@1,438.Andy Bay I was using CS"1" [this was the first initeration of the CS line], that I had gotten through my school. While the place of employment was using CS3. They were also looking at getting CS5. Still being in school I, again, got the student-discounted CS5. But by the time CS6 had come out I had graduated and I'm not sure if I could get away with re-enrolling, getting the student CS6, then dropping out with in the first week to get a full refund. --And yes, backwards compatibility exists. But I do recall seeing that CS5 would only be backwards to CS3. So, I was forced to upgrade....but being a student greatly reduced the upgrade, which was really buying a full version, cost. Now, along comes CC, that reduces the upfront cost down to $600 (annual contract) or...$800 (annual, but paid using month-to-month contract). 1,440.Biggles Lamb Not sure if this was a response to me. But I recall the CS4 upgrade from CS5 to be ~$900 for the Master Collection tier. Since the best choice for CC subscription is the 'Full Service' plan, which offers the Master Collection access. You should use that for comparison. And if we use you're update cycle of every two years of so. That would put your CS version to two version behind the current (seems they tried to release a new CS edition every year). I think that added about $200 to the $900 (recall something like $1149 for upgrading from CS3 MC to CS5 MC). In that same time period (2yrs) the CC Annual Contract would run you $1200. I'll gladly eat that ~$50 lose if it means I don't get slammed with a several hundred upgrade because I suddenly find myself needing to upgrade -or- gain access to another product. --- I can't speak for others, but for my own situation. CC has allowed me to continue working and to take on new tasks [with increased pay of course]. Like creating "videos" [more of a still and music track] to upload to YouTube using Premiere instead of directly hosting the music track...which broke because TLF was dropped and some other functions were changed ...really need to get HTML5 learned. But, christ, coding (from AS2/3 to MS VS's C++) has never worked out well for me. Because of the full access, I can tinker with the other products that would normally be out of my reach. Like using Muse and Audition. It's a rather nice feeling to know that what ever Adobe comes out with I _should_ have access to. Now if they start nickle 'n diming me to gain access to other services. Ya, I'll be pissed. The CC 'Full Access' is suppose to grant me access to everything on the Creative Cloud platform/tier/what-ever-it's-called.
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