Lots of problems with activation, crashing, slowness, seeming incompatibility with a number of video drivers, tools not working ...of course, the User-to-User forums are where people who have problems go, but a few of the long time regulars there say that they hadn't seen as many problems with CS or v 7.0. A few people on the PS mail list have experienced problems as well.
I suspect that most people are OK. I just don't want to spend a lot of time DL'ing the program with a slow dial-up connection only to have to be one of the people with the problems. I'll wait until the istDS is here and try to find a free sample on a disk (some of the magazines from the UK have such disks) and give it a test spin then. There are enough new features to certainly make me curious ;-)) What I was saying is that I'd not go out and buy the program without testing it with a free 30 day trial first, even if I can get it for the upgrade price, which is quite inexpensive, relatively speaking. Shel "Am I paranoid or perceptive?" > [Original Message] > From: David Savage > What sort of problems Shel? > > I bought the upgrade from CS some months ago and I haven't had any > problems on my somewhat aging machine (Pentium 2.5GHz, 1G RAM, Winduz > XP Pro). The improved batch processing of raw files, the ability to do > raw processing without having to start Photoshop & the smart sharpen > feature (which I prefer over USM now) are very handy. Is it worth the > extra expense? I don't know. I do agree though that most of the > improvements are aimed at graphic designers. > > Dave > > > > On 9/9/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wouldn't consider CS2 at this point. As a frequent visitor and > > participant in Adobe's User-toUser forums I've gotten to see and learn > > about the myriad of problems many people are having with the program. I > > don't want to underwrite the cost of experimenting with CS2 right now with > > my time or dollars. However, a free trial download, or from a disk, would > > be worthwhile to see how CS2 works on your machine. > > > > Strictly for photo editing, CS2 doesn't offer much over CS, IMO. Go for CS > > and upgrade later if you feel you need more "features." > > > > Shel > > "Am I paranoid or perceptive?" > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > Wrom: YLEJGDGVCJVTLBXFGGM > > > > > > > Hey, looking at Amazon, I was just noticing that CS (1) is now very > > > affordable! > > > > > > Unless there is some overwhelming compelling reason to get CS2 instead of > > 1, > > > CS now sounds good. > > > > > >
