CS 1 to CS 2 upgrade costs


I agree Adobe put a lot into their software, but I still feel there should
be more consideration for someone who has bought most of their range of apps
and most of the updates over someone who has only ever bought one copy of
Photoshop.

In the end, I guess I will have no choice but to pay up, but I'm going to
wait and see what happens after May, first.

After some of the comments Jean made, I took a look at the prices for all
options in both US and UK Adobe Stores.


With the exchange rate £ to $ being 1.9+ today, the following comparisons
show up.
(UK prices in terms of Dollars - no taxes applied)

Outright purchase of CS2 Premium is $1199 in the US but $1700 in the UK.....
a 41% increase over US price
Outright purchase of CS2 Standard is $899 in the US but $1340 in the UK.....
a 49% increase over US price

Upgrade CS1-CS2 Premium is $599 in the US but $796 in the UK..... a 45%
increase over US price
Upgrade CS1-CS2 Standard is $349 in the US but $617 in the UK..... a 76%
increase over US price

Upgrade Photoshop-CS2 Premium is $749 in the US but $1074 in the UK..... a
43% increase over US price
Upgrade Photoshop-CS2 Standard is $499 in the US but $663 in the UK..... a
32% increase over US price

How can Adobe possibly justify this difference?

I'm going to look into the pros and cons of buying a US version. As far as I
can see, it is no different from the International version (ie color rather
than colour, trash rather than wastebasket, etc.) so there seems no
justification for anything other than a minor difference in price due to
exchange rates.

I suspect that Adobe will stymie me somewhere - either in the purchase or
the online activation!

....ChrisH

Posted: Thu - April 21, 2005 at 12:17 PM          

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