On 2010-04-25 17:12 , James O'Shea wrote:
Even the Education version costs $900 for the full package. This is a
non-trivial price, and would be the difference between my getting an iMac and
my getting a Mac Pro.
to begin with, there is no great Photoshop replacement
i don't know what you need all this for, but here are some ideas:
* get the iMac instead of the Mac Pro, especially if the Mac Pro gives
you an advantage in only some of your work; biggest downside is the
glossy screen
* if the Education price is available to you, and/or if you can bear to
leave flash behind and let go of Dreamweaver, get CS5 Design Standard
* get CS4 now with the right to a free upgrade, because CS5 may well be
buggy for a year or so anyway
* find CS4 used (with a proper transfer of license)
* buy just InDesign and Photoshop -- these are the two apps that are
hardest to replace; InDesign can be used for some of what Acrobat can do
* consider replacing Dreamweaver with Espresso and/or CSSEdit (i have
both, but since i mostly work with Drupal, BBEdit is all i really need)
* to replace Illustrator, consider OmniGraffle Pro or Inkscape; each has
different strengths, so it depends on your needs; Inkscape has gotten
much more stable in the last year or so
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