from? A better file browser? I already have one, it’s called ThumbsPlus.
I’ve seen copies of "OEM Photoshop CS, no manual no support" for sale for less than the legitimate upgrade price, so activation apparently hasn’t stopped the true pirates. The casual ones who borrowed or burned a copy of older versions, and fell in love with the program over time generally have bought legitimate copies eventually; these are the types CS activation will eliminate. It will also eliminate the casual copiers who use PS for what they could do in Irfanview, but those people aren’t any potential market for a $600 program anyway, so there’s really no loss in sales from that aspect.
Don’t buy it. You can spend years learning all PS7 will do; if you find you get to a place where you actually need something in CS that you can’t do in 7, then maybe upgrade, otherwise let Adobe know it’s on the wrong track by not buying.
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Gary
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