Adobe Software......can you ever upgrade academic software?

[thespeakerbox]

Can you upgrade academic software?

 

[Drakkon]

what do you mean by upgrade?
like cs to cs2? yes so long as they are BOTH academic versions.
or CS academic to CS full retail? as far as that goes i think you are SOL and have to pay full retail price

 

[thespeakerbox]

like cs2 to cs3 both academic

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
like cs2 to cs3 both academic

Q. Can students order Upgrade Plan for their licenses?
A. No. Student licenses are treated like retail (shrinkwrap) licenses, which do not offer Upgrade Plan. Students may purchase upgrades for their licenses when they become available.

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/student.html

 

[Drakkon]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
like cs2 to cs3 both academic

Q. Can students order Upgrade Plan for their licenses?
A. No. Student licenses are treated like retail (shrinkwrap) licenses, which do not offer Upgrade Plan. Students may purchase upgrades for their licenses when they become available.

http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/student.html

wow they mustve changed that or something. I had a copy of Illustrator 10 and upgraded it to CS both academic. that really sucks.

 

[thespeakerbox]

So does this mean, i can buy a student UPGRADE in a year, or i have to purchase another full student software suite. Do they even sell upgrades for students at all?

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
Can you upgrade academic software?

Yes! I got my first Adobe Acrobat (Full) in academic edition. That was about version 3. I have since bought standard upgrades, and am now at version 7.0.

It is not a problem.

 

[Drakkon]

ohhh reading over that article you jsut cant use Adobe "Upgrade Plan" - a special service they offer @ http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/openoptions/upgradeplan.html

You can buy the "UPGRADE" edition when it comes out so long as its both academic.

 

[thespeakerbox]

Do they make suite upgrades. For instance - I want to buy the web bundle that includes all of the studio 8 (flash, dreamweaver) etc....however, I heard that cs3 will come out next year, and im sure many other programs in the suite would be. Would i be able to buy a suite upgrade at the academic rate? or will i have to go and buy the academic upgrade for what i want....

I didnt know software would be so confusing.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
You can buy the "UPGRADE" edition when it comes out so long as its both academic.

That plan provides for direct cash flow to Adobe. But, any upgrade package will work. I just get mine at Office Depot when convenient. Never a problem.

 

[RapidSnail]

What are the difference in the academic versions?

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail
What are the difference in the academic versions?

I haven't found any yet - except for the price! But, in newer Adobe ware, there might be a difference in activation.

That might be lisleading. Aside from the fact that only my initial Acrobat was academic, it has been upgraded now 4 times, so I don't think there is any vestige left of the original academic version.

But, the short answer to the OP is "Yes."

The new Acrobat 7 is pretty touchy. Even changing HDDs requires reactivation.