Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Shhh!! CS 2 Date:Tuesday, 08. January 2013 From:Len Gerstel lgers...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Anyway, this is 7 year old software that won't run on newer Macs, so they really have almost nothing to lose. Acrobat

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Dan
At 8:16 PM -0800 01/08/2013, glen wrote: Just installed Illy CS2 on a this computer which is not my work computer with CS installed. No CS on this Mac and no problems. No Key requested, just the serial number from the Adobe web site. Great! But... I don't get it. Adobe has built themselves

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 9, 2013, at 10:57 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:16 PM -0800 01/08/2013, glen wrote: Just installed Illy CS2 on a this computer which is not my work computer with CS installed. No CS on this Mac and no problems. No Key requested, just the serial number from the Adobe web site. Great!

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Dan
At 8:16 PM -0800 01/08/2013, glen wrote: Just installed Illy CS2 on a this computer which is not my work computer with CS installed. No CS on this Mac and no problems. Which version of the CS2 package is this? Looks like there's xtra apps in the Premium, over the Standard?

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Shhh!! CS 2 Date:Wednesday, 09. January 2013 From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com According to Forbes and other sources: Adobe has shut down the activation servers, but they're NOT giving anything away

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Isaac Smith
At 8:16 PM -0800 01/08/2013, glen wrote: Just installed Illy CS2 on a this computer which is not my work computer with CS installed. No CS on this Mac and no problems. No Key requested, just the serial number from the Adobe web site. Great! But... I don't get it. Adobe has built

Re: That Thin Line

2013-01-09 Thread JohnV
On Dec 30, 2012, at 9:33 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Jim Scott wrote: You didn't say, but I'm guessing it's a 17 iMac. That particular form factor is notorious for LCD failure, which begins with one row of stuck pixels and progresses to the point where there

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Shhh!! CS 2 Date:Wednesday, 09. January 2013 From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com But... I don't get it. Adobe has built themselves such a crap reputation over the past few years. They've become

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Len Gerstel
Well, just went to: http://www.adobe.com/downloads/cs2_downloads/index.html To see what else was on the page, and it redirects to the main Creative Suite page, touting CS6. Maybe they ARE doing a silent take back. If you are smart or devious enough to find the released version of CS 2

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 9, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: At 8:16 PM -0800 01/08/2013, glen wrote: Just installed Illy CS2 on a this computer which is not my work computer with CS installed. No CS on this Mac and no problems. No Key requested, just the serial number from the Adobe web

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Dan
At 11:07 AM -0500 01/09/2013, Len Gerstel wrote: Once this was out in the wild, Adobe is (theoretically) smart enough to know that there are no take backs on the net. My thought is that while they might not admit the mistake, they are going to leave it up and hope for the drug dealer model.

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 9, 2013, at 9:16 AM, Isaac Smith smith...@sprynet.com wrote: What are you going to do to protest their bad decisions if you need an image editing program? What other program is there? Graphic Converter Gimp Pixelmator Acorn Seashore And those are just off the top of my head.

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Dan wrote: At 8:16 PM -0800 01/08/2013, glen wrote: Just installed Illy CS2 on a this computer which is not my work computer with CS installed. No CS on this Mac and no problems. Which version of the CS2 package is this? Looks like there's xtra apps in the

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Dan
At 11:34 AM -0500 01/09/2013, Len Gerstel wrote: hmmm, I wonder if the wayback machine scraped that page and is storing it? It's still working, not redirecting, for me. And I took a scrape with the s/n's. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this

Re: Shhh!! CS 2

2013-01-09 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: Re: Shhh!! CS 2 Date:Wednesday, 09. January 2013 From:Dan dantear...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com At 11:34 AM -0500 01/09/2013, Len Gerstel wrote: hmmm, I wonder if the wayback machine scraped that page and is storing

Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

2013-01-09 Thread Bill Connelly
Just got a nice deal on a Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008) 2 x 3.0MHz with Intel Xeon 5400 series (Harpertown) processors. What type of testing might I run, to exercise the various parts? Is there an Apple Hardware Test or Service Diagnostics that I could get a hold of? I have run Geekbench, and

Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

2013-01-09 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:19 PM, Bill Connelly wrote: I am also getting a copy of Snow Leopard Skip straight to Mountain Lion. Basically want to know everything is working correctly. First rule: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. -- You received this message because you are a member of

Re: Mac Pro Testing Suggestions

2013-01-09 Thread Richard Gerome
If you do get a new OS weather it be Snow Leopard or better do a total clean of the HD by erasing it first and if it takes the new OS without a problem you should be good to go!!! Also I would max out the memory too. I think this computer is maxed at 4G??? Not sure if it will take more???