Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) Pricing and Upgrades

MacRumors · 01:53 AM

Adobe is planning a media event on March 27th (Tuesday) to announce Creative Suite 3 pricing and availability. Amazon jumped the gun a little and posted a few pages revealing product specs and pricing for several of the CS3 products with ship dates of April 20th and July 1st, depending on the product.

We've received pricing information for the entire Adobe CS3 line of products and included it in a table below:

Click for table

Prices represent full retail prices and products are linked to Amazon descriptions where applicable. "up"-links denote links to upgrade-products at Amazon. This upgrade pricing (not listed above) is available to owners of earlier versions of Adobe software. To see upgrade prices and see if you can qualify for these updates, see this full upgrade pricing table.

Adobe's new CS3 bundles can be confusing, so to see what is included in each bundle, refer to this matrix:

http://images.macrumors.com/article/.../26/matrix.png

Multimedia · Mar 26, 2007, 01:30 AM

I'll be going academic.

Shagrat · Mar 26, 2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Multimedia

I'll be going academic.

Would that I could!

Shagrat · Mar 26, 2007, 01:36 AM

Note that the only combination of Photoshop and Dreamweaver is (natch!) the Master edition...

good pricing guys...the only two items I would ACTUALLY want, and I would have to buy the lot.

Now where's that Photoshop Killer that Apple have had up their sleeves for the last few years????

dornoforpyros · Mar 26, 2007, 01:39 AM

I'm just thrilled to see that Flash & Dreamweaver still look like them old selves, it's too soon to say until I get em installed and opened, but it appears Adobe didn't bastardize them *knock wood*

kitki83 · Mar 26, 2007, 01:41 AM

Wow those prices are stupiedly to high for starving designers. I mean thats alot of money.

Good thing I went back to school I hope I can qualify for academic discount.

Shagrat · Mar 26, 2007, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by dornoforpyros

Umm I think your confused, I see Dreamweaver & Photoshop combos in at least 3 of the packages (Design Premium, Web Premium, Master)

I'm just thrilled to see that Flash & Dreamweaver still look like them old selves, it's too soon to say until I get em installed and opened, but it appears Adobe didn't bastardize them *knock wood*

Check the matrix png in the first post...

didn't check further than that, yet...

nkadlac · Mar 26, 2007, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shagrat

Note that the only combination of Photoshop and Dreamweaver is (natch!) the Master edition...

good pricing guys...the only two items I would ACTUALLY want, and I would have to buy the lot.

Not sure where you're basing this off of...If for some reason the rumors do end up being true, then you could get both photoshop/dreamweaver in the web bundles.

I think the prices are pretty competitive overall. I was spending more when buying products from both Adobe and Macromedia as individual companies.

kinless · Mar 26, 2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by nkadlac

Not sure where you're basing this off of...If for some reason the rumors do end up being true, then you could get both photoshop/dreamweaver in the web bundles.

There's conflicting information on Amazon. The matrix chart shows the Web Premium without Photoshop, but their description mentions having Photoshop, so we won't know for sure until Tuesday.

rockman2023 · Mar 26, 2007, 02:14 AM

Be prepared to sell your first born to afford these packages! Jokes aside, I'm glad they included PS3 Extended in the Web package. When I'm ready to sell my soul to the devil, I think I'll get that one.

I hope the benchmarks for CS3 are more than good for C2D MBPs. This is my only Intel Machine

Tax return -> Bank -> Save up to move out?
Tax return -> CS3 Bundle -> Better design tools?

Decisions, decisions...

dante@sisna.com · 07:05 PM

I hope someone from Adobe visits MacRumors.

It is not so much the pricing but the bundled combinations that are just totally terrible.

I am really depressed regarding this release and the pricing.

Adobe needs to take another look at their customer relationships and logic.

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Originally Posted by inkswamp

No kidding! And it looks like they didn't miss any school days when it came to the pricing classes either.

And DreamWeaver... bleh... they should be paying people to use that train wreck of an app.

What Don't you Like about Dreamweaver?

It' code is basically clean now, not like older versions, and the interface is generally okay. Besides, for most web designers, the interface is meaningless as we write most of our own code.

GFLPraxis · Mar 26, 2007, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shagrat

Note that the only combination of Photoshop and Dreamweaver is (natch!) the Master edition...

good pricing guys...the only two items I would ACTUALLY want, and I would have to buy the lot.

Now where's that Photoshop Killer that Apple have had up their sleeves for the last few years????

What are you talking about? All the Premium packages include Dreamweaver.

ElderscrollsV · Mar 26, 2007, 01:32 AM

Is CS3 running native on the intel machines?

arn · Mar 26, 2007, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ElderscrollsV

Is CS3 running native on the intel machines?

yes.

arn

siurpeeman · Mar 26, 2007, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Multimedia

I'll be going academic.

are you academic?

Doctor Q · Mar 26, 2007, 01:34 AM

I'm sure glad our school buys in volume at academic prices. Those numbers have a lot of digits in them!

ModestPenguin · Mar 26, 2007, 01:36 AM

Wow. Thats um....really freaking expensive. Thank the lords for academia.

twoodcc · Mar 26, 2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ModestPenguin

Wow. Thats um....really freaking expensive. Thank the lords for academia.

my thoughts as well.....

bretm · Mar 26, 2007, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Doctor Q

I'm sure glad our school buys in volume at academic prices. Those numbers have a lot of digits in them!

Really? I remember when After Effects was $2400.

Multimedia · Mar 26, 2007, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by siurpeeman

are you academic?

Yes I am.

mdriftmeyer · Mar 26, 2007, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by siurpeeman

are you academic?

One can always audit a class or take a night class from an institution that is qualified and you can get the discount.

I've been thinking of doing a masters in Engineering Management and if so I'll be buying solidThinking and other tools at the academic pricing.

iMacZealot · Mar 26, 2007, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Multimedia

I'll be going academic.

Can individual students purchase it at a lower price, or is it just for educational institutions purchasing it?

Multimedia · Mar 26, 2007, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by iMacZealot

Can individual students purchase it at a lower price, or is it just for educational institutions purchasing it?

Individual students too.

iMacZealot · Mar 26, 2007, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Multimedia

Individual students too.

Could they when CS2 was(is) out? I don't recall it.

technicolor · Mar 26, 2007, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by iMacZealot

Could they when CS2 was(is) out? I don't recall it.

CS2 costs 199.00 at my school bookstore

Mar 26, 2007, 01:27 AM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) Pricing and Upgrades Adobe is planning a media event on March 27th (Tuesday) to announce Creative Suite 3 pricing and availability. Amazon jumped the gun a little and posted a few pages revealing product specs and pricing for several of the CS3 products with ship dates of April 20th and July 1st, depending on the product. We've received pricing information for the entire Adobe CS3 line of products and included it in a table below: Click for table Prices represent full retail prices and products are linked to Amazon descriptions where applicable. "up"-links denote links to upgrade-products at Amazon. This upgrade pricing (not listed above) is available to owners of earlier versions of Adobe software. To see upgrade prices and see if you can qualify for these updates, see this full upgrade pricing table. Adobe's new CS3 bundles can be confusing, so to see what is included in each bundle, refer to this matrix: http://images.macrumors.com/article/.../26/matrix.png Last edited by arn : Mar 26, 2007 at 01:53 AM.

Mar 26, 2007, 01:30 AM	#2
Multimedia Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Santa Cruz CA, Silicon Beach	I've Got A Nose Bleed I'll be going academic.

Mar 26, 2007, 01:39 AM	#5
dornoforpyros macrumors 68040 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Calgary, AB	I'm just thrilled to see that Flash & Dreamweaver still look like them old selves, it's too soon to say until I get em installed and opened, but it appears Adobe didn't bastardize them knock wood __________________ www.JasonDorn.com \| this looked better on paper

Mar 26, 2007, 01:41 AM	#6
kitki83 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles	Wow those prices are stupiedly to high for starving designers. I mean thats alot of money. Good thing I went back to school I hope I can qualify for academic discount. __________________ If you would create something, you must be something. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Mar 26, 2007, 02:14 AM	#10
rockman2023 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wrong Island, NY < NYC	Be prepared to sell your first born to afford these packages! Jokes aside, I'm glad they included PS3 Extended in the Web package. When I'm ready to sell my soul to the devil, I think I'll get that one. I hope the benchmarks for CS3 are more than good for C2D MBPs. This is my only Intel Machine Tax return -> Bank -> Save up to move out? Tax return -> CS3 Bundle -> Better design tools? Decisions, decisions... __________________ This DJing thing is a really expensive hobby Soundcloud: redux

Mar 26, 2007, 01:36 AM	#4
Shagrat macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2004	Note that the only combination of Photoshop and Dreamweaver is (natch!) the Master edition... good pricing guys...the only two items I would ACTUALLY want, and I would have to buy the lot. Now where's that Photoshop Killer that Apple have had up their sleeves for the last few years????

Mar 26, 2007, 01:32 AM	#13
ElderscrollsV macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2007	Is CS3 running native on the intel machines?

Mar 26, 2007, 01:34 AM	#16
Doctor Q macrumors god Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the table with countless relatives	I'm sure glad our school buys in volume at academic prices. Those numbers have a lot of digits in them! __________________ "You've just been abducted, of course you need crepes!" -- Walter Bishop

Mar 26, 2007, 01:36 AM	#17
ModestPenguin macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: OKC	Wow. Thats um....really freaking expensive. Thank the lords for academia. __________________ For Sale Baby's Shoes Never Worn

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