Adobe Has No Plans To Make Current Products Windows Vista Compatible

[Chris]

Users of Adobe Systems' digital publishing products, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Dreamweaver, will have to shell out for new versions of the software if they want to run them without glitches on Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system, Adobe says.

According to a statement posted on Adobe's Web site, the company "does not plan to issue updates to current versions of those products for Windows Vista compatibility."

That means users will have to pay hundreds of dollars to upgrade their Adobe software if they want trouble-free performance on Windows Vista, which is now preinstalled in virtually all new PCs shipping in the United States. That's because the current versions of most of Adobe's major products won't work properly on the new operating system.

Adobe Photoshop CS2, for instance, requires users to register the software each time it's launched on a Windows Vista PC, even if it's already been registered. Dreamweaver 8, Adobe warns, will crash on some Vista computers when users browse for files. InDesign customers, meanwhile, may get a false error message indicating they do not have enough available disk space to run the product.

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[Alan2273]

I wonder if that will apply to elements?.

[-pops-]

Don't Adobe realise that for each and all of their products there is a (most likely cheaper) alternative from at least one other producer - who will be more than happy to fill the gap that Adobe is creating?

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot - more like shooting yourself in the head.

[Scarecrow Man]

Adobe + Mac = Love

Adobe + Windows = A Mess

I don't blame them. Nor do I mind, because GIMP is just as good as Photoshop. Not to mention, there is an excellent freeware alternative for nearly every program. A good example is the link in my signature.

http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?showtopic=20131

[Alan2273]

I agree with SM, GIMP is a good program but has a steep learning curve.

But if you have never used that sort of software GIMP is the one to learn.

[Scarecrow Man]

I agree with SM, GIMP is a good program but has a steep learning curve.

It does, but there is A LOT of help available if you take the time to look. And it's not like Photoshop is "easy" to begin with either. ;)

http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

http://www.gimphelp.org/

http://docs.gimp.org/en/