Photoshop CS 1.1. vs 1.3 1

[me23]

I have some experience with Photoshop CS at work, but now I need to purchase software for my own home-based company.
For sure I need Photoshop, Acrobat and Illustrator - these are the programs I will use most.

One option is to get the parts separately, but I am thinking about getting the entire Adobe Creative Suite, which includes InDesign, Acrobat, etc.

For the full Suite, I see that CS 1.1 is less than half retail on Amazon of CS 1.3 - is this worth the difference??

Seems like Photoshop Cs is the same, what is the difference between 1.1 and 1.3 for the whole bundler?

Any experienced feedback is greatly appreciated.

 

[jmgalvin]

Creative Suite comes in 2 versions, regular,1.1, and premium 1.3.

Premium adds Acrobat Pro and Golive (web design), to Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign. I'm not sure about standard, but premium gives you a "pagemaker, plugin pack", which is not that handy except that it includes a basic imposer.

Regular should run you about $950, and premium should run about $1150 for new legal versions from Amazon. If you own any version of Phtoshop, Adobe had a promotion where CS premium was $750. Don't know if they still have it - check Adobe site.

My opinion is, that if you have to turn out stuff professionally, the premium is wrht the extra 200 dollars.

 

[me23]

Thanks JMG - most helpful...

though I have no use for GoLive, I wonder what the cost for Acrobat Pro would be on its own.

And here is another related Q:
What is Adobe's update policy? I hear CS2 is on the way, am I gonna get reamed if I want to upgrade soon after shelling out a grand for 1.3?

Thanks again...

 

[jmgalvin]

Updates: Most software companies keep update info pretty secret because sales of the present product stall if people know there's an update on the way. Traditionally, Adobe hasn't been "that bad" on upgrade pricing. but they're not going to give it away. I guess it just goes to how much you need the apps now.

The cost of Acrobat pro + CS standard will exceed the cost of CS premium. I don't use GoLive either (relying on Dreamwaever 4 for any web type work I do - little).

 

[me23]

thanks again...

I am starting up my own indie design co. very soon, thanks to your reassurance, CS 1.3 is happily at the top of my start-up purchase list!

Now there are computers to buy/build, printers, camera, etc, etc, etc... but the software will be handled in one fell swoop!