02-15-2008, 12:22 AM
Update to
http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/427510/430138
and http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/430490/434546
I went ahead and ordered the CS3 Design Premium suite, which at $505 including shipping was easily a third of retail. I was rather appalled to see it coming from China, fearing counterfeit. How would one tell? The package consists of a light-plastic box with two DVDs in it. The disks are printed in one color, sort of olive, and bear the legend "Copyright 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated."
A license key arrived by e-mail. The software installed on my MBP easily, and accepted the license key. I registered it with Adobe, and downloaded the 5.0.2 InDesign upgrade, which installed without any problem.
As far as I can tell, it is the legitimate full product. There was no piece of 'hardware' with it, so I assume it was not OEM. Conceivably it comes from some kind of 'grey market', but how is an end-user to know?
There were no manuals or other paper products with the disks, and no box, but there is documentation on Disk 2, which is adequate for my needs. I'm not doing much design or production these days (an occasional ad or form, for which I was using Pagemaker 6); I just needed an update to run under OS X.
This is not an advertisement for Cheap Softwares. But it is a deal. If it turned out to be unlicensable, or illegal, I would return it. But as far as I can tell, it's OK.
/Mr Lynn
http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/427510/430138
and http://forums.macresource.com/read/1/430490/434546
I went ahead and ordered the CS3 Design Premium suite, which at $505 including shipping was easily a third of retail. I was rather appalled to see it coming from China, fearing counterfeit. How would one tell? The package consists of a light-plastic box with two DVDs in it. The disks are printed in one color, sort of olive, and bear the legend "Copyright 2007 Adobe Systems Incorporated."
A license key arrived by e-mail. The software installed on my MBP easily, and accepted the license key. I registered it with Adobe, and downloaded the 5.0.2 InDesign upgrade, which installed without any problem.
As far as I can tell, it is the legitimate full product. There was no piece of 'hardware' with it, so I assume it was not OEM. Conceivably it comes from some kind of 'grey market', but how is an end-user to know?
There were no manuals or other paper products with the disks, and no box, but there is documentation on Disk 2, which is adequate for my needs. I'm not doing much design or production these days (an occasional ad or form, for which I was using Pagemaker 6); I just needed an update to run under OS X.
This is not an advertisement for Cheap Softwares. But it is a deal. If it turned out to be unlicensable, or illegal, I would return it. But as far as I can tell, it's OK.
/Mr Lynn