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Adobe Universal Binaries... in 2007

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the don't-hold-your-breath dept.

bo peterberg writes "According to a pdf on Adobe's website, they remain committed to supporting Intel-based Macs. However, Intel-based Macs will not be supported until the next upgrade of all creative products. The current version will not be re-released."

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  1. No Surprises Here! by macentric · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are no real surprises here. This is very similar to how they transitioned Photoshop and Illustrator to Mac OS X several years ago. My main hopes are that CS3 is not living half in two worlds like they did with Illustrator 10 and Photoshop 7.

    On the bright side, if Adobe keeps up the status quo on Creative Suite 3 then we will see all of the Apps that ship in Creative Suite, ship together. Acrobat 5 was horrible on Mac OS X, the Acrobat application ran natively in OS X, but the distiller ran in Classic and suffered severe performance penalties as a result. Hopefully all of the apps tranistioning around the same time will leave a better taste in their customers mouths.

    I am glad to see them attempting to show off their xCode developemtn prowess by delivering the LightRoom beta earlier than their other software packages.

  2. Re:Planned obsolescence by jcostantino · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Except that you can deactivate your previously installed copy and install it on a new Mac.

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  3. Re:Is this really that big of a surprise? by jcr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly it almost seems Adobe does this to screw with Apple

    Oh, I don't think they're malicious, just complacent. They're the Microsoft of image editing, and they'll behave as such until and unless there's a major competitor.

    -jcr

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  4. Re:Guess I won't be buying a Mac this year then. by ChrisKnight · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even after I knew the Intel Macs were coming, I chose to invest in a Dual-Processor Dual-Core G5. Why throw money at the platform that is guaranteed to be phased out?

    I worked through the transition from 680x0 to PowerPC. I worked through the transition of OS 9 to OS X. These transitions are NEVER easy. I chose to get the most power I could out of the platform that currently works best. I'll wait to get an Intel Mac until they are well into year two of general use, and only after my must-have applications have had at least one set of bug fixes released to their Universal Binary versions. :)

    -Chris

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  5. Re:Go Aperture! by jcr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know that much about the GIMP but I wonder if they would ever be able to take advantage of something like CI. There is portability to maintain...

    Well, that really is the heart of the problem. Anyone who insists on doing a cross-platform image editor won't use the full capabilities of any platform.

    -jcr

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