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I have illustrator CS3 on a trail at the moment and am thinking of purchasing it, it’s $599 from the US website and £569 on the UK website, so my question is, is there anything stopping me buying it from the US website as a download and using that key to unlocked the trial version that I have downloaded seeing as the exchange rate is good so it would nearly be around half price.
If you are talking about purchasing from Adobe, you'll find you'll be unable to purchase from the US store using a UK address.
Any particular reason for buying it rather than just using Xtreme?
Paul
Hi Pauland
Yeah I just noticed that you can only purchase if you are in that territory.
I would go for Xtreme but I’m on OSX, do you know if there are any plans to support the Mac platform on Xara products
If I remember correctly, Xara have advertised in the past for a Mac developer, but there's never been a public announcement as far as I know.
If you have a recent machine, how about parallels?
Paul
One other thing - there's going to be some announcement from Xara soon, so it might be an idea to wait - just in case!
Try eBay UK
£179.65 Buy now price
Sledger,Quote:
Originally Posted by sledger
If you are going to point out sales like this, please make sure people are aware of the license restrictions.
Paul
Paul not my job, I'm not the seller. The licensing restrictions are clear on the site for all to read, just as they are at any bricks'n'mortar store.
Caveat emptor..
Just being helpful. :)
Sledger,
I think for sales such as you pointed to it's really important to point out the licence issues - the last think I'd want to see is manny buy something but be unable to use it - that would hardly be helpul. If you will indicate educational sales, it's surely responsible to indicate the restrictions as well.
Paul
Many people upgrade after buying the education version if they can prove that they are in education whither it is part time or full time. Remember Adobe allows you to upgrade basically from Photoshop.
Hi Albacore, I didn’t think you could upgrade from the educational version, I’ll look into that one, thanks
Pauland thanks for the info, I’m on a recent machine so I could do what you suggested, I’ll look into parallel desktop, does anyone one the forum run Xara products on Mac using this and how do you find it? Other than that I’ll sit tight for a while and see what gives.
Sledger thanks for the link but as Pauland pointed out that version would be no good to me, cheers anyway
Directly from the Adobe website (http://www.adobe.com/uk/education/purchasing/faq.html
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Student question
"I'm very interested in buying the Education version of Adobe Creative Suite, but first I want to know if the software can be used to produce work for paying customers once I am working in the industry, or do I have to buy a different version of Creative Suite once I'm working in the industry?"
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Good news! You can use Adobe Education software (any title!) to produce commercial/professional paid-for work when you leave school, or even while you are in school. In this regard, Adobe does not limit how student software is used. So students can use it to learn and to make money!
(Of course, students must agree to the terms of the End User Licensing Agreement — which appears during installation — just as every software customer must do.)
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Student question
"Is the Education version a scaled-down version? How is it different than the more expensive retail version I see being sold at other computer stores?'
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The Education and retail versions are virtually identical — we do not modify the software itself. To differentiate the product offering between education and retail, we may remove some clip art, some fonts, or other non-application resources. So really, the only difference is price. Student customers can be assured that this as an opportunity to get the “full version” without paying the “full price”.
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Student question
"What happens after I graduate? If a new version comes out that I want to buy, do I have to buy the full new retail version or can I save money and just buy the retail upgrade?"
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You are able to continue to use your Education version serial number when you leave school to upgrade to future commercially priced versions if you want to, rather than having to buy the next “full” version. So you save money now while you are a student, and also after you graduate!
And you are a captive user of Adobe and will upgrade in the future it's a gain, gain situation. How many people like learning a new programme after they leave college or uni. not many and look how many FreeHand users are still out there.