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Except Adobe killed upgrade pricing if you skip versions now. Only CS5 and 5.5 owners get upgrade pricing for CS6. There is a temporary reprieve for CS 3 & 4 o
by davidjade 14y ago
Except Adobe killed upgrade pricing if you skip versions now. Only CS5 and 5.5 owners get upgrade pricing for CS6.
There is a temporary reprieve for CS 3 & 4 owners until the end of 2012 (they backtracked somewhat after user feedback). After that only the most recent previous version get upgrade pricing going forward - everyone else pays full price.
This effectively kills version skipping as for the suites you'd typically have to skip 3-4 versions to spend less than $50/month overall in the end.
- radley 14y agoHardly. If you've paid for CS5.5 Master Collection, your total upgrade cost is $549. Even if you've only paid for CS2 Design Standard, the upgrade cost is $1399. Considering a two-year subscription cycle costs $1200-$1900, it's more cost effective to upgrade. If you're short term, subscriptions are probably ok. But if you're committed long term they're a HUGE risk.