Is photoshop realy worth that price?

[iMeowbot]

Isn't the vast majority of the service industry 'the corporate world'?

Apart from financial? Not especially. The service industry includes designers (yeah, that load of bums) and restaurateurs and gardeners and truckers and plumbers and shopkeepers and exterminators and hairdressers and electricians and clowns. Rubber noses and greasepaint don't grow on trees, and they don't come with Office.

Imo, there is one problem with the CS3 suite, and atm I'm debating if I'll just skip CS3. Other than the native Intel Mac support there really is no big feature that makes it much more productive than CS2. I'd love if someone proves me wrong, so if you know any, please tell me!

You pretty much have it right. There really isn't any revolutionary change in this release, just lots of nice little bits and pieces here and there, nothing life-or-death. And, if you're not making the software sweat anyway (many don't), the emulation may not even be that big a deal, making CS2 a perfectly reasonable place to hang out.

 

[AlexisV]

LOL

I bet clowns don't need to upgrade their red noses

 

[iMeowbot]

I bet clowns don't need to upgrade their red noses

Even clowns aren't safe in the UK. Here are the available upgrade paths I've identified with several seconds of intense research.

in the US: Standard foam nose: $0.59, giant foam nose: $1.99, blinking LED nose: $4.99

in the UK: Standard foam nose: £1.15, giant foam nose: £1.50, blinking nose: not offered!

 

[savar]

Guy has a market stall - selling Bananas. First guy comes up "Banana please" - "Sure - that's 20p please". Bloke walks away happy.

Next guy comes up, "Banana please" - "Sure - that's 40p please" - "But his was only 20p!!" - "Yeah - you're like, from England...so I have to rip you off"

40p is too high.

Levig's thinking along the right lines...go find the first guy and buy his Banana for 25p - you've still saved 15p.


Doug

It's called price discrimination, and in most countries it is not illegal. In fact, unlike other forms of discrimination, price discrimination isn't usually considered immoral either. In some circumstances it can even be desirable (leads to more efficient outcomes), but in many cases it's just annoying.

The real problem is that governments may step in to legislate artificial support for price discrimination. In the US, for example, it is illegal to reimport US-manufactured drugs that have been exported to other countries, even though the same exact drugs cost 2-10X here what they cost foreigners in other countries. In effect, the US subsidizes pharmaceutical R&D costs for the rest of the world.

There's a similar situation with textbooks in the US. You can get the same textbook from Europe for half price. Even with overseas shipping both ways you still save 20-30%. It's really wacky.

Although I've gotten way off topic, let me come back: I doubt that it's illegal for you to buy Photoshop in another country and import it into your country. Just see if you can buy a copy on eBay from a US seller...you should save quite a bit that way.

 

[Father Jack]

Other than the native Intel Mac support there really is no big feature that makes it much more productive than CS2. I'd love if someone proves me wrong, so if you know any, please tell me!

I think the new "Quick selection tool" coupled with "Refine edges" alone are worth the upgrade price.

FJ

 

[ATD]

Imo, there is one problem with the CS3 suite, and atm I'm debating if I'll just skip CS3. Other than the native Intel Mac support there really is no big feature that makes it much more productive than CS2. I'd love if someone proves me wrong, so if you know any, please tell me!

I had a lot of crashes and stalls with CS2, for me it was the most unstable version of PS I'd ever used (I have been using it since version 1). I only used it if I had to. CS3 runs very smooth so far, it's becoming one of my favorites.

 

[nsbio]

It's called price discrimination, and in most countries it is not illegal. In fact, unlike other forms of discrimination, price discrimination isn't usually considered immoral either. In some circumstances it can even be desirable (leads to more efficient outcomes), but in many cases it's just annoying.
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Many things are way cheaper in the US, including cars, software, etc, and the difference becomes even more dramatic if one normalizes these prices to the compensation in US vs Europe for the same job. That is the way it has been and will be for a while. However, there is a price for everything: Americans have to deal with mediocre food, for example (bad bread (!), unless you want to go out of your way to find better alternatives).

 

[notjustjay]

Americans have to deal with mediocre food, for example (bad bread (!), unless you want to go out of your way to find better alternatives).

You mean I've been missing out on something, my whole life???