![]() Keep using the older software that you own now.Ĭonvert to the “ Creative Cloud” model, with access included to more applications and services so long as you’re paying the per-month subscription fee.Īnd regarding Adobe’s business focus here, with the cloud model – what do you think, will it work? Is it the right move, at the right time? Or do you feel otherwise?Īdobe’s Changes in the Model Yes, I like what’s happening Wait now, and then pay full price for a new copy of CS6, CS7, or a subsequent release. Upgrade to CS5.5 now so you’re current, taking advantage of the additional 20% discount – and then revisit the question again before CS7 comes out in 2014.In other words, it’s likely that part of Adobe’s reasoning for moving from “three versions back” to a “one version back” upgrade policy is that the major releases are now spaced out to once every two years – so that someone who bought CS5.0 the moment it came out in 2010 could still qualify for discounted upgrade pricing to CS6.5 nearly four years later in 2014.īut for “version skippers” and other folks still running prior releases, what are your options? So if Adobe continues as they anticipate, anybody who is running CS5 (or CS5.5) right now will be able to get low upgrade pricing to CS6 (or CS6.5) until that cycle completes in mid-2014. And customer reaction on this point has been understandibly unfavorable.Īdobe is trying to mitigate the impact of this change by offering an extra 20% off all CS5.5 upgrades worldwide until the end of the year the extended date of Ma(see banner).īut in trying to figure out what this means for everybody, it might be helpful to first take a step back with the Creative Suite release history and expected future schedule… Here’s how the big picture looks: CS Release You will not be affected by this revision, and will be eligible for the discounted pricing on upgrades when CS6 comes out.įor everyone else, if you’re still running older versions – like CS2, CS3, or CS4 – when CS6 releases, you wouldn’t qualify for that upgrade price break. ![]() So, how will these changes affect you?įirst off, for anybody currently running the latest major release, Creative Suite 5 (either 5.0, 5.1, or 5.5), you’re fine. Have you heard about it yet? If not, you might want to read the new upgrade policy for CS6.Īlso helpful: see Adobe’s planned new business model, a membership-based Creative Cloud. Earlier this month Adobe made a major change in the Creative Suite upgrade policy that has been in place since CS3 came out in April 2007…
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