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I have a hard time understanding why anyone would lease a service that is vital to their job, or at least without a backup. If your livelihood depends on someth

by kbatten 12y ago

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would lease a service that is vital to their job, or at least without a backup. If your livelihood depends on something then spend your money appropriately. Even if you did sign up for CC you can still have an older version ready to go in a pinch.

kevingadd 12y ago
Adobe is increasingly forcing you to do it. EDIT: For example, can you figure out how to buy Photoshop from this page? I can't. I've been trying for a couple minutes. http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/software._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_mostpopular.html http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/software._sl_id-conten...
- WebSearchingPro 12y ago
  You have to find it here, I've had this page bookmarked since they started pushing CC, just in-case. http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_creativesuite6.html http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilt...
  - thenomad 12y ago
    Wow! I didn't even realise it was still possible to buy Adobe products the old-school way. This is extremely good news.
    - uptown 12y ago
      Yes - but it's old versions that will no longer be updated. You can usually find older versions directly from resellers at Amazon at prices below Adobe's direct prices.
      - dublinben 12y ago
        The older versions also will not accept files created in the newer Creative Cloud versions. This has been a constant source of frustration at my office. It's an excellent way for Adobe to encourage/force everyone to buy CC.
- nandhp 12y ago
  Yeah, that's pretty clearly the wrong page for buying photoshop. But I quickly found the right one by going to Products > Creative Suite 6 > Buy CS6 > Buy Photoshop CS6. The real problem is finding it if you don't know that it's part of Creative Suite 6.
  - cridenour 12y ago
    Except CS6 is not the latest version of Photoshop. The equivalent would be a car lot refusing to sell new cars, only to lease them.
sliverstorm 12y ago
The cost breakdown shows that someone who upgrades with every major release saves money going with the CC. Plus your average art-focused computer user may not want to worry about updates and stuff. I agree it would probbly be smart to have an old copy of CS4 sitting on your computer though, just in case.
LoganCale 12y ago
You can't buy the latest versions of Adobe software. They are simply not available for purchase. You can only rent them. So if you work with designers who use Creative Cloud you are similarly forced to subscribe. At this point, I'm probably just going to get out of the field entirely once it becomes impossible to continue because of Adobe's idiocy.

by kbatten 12y ago

kevingadd 12y ago

Adobe is increasingly forcing you to do it. EDIT: For example, can you figure out how to buy Photoshop from this page? I can't. I've been trying for a couple minutes. http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/software._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_mostpopular.html http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/software._sl_id-conten...

WebSearchingPro 12y ago
You have to find it here, I've had this page bookmarked since they started pushing CC, just in-case. http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_creativesuite6.html http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilt...
- thenomad 12y ago
  Wow! I didn't even realise it was still possible to buy Adobe products the old-school way. This is extremely good news.
  - uptown 12y ago
    Yes - but it's old versions that will no longer be updated. You can usually find older versions directly from resellers at Amazon at prices below Adobe's direct prices.
    - dublinben 12y ago
      The older versions also will not accept files created in the newer Creative Cloud versions. This has been a constant source of frustration at my office. It's an excellent way for Adobe to encourage/force everyone to buy CC.
nandhp 12y ago
Yeah, that's pretty clearly the wrong page for buying photoshop. But I quickly found the right one by going to Products > Creative Suite 6 > Buy CS6 > Buy Photoshop CS6. The real problem is finding it if you don't know that it's part of Creative Suite 6.
- cridenour 12y ago
  Except CS6 is not the latest version of Photoshop. The equivalent would be a car lot refusing to sell new cars, only to lease them.

sliverstorm 12y ago

The cost breakdown shows that someone who upgrades with every major release saves money going with the CC. Plus your average art-focused computer user may not want to worry about updates and stuff. I agree it would probbly be smart to have an old copy of CS4 sitting on your computer though, just in case.

LoganCale 12y ago

You can't buy the latest versions of Adobe software. They are simply not available for purchase. You can only rent them. So if you work with designers who use Creative Cloud you are similarly forced to subscribe. At this point, I'm probably just going to get out of the field entirely once it becomes impossible to continue because of Adobe's idiocy.