Digital BW, The Print

Call me a wimp, but I never upgrade Photoshop until after I get the 
updated edition of the "Real World Photoshop" book. Even then I'd 
wait if necessary for Adobe's first bug fix, "Photoshop CS.0.1" I 
guess. Actually, being a Mac person, I might in this case also wait 
until Apple can release the OS X operating system being called 
"Panther" and bug-fix it. Everything seems to me to go better when 
all the parts and pieces are from the same developmental generation.

Not that I know all this won't happen before Christmas. But I'm 
worrying about how best to straddle the gap between my scanners and 
OS X and the gap between OS X and the printers and still have money 
for Christmas.

I'm thinking about using my old Mac and OS 9.1 for scanning and 
printing and getting a new one for Photoshop CS. But, while the new, 
64-bit Mac desktops are shipping, 64-bit notebooks are not. And my 
impression is that OS 10 or "X" is quite a ways away from catching up 
with the new family of 64-bit chips already in the newest Mac 
desktops.

So I'm trying not to get too eager to have PSCS. Especially since 
Adobe seems more preoccupied with developing and promoting their CS 
bundle than with Photoshop, InDesign, etc. individually. Bah, humbug!

Sam


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>Sounds like you can upgrade from any version if you have the serial number.
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>Unfortunately from the same page:
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>"Adobe Photoshop CS is expected to ship by the end of November 2003. "
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>So I guess we get to wait awhile but it would be a nice Xmas present.
>
>Martin