AlanJW Posted February 24, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 24, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) B&H sent an email offering CS5 for $300, which is a huge discount from the list price of $699. Can this mean a CS6 is coming soon? I think it is less than a year since CS5 was released. Or is this just a very nice deal? I am tempted to get it to put on a third computer to avoid the hassle of deauthorizing and reauthorizing when I need to have CS5 (now running on the max of 2 desktops but I sometimes need it on a portable). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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01af Posted February 24, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 24, 2011 I am tempted to get it to put on a third computer to avoid the hassle of deauthorizing and reauthorizing when I need to have CS5 (now running on the max of 2 desktops but I sometimes need it on a portable). You know you can run a single license of Photoshop on two machines at most, don't you? Mis-using the de-activation/re-activation feature in order to run it on three is a license infringement. And it won't work endlessly that way; after a limited number of activation cycles you're going to run into a problem. Regarding the original question—a new Photoshop version always is under way. When one version gets released then the work on the next version already has begun. Typically, when rebate actions on Adobe products appear then that's a sign that the next version is lurking just around the corner. On the other hand, Photoshop's product cycle usually is 18 months so CS6 is due in October this year. However Photoshop CS2's life span was two full years so the 18-month cycle length is not carved in stone ... maybe CS6 will come out after only 12 months, for a change. Bottom line is, we don't know. Those who know (i. e. Adobe employees and possibly a few beta testers) won't tell. So just wait and see ... And oh, by the way, while we're at it—Camera Raw 6.4 and Lightroom 3.4 are overdue. Following the regular schedule, they should have been released last week. Umm ... maybe they're behind the plan due to delays caused by the Christmas and New Year's holidays ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted February 24, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 24, 2011 You know you can run a single license of Photoshop on two machines at most, don't you? Mis-using the de-activation/re-activation feature in order to run it on three is a license infringement. And it won't work endlessly that way; after a limited number of activation cycles you're going to run into a problem. I disagree and agree on your 2 points. The program can be installed on 1 desktop and one notebook (portable) computer at the same time that is only used by the same person and not at the same time. So having it installed on 2 different desktop computer is really a No No. And if those 2 computer run PS at the same time that too is a No No. As far as the activation and de-activation goes. That is what it is there for, IE to deactivate it so you can install it on another PC without having to go through a phone call and or having the program not work. As to the limit of activations and deactivation I don't know but if there was what's the sense of having the deactivation process. Now for me I run CS5 on the same computer but under 2 different operating systems. Win XP Pro and Win 7. Not sure if that is my 2 installs or whether Adobe will allow me to also install it on a notebook. No matter as I have CS4 installed on my notebook and it is so old that I doubt it will run CS5 very well. EDIT: Oh and to CS6. I hope not I just upgraded to CS5. What more can the program do? Make me a better photographer or just look like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted February 24, 2011 Share #4 Posted February 24, 2011 So having it installed on two different desktop computer is really a No No. No, it's not. As long as the two machines belong to the same person, installing Photoshop on two desktop computers is perfectly legal and in compliance with the license conditions which don't specify the types of the two machines to install Photoshop on. Desktop and notebook machines are mentioned in the EULA but only as an example of a typical set-up. But it might just as well be two notebooks or two desktop machines. You just mustn't misuse this set-up to let two different persons work with Photoshop at the same time when you only have one license. By the way, if you buy a full single-license retail version and then later an upgrade to it, you still have only one license (not two, as some customers falsely believe). That's the basic difference between a full version and an upgrade. Some people think they're very clever and sell their original version to someone else or give it to their spouse/kid/nephew/whoever and keep using the upgrade. However then they have no license anymore because they sold it or gave it away, and using the upgrade is illegal hence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted February 25, 2011 My understanding, confirmed by Adobe, was that you could instal on two computers but not run at the same time. That is exactly what I do, as my computers are in different locations (Mac Pro in one and iMac at another). But when I take a trip, maybe once or twice a year, I would like to have PS on a portable. It is temporary (maybe a week or ten days) and there is never more than one machine running it. I do not believe I am in violation of my license, nor would I want to be. At $699 for another license, it is a bit much to get a second license solely for temporary and intermittant use. A reduced price license might make sense. Hence, my interest in the B&H offer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 25, 2011 Share #6 Posted February 25, 2011 If you take up the B&H offer, you will have bought a new licence with your new copy. So you could install that on two more computers. What you cannot do, is pay for an upgrade at a reduced cost and still use two installs of the previous version and two installs of the upgraded version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted February 25, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 25, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) B&H sent an email offering CS5 for $300 Are you sure it's not a scam? That is almost too inexpensive to believe! An upgrade is about $350! I'm ordering an academic version of the suite before I retire, but having second thoughts because PS is all I really use. The new CS6 will have more 3D and Video support and more hooks into other Adobe products (via smart objects). I don't need that. I'm not smart enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01af Posted February 25, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 25, 2011 I do not believe I am in violation of my license ... But you are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 25, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 25, 2011 If you install one copy on three computers, you are in breech of your licence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted February 25, 2011 Share #10 Posted February 25, 2011 yes, 2 active installs at one time. If you try a third, who knows what will happen. The disk is not current anyway. You will have to install and then update to the current version anyway to pick up patches, ACR 6.3 etc. I suppose you could deactivate one, install on a third, get the updates, then never connect that machine to the internet again. Not sure if they can pick up a non registered copy if the application is not open. I will leave that to the experts. They sell bulk licenses to keep things legal if that is what you need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted February 25, 2011 But you are. Running only one copy at a time should be okay. Adobe wants it on two computers max and only one use at a time, and from what I understand and my read of the license it doesn't matter which two are active at any given time. But you may be right that install even without authorization could count. And I see no way to practically to keep three machines current. It is a moot point now, however, as I have gone ahead and ordered another at the reduced price to keep on my laptop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdtaylor Posted February 25, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 25, 2011 Photoshop is updated very regularly at about 18 months. You are allowed to install it on two computers, and only run it on one computer at a time- their idea is a laptop and a desktop. I have about 12 copies, and move people around a lot. If you activate/deactivate more than 6 or 7 times, it locks up. Then you have to call Adobe and explain. They did not like our explanation, but did unlock the Suites so I could move people around the office to a more permanent position over a couple of moves. They didn't seem to appreciate that I owned 12 Suites and had since PS1, along with multiple copies of Acrobat, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted March 3, 2011 Share #13 Posted March 3, 2011 Photoshop is updated very regularly at about 18 months. You are allowed to install it on two computers, and only run it on one computer at a time- their idea is a laptop and a desktop. I have about 12 copies, and move people around a lot. If you activate/deactivate more than 6 or 7 times, it locks up. Then you have to call Adobe and explain. They did not like our explanation, but did unlock the Suites so I could move people around the office to a more permanent position over a couple of moves. They didn't seem to appreciate that I owned 12 Suites and had since PS1, along with multiple copies of Acrobat, etc. I can't see why they wouldn't like you to have 12 copies of the CS suites. I would think they'd be overjoyed! In fact I would expect them to bend over backwards and maybe give you a corp license so you don't have to juggle 12 different license numbers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdtaylor Posted March 3, 2011 Share #14 Posted March 3, 2011 I can't see why they wouldn't like you to have 12 copies of the CS suites. I would think they'd be overjoyed! In fact I would expect them to bend over backwards and maybe give you a corp license so you don't have to juggle 12 different license numbers. One would think so, but my IT guys say it is not so easy. We do lots of server licensing AutoCAD over many locations (AutoCAD, 160 copies, Microsoft Office, 320 copies, etc.), so we know how to work it, but Adobe has not been so easy to achieve. Every year at renewals we go down this path. In the end, since it is only our graphics group that heavily uses the Suite, we just put it on their machines directly. By the way, Adobe's "software" police called us when I transferred it to many times (even though we did not break a copyright because we always deactivated it on one machine and reactivated it on the next. We also get an unannounced audit every few years by the Software Alliance, especially on the CADD side of the equation. The license agreements allow for Microsoft/AutoDesk etc. to have a third party check licensing. Sometimes it is easier to be smaller- under the radar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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