Stephen Withers
Thursday, 27 August 2009 07:36
Opinion and Analysis
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Adobe's John Nack subsequently observed in his
blog that "No one [at Adobe] said anything about CS3 being 'not supported' on Snow Leopard. The plan, however, is not to take resources away from other efforts (e.g. porting Photoshop to Cocoa) in order to modify 2.5-year-old software in response to changes Apple makes in the OS foundation."
But he also said "I'd frankly be shocked if people at Adobe & Apple really hadn't tested CS3 on 10.6. I *think* it's just some corporate conservatism at work here, and Adobe doesn't want to over-promise anything."
A translation of Adobe's position might be along the lines of "CS3 may or may not work with Snow Leopard. If you pay for support and call us with a problem that we can't replicate on Leopard, we'll most likely tell you that we don't have an answer other than downgrading from 10.6 to 10.5."
So the situation seems quite clear to me: if you rely on CS3, don't rush to update to Snow Leopard. Let others be the guinea pigs, and when the areas of incompatibility (if any) are identified, decide whether or not you can live with them.
Given that an April 2010 launch has been tipped for CS5, you can see why people are reluctant to move to CS4 at this stage of the game.
But it should be a financial decision, not an emotional one. If you think that the features and capabilities of Snow Leopard are going to save you enough time to justify the cost of the CS4 upgrade, then it makes sense to upgrade.
Most Creative Suite users are professionals (who else can afford it?), and they know how much their time is worth.
What else could you do? Please
read on.
