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Artdime
20th of April 2007 (Fri), 13:16
This may be a question for Adobe, but maybe someone has already asked them:

If I purchase the CS3 academic version, which is CS3 Extended, does that mean I will be locked into having to purchase the Extended version later when the next upgrade comes around? Or would I be able to just purchase the "regular" Photoshop upgrade? I don't really have any use for the additional features in the extended version.

Thanks!
Honeybee
20th of April 2007 (Fri), 23:42
If you're an educator or have a student, go here: www.academicsuperstore.com - all versions are available in the academic version (or price). I have academic and have been upgrading with no problem.
theflyingkiwi
21st of April 2007 (Sat), 04:04
I think you will find that you will have to wait till the next verson comes out. While I am sure adobe may have a couple people looking at the next project for CS4, I am sure that's a couple of years away.

they might find that people don't like having 2 different versons, or they might think that they could have 3 different versions. who knows.
Artdime
21st of April 2007 (Sat), 09:59
I have academic and have been upgrading with no problem.

Yeah, the problem is that I won't be eligible for academic pricing when the next upgrade comes out (CS4?). Guess I'll just take my chances. Thanks for the thoughts guys!
poah
21st of April 2007 (Sat), 10:24
is it not hte same but sold cheaper?
Dan-o
21st of April 2007 (Sat), 10:36
If you're an educator or have a student, go here: www.academicsuperstore.com (http://www.academicsuperstore.com) - all versions are available in the academic version (or price). I have academic and have been upgrading with no problem.

Yea they sell them separate but CS2 is the same price as extended on the site.
PacAce
21st of April 2007 (Sat), 12:22
Yeah, the problem is that I won't be eligible for academic pricing when the next upgrade comes out (CS4?). Guess I'll just take my chances. Thanks for the thoughts guys!

It's not really going to matter because you really don't get much of a discount for upgrades with the academic discount. The difference between the prices of the academic PS upgrade and the regular upgrade is only about $5.00.

Instead of upgrading to PS CS3 for $194.00, I just added another $100 or so and got myself the full version of PS CS3 Extended with the academic discount since it's got features I can also use for my video editing projects.
Artdime
21st of April 2007 (Sat), 20:21
It's not really going to matter because you really don't get much of a discount for upgrades with the academic discount. The difference between the prices of the academic PS upgrade and the regular upgrade is only about $5.00.

That's true, but I bet there will be a significant difference between the upgrade price of the extended version vs. the upgrade price for the regular version.
PacAce
22nd of April 2007 (Sun), 00:58
That's true, but I bet there will be a significant difference between the upgrade price of the extended version vs. the upgrade price for the regular version.

Just my personal opinion but I don't think so. The upgrade price might be a little higher for the extended but I don't think it'll be significantly higher.