Adobe Photoshop / Creative Suite 3 on March 27th?

[Rocketman]

Exactly!

Am I wrong or did I read somewhere that CS3 was optimized for Leopard?

It is optimized for the "Core Duo/Quad platform". Leopard is similarly optimized for same.

64 bit, multi-processor centric, etc.

If Apple changes processor suppliers again we have to wait 2 YEARS to get software for it AGAIN. The good news is Intel has announced its next 2-3 die shrinks are going to use similar instruction sets (with supersets introduced each time). Further it has announced its next two die shrinks have become technically feasible already. Good news. After that 4-6 year cycle plays out, the next processor family has not presented itself yet.

Rocketman

 

[D3LM3L]

Do you ever read your own signature ?

Yes, his signature defeats his argument.

By his argument, Leopard isn't ready because it contains too many bugs.

But, by his signature, Leopard is prime because it has sufficient bugs to be nearly finished.

Quite an argument he's making

My siggy only applies to 10.x.x releases

 

[Cult Follower]

Adobe is finally getting it together almost a year and a half later. I have been waiting soo long for this. I have been holding off buying the Mac version of CS, and hopefully I'll be able to purchase it in a little longer than a month. Does anyone know of a way to transfer windows licenses to Mac? If so that would be really helpful.

 

[CalCanuck]

And that's why god created Freehand.

Exactly! Couldn't have put it better myself. Now we just have to hope Adobe doesn't screw with a good thing.

 

[MacMyDay]

I absolutely knew this was going to come up.

The program consistently crashes and takes the entire Mac down with it. Is this consumer choice? No. Where would I research properly to find out this? Adobe.com? Apple.com? Should I have intuitively known it was going to have been this bad, or should I have specifically tried to find someone with a Mac, installed it and got my designer to use it for a few days? And where would I buy a brand new computer from with insurance and warranty that was a G5, when there was only Intel available? Lots of vendors in America, maybe.

And this is the result of bad consumer research. Anyone who is looking to get a workhorse Mac should always check how the computer will handle your software. It was well known during the release of the first intel macs that many applications would not be running native, but rather on Rosetta, an unseen app that Apple was very willing to divulge about all the time. This applied to most if not all of the major production software for OS X including all of Adobe's Suite software.

If you were to do your homework before purchasing a computer, you would've gone with a PowerPC system so that you wouldn't run into this kind of trouble. Apple may have pushed out the PPC units from their main site, but PPC units were and still are available at lots of vendors, since, after all, they were only discontinued at the end of last year.

My uncle's employer still uses PowerMac G5's until the release of Adobe UB applications, because until then they can't afford the inherent instability and speed problems.

 

[Sam0r]

I absolutely knew this was going to come up.

The program consistently crashes and takes the entire Mac down with it. Is this consumer choice? No. Where would I research properly to find out this? Adobe.com? Apple.com? Should I have intuitively known it was going to have been this bad, or should I have specifically tried to find someone with a Mac, installed it and got my designer to use it for a few days? And where would I buy a brand new computer from with insurance and warranty that was a G5, when there was only Intel available? Lots of vendors in America, maybe.

You can download photoshop cs2 trial to test it out for free.

Also, you could've looked on xlr8yourmac for user reports aswell as searching with google for some user reports.

 

[MacMyDay]

You can download photoshop cs2 trial to test it out for free.

Also, you could've looked on xlr8yourmac for user reports aswell as searching with google for some user reports.

But that would have involved owning the Mac first. I bought the 20" Intel iMac back in November for him. Between using a brand new computer and an old PC, it didn't seem a hard choice. Clearly I was wrong.

 

[k2k koos]

How Many Versions??

Why can't they keep things a little simpler... do there realy need to be al these versions, or will it be 1 DO IT ALL version for the Mac, and loads of different "DO ALMOST ALL BUT NOT THAT" versions for Windows, just as there are versions of Windows itself? Of course, at a premium price, you can also buy or upgrade to the DO IT ALL for Win....

Please Adobe.....

 

[aLoC]

Leopard won't be ready in a month. It will be CS3 Intel and the 8-core Mac Pro. And maybe iLife '07.

 

[Maccus Aurelius]

I absolutely knew this was going to come up.

The program consistently crashes and takes the entire Mac down with it. Is this consumer choice? No. Where would I research properly to find out this? Adobe.com? Apple.com? Should I have intuitively known it was going to have been this bad, or should I have specifically tried to find someone with a Mac, installed it and got my designer to use it for a few days? And where would I buy a brand new computer from with insurance and warranty that was a G5, when there was only Intel available? Lots of vendors in America, maybe.

I apologize for seeming callous to your situation, but even I, some shmuck student knew well about the nature of running PPC apps on an Intel Mac during the first wave. Rosetta was mentioned lots of times on various Mac sites and boards discussing compatibility with different apps, and although I haven't actually encountered this I was informed that some applications won't even work as of now on the new line. I was concerned so I checked up on which apps would work before purchasing. Since Rosetta would allow me to run CS I bought a Macbook. Otherwise I would've just gotten the G5 before it was discontinued from the store. But for mission critical work I would've gone with a PPC machine, even a refurb would've done the trick.

 

[Macinposh]

I bought the 20" Intel iMac back in November for him.Clearly I was wrong.

Yes,yes you were.
You skipped the basic rules of updating your system and now your laziness came back and bit you in your arse. There is absolutely nobody else to blame but yourself.


People working in the business,be it photo,audio,video or publishing, usually do the homework.. It is their livelyhood.
This same applys for different industries too,be it factories buying new machinery or airplane carriers buying airbus a380s.
If you are a early adopter,you take the risks and keep on smiling,whatever happens.

Personally my transfer from G4/G5s to intel went quite nicely,even if I have had to work with CS2 for the last 7 months.
I bought burly enough machines,with enough power to work through the transisition period.
Now I wait for the CS3 to come,check out the first couple of weeks for other users experiences, and then transfer to that platform.

Easy.

 

[nungesser]

about damn time

I use that broken piece of software called CS2 on my MBP all day and it's like living in 1997 all over again. I'm frothing to get my hands on CS3 after the bliss of the Photoshop CS3 beta

"14 individual products"? Does that mean that new versions of EVERYTHING are arriving on the 27th, ie:
Photoshop CS3
Illustrator CS3
InDesign CS3
GoLive CS3 (or is it dead?)
Dreamweaver 9 (replacing GoLive?)
Fireworks 9 (confirmed)
Flash 9?
Flex
Acrobat Pro
Acrobat Reader
After Effects
ColdFusion
LiveCycle
Breeze

(Lightroom isn't going to be in the Creative Suite, Adobe's said...)

 

[morespce54]

I can just see it now.

Adobe releases the long-awaited update. Apple promptly releases Leopard the following week.

Adobe's sales stall while customers report that the Adobe software won't run properly on the newly released Leopard.

Adobe goes back into development mode to release a patch that will fix the couple of minor quirks that have caused customers to hold-off on buying the new suite.

A couple of weeks later, Adobe releases said update, and everything is fine in the world again.

... yes but for how long???
BTW, I thought that CS3 was optimized for the PowerBook G5 (sorry )

 

[flyinmac]

... yes but for how long???

Until the OS X 10.5.1 update. Then all the bugs that Adobe worked-around in their last update will be fixed. Therefore, Adobe will have to undo the work-around to restore proper operation again.

BTW, I thought that CS3 was optimized for the PowerBook G5 (sorry )

Actually, it's optimized for IBM's "Cell" processor.

Adobe got the news about the Intel switch too late. So, they missed the switch to Intel.

Unfortunately, this means that you will need an X-Box or PlayStation 3 if you want to use CS3.

Finally, the professional industry has a legitimate excuse to get a PlayStation in their cubical.

Good for Sony. Bad for Apple.

 

[morespce54]

...Windows and MSoffice have the same problem: industry standard software, enormous market-share, but they're too expensive for most people to afford. The key to avoiding piracy is pricing your software so that most users won't find it easier to do illegal stuff. There's a good 5% that will always steal no matter how cheap, but if 95% of your software use is legal you'll be in a great position.

that would be great... Unfortunately, this would defeat their "corporate-economic" rules...

 

[Maccus Aurelius]

I was glad that Office for Mac was less than half the price of Office for windows. That sucker ran for around $300-$400 while my copy only cost me $150. As far as I can see pretty much all of the features I use in Windows Office is there, so why the price gouging for the Windows side? I find this funny because PC's are like 95% of the market, they can get away with much cheaper office suites and stick it to open office. But then again, XP and Vista are wallet hogs too.

 

[areyouwishing]

Looking forward to a stable CS3. I run G5s at work, and Intel at home/mobile. The UI of Photoshop is reason enough to upgrade, that and the histogram in Curves.

I want to get a Mac Pro for Aperture at home, but won't pull the plug until there is a new case design, AND 8-cores.

 

[Quillz]

Betanews reports that a Merrill Lynch analyst has stated that Adobe will likely introduce their Creative Suite 3 near March 27th "with a ship date that would follow shortly afterwards".



ThinkSecret posted a similar article reporting that Adobe had ramped up the release of development builds and that a ship date could come "as early as the end of March."

Considering how stable the CS3 beta has been for me, I could see CS3 reaching its final release in March.

 

[mark88]

This is excellent news, I for one am going to pre-order. I just hope it's not priced too high

 

[shecky]

OMG CONFIRMED!!!111!!!11LOLOMG!!111

http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2544

(thanks, freeny)

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

while these are Mac sites reporting this info... I assume a Windows version of CS3 will be released at the same time?? (Sorry, some of us still have to use Windows at work)

 

[Halcyon]

This extract is from another forum.
It is also mentioned that Dreamweaver CS3 takes over GoLive, and Fireworks CS3 over ImageReady.

Halcyon

 

[dkirlew]

i tried looking around but is their a version that includes PS, illustrator, and AE?

Currently Adobe has a Creative Suite Production Studio which is their video creative suite, however this is windows PC only. Adobe will release a Mac version of their Production Studio with Soundbooth instead of Audition + Premiere Pro, Encore DVD, After Effects, PS and Illustrator.


Dreamweaver will be in the next version of the CS3 and according to rumors I've heard Flash CS3 will as well. I've also heard that FireWorks CS3 will replace Image Ready.