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Adobe Creative Suite 3 Unsupported on OS X Snow Leopard
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MorphingDragon
macrumors 603
OMG why are half the people complaining. I can put good money that at least half the people here pirated an Adobe product.
Now all we need is Apple to get rid of Carbon all together so we can have a real Mac Photoshop.
Now all we need is Apple to get rid of Carbon all together so we can have a real Mac Photoshop.
MorphingDragon
macrumors 603
Im sure the early adopters of Windows 9X/ME would beg to disagree. 😀
"This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down."... BSOD.
Ahh childhood memories.
RebootD
macrumors 6502a
At least there is SOME reasonable people here still 😀
Honestly if you make $40-$60k a year using the CS suite then paying $500 every two years is a drop in the freakin' bucket.(And a tax write off) You'd probably pay more for video games/mountain dew/happy endings in two years than the cost of the software that allows you to purchase those things.
You are right, but with OS9, well I don't know, I don't jump on that OS X train very quick, I have started with 10.3, but sometimes I still boot to OS 9 on my old PowerMac, but I can tell you, OS 9 comparing to OS X really sucks, sometimes I wonder have can I work on it on everyday basis. The only reason might be some old /and expensive but still working great/ HW.
Kelmon
macrumors 6502a
Needless to say I am not impressed with this announcement. CS3 is not old and I cannot believe that only the current shipping version is supported. This said, it sounds like CS3 works OK under Snow Leopard but I would be very upset had it been the case that I needed to upgrade CS3 to CS4 in order to use Snow Leopard, particularly considering how little you actually get from going from CS3 to CS4 considering the cost involved.
One has to wonder if Adobe also plans to drop support for CS3 under Windows 7. Somehow, I bet that they don't.
One has to wonder if Adobe also plans to drop support for CS3 under Windows 7. Somehow, I bet that they don't.
JFreak
macrumors 68040
I bet Microsoft and a lot of Windows programmers wish they could get away with this sort of thing! Being able to do away with legacy software and develop for the latest and greatest stuff must be pretty sweet for companies writing Apple software.
After all the sycophantic sucking up to Apple in defense of their dropping support of PPC on 10.6, now people are taking the exact opposite position when they are the ones getting the shaft?
When 10.6 ships, is your copy of CS3 going to magically stop working on 10.5?
Is someone putting a gun to your head and making you upgrade to 10.6?
Wouldn't someone who wants the latest OS also want the latest versions of their apps?
What about "letting go of the past" and not letting ties to old obsolete software hold back the development of new software?
Isn't a couple years an "eternity" in the world of computers?
Raise your hand if you defended Apple dropping PPC but now you're attacking Adobe about this.
Congratulations. You're a whiner and a hypocrite.
Karma is a bitch, ain't it? You have no sympathy from me, you're just getting what you deserve.
When 10.6 ships, is your copy of CS3 going to magically stop working on 10.5?
Is someone putting a gun to your head and making you upgrade to 10.6?
Wouldn't someone who wants the latest OS also want the latest versions of their apps?
What about "letting go of the past" and not letting ties to old obsolete software hold back the development of new software?
Isn't a couple years an "eternity" in the world of computers?
Raise your hand if you defended Apple dropping PPC but now you're attacking Adobe about this.
Congratulations. You're a whiner and a hypocrite.
Karma is a bitch, ain't it? You have no sympathy from me, you're just getting what you deserve.
You totally missed his point - who says you have to upgrade your software - meaning who says YOU HAVE TO UPDATE TO SNOW LEOPARD?
To answer your question, if you anticipate your critical apps will be buggy on 10.6, you DON'T update to SL.
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This is why PC fanboys hate us. Whaa whaaa whaaaa!!
God, you guys are idiots. Everyone has seemed to lost all sense of reason. Out of 823 people, 5.7% of them may have had the reason to believe there was an explanation OR that it was "PC" fanboy who was overjoyed.
Those numbers don't bode well for Mac fanboys. I ashamed.
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This is why PC fanboys hate us. Whaa whaaa whaaaa!!
God, you guys are idiots. Everyone has seemed to lost all sense of reason. Out of 823 people, 5.7% of them may have had the reason to believe there was an explanation OR that it was "PC" fanboy who was overjoyed.
Those numbers don't bode well for Mac fanboys. I ashamed.
IgnatiusTheKing
macrumors 68040
FYI...Photoshop CS3 has been tested on SL and does work. Now if we can just get similar confirmation about ID, AI and DW, I'm all set.
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/08/pscs3_on_snowleopard.html
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2009/08/pscs3_on_snowleopard.html
macintoshtoffy
macrumors 6502a
But as i have said previously - there is no support to ensure that in future updates provided by Apple for Snow Leopard that Adobe will continue releasing updates to maintain compatibility.
IgnatiusTheKing
macrumors 68040
Of course not and that's not the point. Photoshop CS3 works with Snow Leopard, but it's not being "officially" supported because Adobe has no interest in spending money to keep patching software that will soon be out of date by two revisions.
Mattie Num Nums
macrumors 68030
Why would their be. Its common knowledge that in the Apple world old tech is dead. Why should it be any different for vendors.
John.B
macrumors 601
You know, if you think about it more than a second, it's the honest people who are complaining. The "warez" crowd has no disincentive to be running pirated/hacked copies of CS4 today, so they are completely unaffected by this development (and can't get Adobe support even if they needed it).
Maybe you can factor that small detail into your made up statistical analysis. 😛
MorphingDragon
macrumors 603
Just as most of the people were moping on the Snow Leopard threads even though at least half of them were not developers? It doesnt matter they are legit or not, people will complain regardless.
IgnatiusTheKing
macrumors 68040
Don't throw those of us who have common sense in with the "warez" crowd. As much as I want every program in my honestly purchased CS3 Design Premium bundle to work without issue on the brand new OS X, I understand that CS3 is more than two years old and will not always be compatible with everything that ever comes out.
macintoshtoffy
macrumors 6502a
Who cares about what Apple does; we're talking about what Adobe is doing. To some how claim that Adobe is doing (more or less) what Apple is doing doesn't some how many Adobe's actions noble or acceptable.
Its like saying, "because Atilla the Hun killed less people than Stalin, it makes Atilla the Hun a better person" - no it doesn't, just because one bad is less 'bad' than another doesn't avoid the reality that both are bad.
Is Adobe a leader or a follower? If Microsoft can provide 5 years of support for their products then the least Adobe can do is provide 4 years worth of updates for their own products given how much they charge for them.
GoCubsGo
macrumors Nehalem
I agree somewhat, but 2 years or not, I found CS4 to be a total non event for me until today. I'd love it if CS3 would work just enough to tie me over for CS5.
AMEN, the fanboy memories here are sad and comical at the same time.
These guys have some unknown obligation to update to SL and then complain when a software manufacturer wont waste resources on their urges.
John.B
macrumors 601
But that's not what was said.
The implication from MorphingDragon was that "half the people complaining..." "...pirated an Adobe product".
I pointed out, correctly IMO, that people "pirating an Adobe product" would not be bothered by CS3 not being supported under SL, because they would be likely to just pirate the follow-up CS4 version of the same product. MorphingDragon was wrong; the only people affected by this are the people who actually bought their copies of CS3 (in other industries these people are called "paying customers").
BTW, the reference to the "warez" crowd is because you can't run a pirated CS4 product without deactivating the product activation functions. Its not enough to borrow a friend's copy, you have to either know how to disassemble the code to find and disable the jump call to the product activation function or you have to download a copy from someone who cracked it for you (a "warez" copy).
MorphingDragon
macrumors 603
People here complain just to complain. Even Non-Apple users and "Warez" users. Even if they do download a newer version they will complain because it is an inconvenience. You assume that these people are drones... theyre not.