cs production premuim 5.5 academic version pricing

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robfilms

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i teach at a major us university.

adobe has a academic discount for teachers and students.

i am looking at the "switcher" promo price of $850 for adobe's cs production premium 5.5 switcher for mac here:

http://www.videoguys.com/Search/Search.aspx?Query=CS55PPSW&Page=1&SortBy=3

but the academic discount is $449 for the same cs production premium 5.5 here:

https://store1.adobe.com/cfusion/sto...tionPremiumSTE

as i understand, there is no difference between the academic and the non-academic versions of cs production premium 5.5:

http://prodesigntools.com/difference-between-adobe-cs5-student-editions-vs-regular.html

as i understand adobe's policy, there are no free upgrades attached to the academic version.

but the academic version can be upgraded upon purchasing a commercial upgrade which is often less than buying the full coast of the program.

anyone w/a reason i should not buy the academic version of cs production premium 5.5?

thanks in advance.

be well

rob
smalltalk productions
 
I sell Adobe product in my country and use it also , what I have found with my self and others that have bought from me do in the academic side is, use the software till you fined you need to upgrade if there are major chances at a later stage when it is really needed say 2 or even 3yr's down the line I have some customer still using PPRO2 . Adobe has told us at the last launch they will not be changing much on the current CS5.5 to 6, Adobe is talking about a 6month upgrade path now. The other route is to fine a older full version of CS online or from sombody selling it cheap , and then just upgrade via that . Also Look at what you need for the work you do.Hope this may help
 
Jim Simon said:
There's no free upgrades to any version. Upgrades are always paid. Updates are free for all versions.
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jim-

you make a good point by differentiating upgrade from update.

if i understand the difference:

going from cs 5 to cs 5.5 is an upgrade and the user will be charged.

going from cs 5.5 to cs 5.5.1 is an update and will be free.

is that correct?

if so, how often in the past has adobe "updated" the cs production premium package?

thanks in advance.

be well

rob
smalltalk productions
 
You're understanding is correct. How often a program get's updated varies. 4 was updated four or five times, I belive. 5 was updated three times on the PC and four on the Mac. 5.5 has had only one update so far, and no way to predict if there will be any more before the version 6 upgrade.
 
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