oem license question

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Dec 17, 2003
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I recently saw several adobe products for sale at very reasonable prices. They were oem versions.
Are these legal/upgradeable? Sould I persue this as an option to adding some software to my pile? I am only interested if I can continue to upgrade.

Thanks in advance
RF
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Brian
Dec 17, 2003
RF wrote:
I recently saw several adobe products for sale at very reasonable prices. They were oem versions.
Are these legal/upgradeable? Sould I persue this as an option to adding some software to my pile? I am only interested if I can continue to upgrade.

If it’s too good to be true it probably is. Adobe has released very few OEM versions of any of their software IIRC, and I may be wrong but I think it is not legal to resell an OEM version without whatever hardware it was distributed with.

Brian
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JP Kabala
Dec 17, 2003
FWIW, Dell is currently selling a PC with an OEM version of PSCS— I got an ad in the mail for one this week.

"Brian" wrote in message
RF wrote:
I recently saw several adobe products for sale at very reasonable
prices.
They were oem versions.
Are these legal/upgradeable? Sould I persue this as an option to adding some software to my pile? I am only interested if I can continue to
upgrade.
If it’s too good to be true it probably is. Adobe has released very few OEM versions of any of their software IIRC, and I may be wrong but I think it is not legal to resell an OEM version without whatever hardware it was distributed with.

Brian
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RF
Dec 17, 2003
So, if I bought the hardware with the software installed, would I then be able to upgrade through adobe? In other words, are oem versions upgradeable? Since I am researching a new workstation as well, it might be more cost effective to bundle some of the software. I do not need manuals, etc. I would just like to have a more complete set of tools at my home. With software so expensive, I have prioritized what I have here.

Any Ideas about buying used versions of Photoshop and AE? Still want to be legal and upgradeable. Don’t mind being a version behind for now.

Thanks again
RF

JP Kabala wrote in message
FWIW, Dell is currently selling a PC with an OEM version of PSCS— I got an ad in the mail for one this week.
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tacitr
Dec 17, 2003
I recently saw several adobe products for sale at very reasonable prices. They were oem versions.
Are these legal/upgradeable?

No.

In fact, some of those sites selling so-called "OEM" versions of Photoshop are actually simply trying to steal your credit card number, nothing more.

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JP Kabala
Dec 17, 2003
AFAIK, yes, but someone from Adobe could answer that more officially.

And you might be able to get a brand new, never registered version of Elements cheap via someplace like e-bay…..every Wacom and half the scanners on the planet come with one– and surely someone has more than one unused copy.

I’ve given the one I got with my new scanner and the one that came with the Graphire 3 to my kids, but other folks
are more profit-motivated.

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So, if I bought the hardware with the software installed, would I then be able to upgrade through adobe? In other words, are oem versions upgradeable? Since I am researching a new workstation as well, it might
be
more cost effective to bundle some of the software. I do not need manuals, etc. I would just like to have a more complete set of tools at my home. With software so expensive, I have prioritized what I have here.
Any Ideas about buying used versions of Photoshop and AE? Still want to be legal and upgradeable. Don’t mind being a version behind for now.

Thanks again
RF

JP Kabala wrote in message
FWIW, Dell is currently selling a PC with an OEM version of PSCS— I got an ad in the mail for one this week.

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J C
Dec 17, 2003
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:17:30 GMT, "JP Kabala" wrote:

FWIW, Dell is currently selling a PC with an OEM version of PSCS— I got an ad in the mail for one this week.

I did not get that flyer, which Dell machine are they packing CS with?

I did not see it when I went to their site.

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James Gifford
Dec 17, 2003
"JP Kabala" wrote:
And you might be able to get a brand new, never registered version of Elements cheap via someplace like e-bay…..every Wacom and half the scanners on the planet come with one– and surely someone has more than one unused copy.

You’re correct, but I just bought a copy at Sam’s Club for $52.87. I’m not sure a new, unreg copy from a reliable seller on eBay or elsewhere is going to be much less than that…

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JP Kabala
Dec 18, 2003
I pitched it because I wasn’t in the market…it took me a while to find the link….

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/q4wk4 _adobe_workstation3?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

"J C" wrote in message
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:17:30 GMT, "JP Kabala" wrote:
FWIW, Dell is currently selling a PC with an OEM version of PSCS— I got an ad in the mail for one this week.

I did not get that flyer, which Dell machine are they packing CS with?
I did not see it when I went to their site.

— JC
JC
J C
Dec 18, 2003
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 01:57:26 GMT, "JP Kabala" wrote:

I pitched it because I wasn’t in the market…it took me a while to find the link….

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/q4wk4 _adobe_workstation3?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

Thank you. I’m looking to replace a machine in a few weeks.

Best,

— JC

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