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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Will Be 64-Bit For Windows Only
HighWizard notes that Adobe Systems has shared the first scrap of information about its next version of Photoshop, CS4, and it's a doozy: there will be a 64-bit version of the photo-editing software, but only for Windows Vista and not for Mac OS X. Ars explains the history of how this conundrum came to pass — blame Apple and/or Adobe as you will.
If this carries out, this will pretty much end the debate on how Macs are "so much better for image editing than PCs" even though most of us know that that is rubbish. Kinda hard to do image editing when the primary tool used for the job isn't even available for your OS.
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"TFA says that there will be no 64bit version of CS4 for Mac OS X, not that they will not support it."
Your are super special! Please let me know what you discover about the 11th dimension in M theory.
GIMP runs on nearly everything it can compile on (Windows, Linux, Mac, 64-bit versions as well). I don't care about this news because Adobe is irrelevant to me until they open up Flash or something open replaces Flash. I haven't used Photoshop in at least a few years now. GIMP has replaced Photoshop for me. I know there are a lot of people who will say Photoshop cannot be replaced with GIMP, but I disagree for what I do. In many aspects, I found some things easier to do in GIMP than in Photoshop. The only thing I would say that I miss from Photoshop is borders and shading option dialogue and the basic shapes you could easily make.
So your hiring practices effectively support piracy.
You know there's no way in hell those students legally obtained photoshop. Don't give me crap about education discounts or lite versions.
The lite versions of PS are utter crap, and have a vastly different interface (which still manages to blow all ass).
The education discounts often do not give you the full version, or require you to jump through a bunch of hoops (sign up with your department's advisor, wait 2 weeks for your login, hope your account has been activated, etc). It's far easier to steal for anyone who has even a mild interest in PS.
But yes, I agree. Photoshop has added nothing in a LONG time. The interface is horrible, as well.
I hate every single adobe product with a passion. (And yes, I work with them.)
A passion.