Adobe Creative Suite 3 is available for Windows XP/Vista and Mac OSX, with the Macintosh version rewritten as a universal binary, meaning it runs natively on either PowerPC- or x86 (Intel)-based Macs. The announcement is welcome news for Intel-based Mac owners running Adobe applications such as Photoshop. Until now, Photoshop users have been hampered by the fact the new Intel-based Macs rely on Apple's Rosetta software to allow the old PowerPC versions of Photoshop to run on Intel hardware - resulting in a significant performance hit.

The expanded Creative Suite 3 family also includes Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium, a complete integrated post-production solution for video and rich media professionals, and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection, which combines all of Adobe's new CS3 design and development applications in a single box. Both of these Creative Suite editions are expected to ship in the third quarter of 2007.{moscomment}