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| Thread ID: 126241 | 2012-08-15 12:42:00 | Adobe | Iantech (16386) | PC World Chat |
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| 1294988 | 2012-08-15 12:42:00 | Why do they think their software is worth so much? For example, if a private person wanted to have photoshop on their computer, there really is no means to justify the cost (unless you are loaded). There is a student and teacher edition (Extended) for about $260 and then there is the standard edition for about $1400 - I can understand businesses paying that amount because they can get some return from what they make, but really, how can the average person afford that much? No wonder there are so many hacked copies about. Personally I dont think its worth any more than about $300. Im not intending on getting a copy, I hate it and find it as frustrating as hell to use, just was browsing some other software and saw the prices and felt like a rant. I used to use InDesign to create newsletters etc, but I now see that is worth $1400ish. They are just bonkers with thier prices. |
Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1294989 | 2012-08-15 13:12:00 | For what it can do its cheap as chips. | Metla (12) | ||
| 1294990 | 2012-08-15 21:16:00 | For what Adobe will try to do to your system, it's a pain in the butt. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1294991 | 2012-08-15 21:47:00 | In terms of photography, there is no other option if you want to do it correctly. It's the industry standard. Most/every photography book or magazine will use Photoshop, maybe Photoshop Elements or whatever they are called now, think they are renamed but you are vastly limited in what you can do. Some get it form overseas and the upgrade option when they are on promotion could be had for under $500 at times. Finance is relative. Some would buy a $1,000 computer and use it for 4 or 5 years. You could also look at gym, golf, boat subscriptions or eating out that other people may do or simply sports or drinking out. Or look at that fancy computer or laptop or smartphone. Arguably in theory for many a $300 smartphone could do the job. You'll be surprised in photography, it's not surprising that amateurs who don't derive income from it and they would have full frame sensor SLRs that cost $4,000s and expensive lenses to boot. They also might purchase a A3 printer not b/c it is cheaper than printing out but they enjoy to control the whole process and they travel to parts of the country attending big photography events like when they have judges visiting and they may pay for a workshop with a pro and learn of them. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1294992 | 2012-08-15 22:07:00 | For what it can do its cheap as chips. +1 . I have been using it since 1992 (ver 2.5 I think?) It's the best piece of graphics software out there bar none!! And it just got even better with CS6 IMHO | BigBadBob (14963) | ||
| 1294993 | 2012-08-15 22:37:00 | Adobe's commercial products are not aimed at the consumer market (even if some in the consumer market accept the price - which clearly many do). However building a brand like Adobe and the reputation of a piece of software like Photoshop and not making an easily accessible ($$) consumer version almost encourages piracy... The same argument could be made for the movie industry and not having simultaneous worldwide releases, and the regionalisation of the book publishing industry (where some titles readily available on one continent are not available elsewhere - or are available only in dead-tree mode at highly inflated prices) |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1294994 | 2012-08-15 23:18:00 | Photoshop v6.0 works fine on Win7pro64 ;) ;) | BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1294995 | 2012-08-16 04:54:00 | I think that if they sold their for somewhere in the vicinity of $50-$200 they would probably make a whole lot more than they do now. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1294996 | 2012-08-16 04:58:00 | I think that if they sold their for somewhere in the vicinity of $50-$200 they would probably make a whole lot more than they do now. thats probably what they charge for it in Russia, legitimately, and still make money on it |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1294997 | 2012-08-16 06:56:00 | Its an incredibly powerful tool, The revenue it enables people to make is probably in the billions, and the cost is comparable to a weeks wages for a skilled user. Its dirt cheap. they could charge 10 grand for it. I've seen far less polished less powerful apps sell for many many thousands of dollars to people who need it in their line of work. One suite I saw for running lathes had a 200 thousand dollar price tag. |
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