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Okay, this packaging is a step backwards. Adobe was once chastised for its sexist/women-only launch screens, packaging artwork, etc. So they went with the nonoffensive, generic butterflies, objects d'art, etc., and the application icons were simple to decipher (Fl, iD, AI, etc.). And now we are back to some Fashion Magazine Nightmare, something even Anna Wintour would toss out after one second. Bad move. Makes 5.5 look so much classier .... and less irritating.

$360 a year!!! That is not particularly cheap or student friendly

StephenBarnett, on 22 April 2012 - 10:40 PM, said:

It sure is when you consider that purchasing and upgrading every year for each of those applications (the Suite) would be much, much more expensive on a yearly basis.

Looks like a free upgrade to CS6 if purchased after March 26. Unfortunately, I missed by two weeks :-(

OTOH it only cost $69 for CS Design Standard. That's about what it's worth.

monospaced, on 23 April 2012 - 03:24 AM, said:

monospaced, on 23 April 2012 - 03:24 AM, said:

Don't know where you teach, or if you teach, but 'upgrade every year' doesn't happen 'round here. Buy, wait 7 yrs, request and maybe buy again (if there is enough $$.) That's education K-12 style.

Just been priced out. How about you?
Upgrades used to Design Standard used to cost: £262.80 but now £524.40! or in US$275. 00 now $549. 00
Why so much more. They talk about if I had upgraded to 5.5 before and only then I would have got the cheaper price!. Why on earth would I have upgraded to 5.5 when all the applications were identical to the applications in CS5? all except InDesign which had a free plug in from Aquafadas that added pointless and unused iPad publishing. I mean how many people do you know publish to the iPad? Most people are still in standard print thank you very much so would have been fools to (upgrade) to CS5.5 because it was identical to CS5 wasn't it. Now I'm being told that the only alternative is to (upgrade) to the Creative Cloud with a whopping 2 gig of storage. I can fill that up just by thinking. Can't you?. Waste of money and again I don't need all those other apps, only my Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Don't even use Acrobat that much. This is a very cleaver move on their part and a very bad move for their users me included. I'm extremely disappointed in their pricing structure. We will now have to pay £562.65 per year for ever just to get these applications that used to cost approximately £260. 00 every 18 to 24 months depending on their upgrade cycle as you know some apps are missed out of the feature list anyway.

Sorry my calculator must have broken, I keep trying to get this upgrade to add up and it doesn't. It going to cost me more than double what It used to.
in three years on the old program I could have expected to upgrade twice 2 x £260 = £520
In three years using the new creative cloud it's going to cost me even with the first year discount £1,456.08

Got that:
Old pricing over a normal three year period: £520. 00
New pricing even with the first year discount £1,465.08
THAT'S £936.08 more!
What more do I have to say.