Well opinions vary considerably on this subject...  As mentioned previously, some perspective on cost may depend on whether a customer is brand new vs. has a previous version to upgrade from.  Most new customers find CC to be an attractive deal compared to laying out $1000-$2000 upfront, plus upgrades...  But even longtime users are making the jump now. For instance, here are two tweets from yesterday: Make it 3D @Makeit3d 3:00 AM - 11 April 2013 "I joined Adobe’s @creativecloud yesterday. Amazing! just € 29.99/month (upgrade from my suite) to use all latest software! Worth checking out!" bryface @bryfacetron 2:36 PM - 11 April 2013 "people complain that creative cloud costs a lot, but as a guy who uses photoshop+flash+illustrator on multiple computers, it's a steal." In any event - to (truly) answer the original question at the top: domoduane wrote: > When is CS7 due to come out? No one can say for sure, but Adobe is definitely hinting major news on May 6th. ... View more

Well your last example makes the case for why most new customers find the Creative Cloud more attractive than the traditional model, because you'll get several years worth of the latest versions (upgrades included) of more tools for the same price, plus the monthly payments are more affordable than a huge outlay upfront, and you have more flexibility to start and stop as desired. For existing customers Adobe does offer a first-year upgrade discount on CCM but the comparison math is closer. Finally, with the Cloud it's not quite "all or nothing," as they do also offer Single-App Memberships for $19.99 a month, which are "a la carte" like you mention for any individual application of your choice (like just Photoshop CS6/CS7). ... View more

Some news out today on this question: Adobe to Skip CS7, Go Right to CS17 Instead ... View more

It also doesn't matter whether it's boxed vs. download – it's the exact same product, license agreement, terms of use, and number of computers.  So with that in mind, note that soon Adobe will be discontinuing the boxed versions of Creative Suite entirely. ... View more

Hi Karl, still waiting/hoping for a response after the follow-up materials we sent...  Do you have everything you need now to determine why the procedure specified above is not working for Edge Animate?  Is there anything more we can do or that you require? Thanks again! ... View more

Okay, just resent it to your email now...  I also sent it via private message here on the Forums.  We continue to get the "A valid installer could not be found" error with Edge Animate 1.x in AAMEE 3.1... Thank you!! ... View more

Hi Karl, are you there?  We sent you the information you requested but are still waiting to hear back...  In the meantime, we tried the same procedure you recommended with the new version released yesterday, Edge Animate 1.5 - but it still gives the exact same issue and error message.  We can't find any way to get the instructions in the guide above to work...  Please help - thanks so much! ... View more

Just sent your way now...  Thank you for response and assistance. ... View more

Thank you for posting this document, however the instructions given within do not seem to work for us... We followed the directions in the PDF very carefully, and have both AAMEE 3.1 and the Edge Animate 1.0 CCM Build (unzipped) -- but the tool rejects all paths for "Product Installation Folder" with the following error: "A valid installer could not be found." The example used in the document for that field is ".../Edge Animate 1.0/Adobe Edge Animate" - but this doesn't work either (same message), and the package cannot be created. The same issue happens with Edge Animate 1.0.1 as well, however we have no problems using an equivalent AAMEE procedure with any of the other Adobe or CS tools. The help information for that field says, "Locate the folder containing the setup files for products to be packaged."  But in looking through all the Edge Animate folders, there does not seem to be an .exe file of any kind... could this be why the procedure fails? Help - please advise, thank you! ... View more

Thanks so much Jeff for the updates and getting clarity on the situation - at least now we know what happened and can spread the word accordingly. Another possible option to replace the loss of this offer is to download a free copy of Edge Animate 1.0 (the full and permanent version) which Adobe recently made available to everyone (education and otherwise) gratis through the free membership to the Creative Cloud...  It's not the same tool as Flash Builder of course, but it does do some similar things (creating interactive/animated content but using HTML5), and could serve as a decent replacement for the discontinued program here. ... View more

Hi Jeff, Is there any update on when this site will be back up?  If not, is the terrific Free RIA Tool program for education available through other means?  We have been having visitors asking about it. Thanks! ... View more

Well, a few months ago Adobe promised the Retina update would be out before year-end... And now the latest is, it looks like it could be out as soon as December 11th - so here's hoping. ... View more

From a recent Adobe partner session... Kevin O'Connor: It would be great if we could make typography behavior as similar in PS to Illustrator and InDesign as possible. For example, In InDesign and in Illustrator, when you are typing, you can stop typing and get the selection arrow by hitting the Escape key.In Photoshop, when you are typing, and you want to end your typing, if you hit the Escape key, it DELETES what you typed.There is NO UNDO, and you have to do it over again.If you have spent 10 minutes carefully crafting a typographic element in Photoshop, kerning, adjusting the size and leading, and getting it perfect, and then you hit Escape, you then utter unprintable words. ... View more

Because the cloud is an extra component layered together with the traditional applications, there's more involved there and it wasn't ready at the same time. ... View more

No, actually CS6 is released today! ... View more

This reminds me of Google Reader's recent oversimplification... er I mean redesign.   Most users didn't like it and still don't.  Why water down and remove useful features like "reply to"?  Adobe software users are a pretty sophisticated bunch and typically things go in the opposite direction - providing more power and functionality over time. There also seems to be more open/dead space around each post when viewed in Chrome... in Firefox things look better, though not sure why there is such a difference.  <== Need to clear browser cache of previous content and this is fixed. ... View more

If it works like it has for previous CS launches, then you would also be able to pre-order the new release, but not download it yet as John mentions...  Product availability and free trials would follow in May. ... View more

Here's some more news Sharon... it's official — Adobe Creative Suite 6 will be launched on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 — so not too much longer to wait...   After all the sneak peeks they slipped out in recent months, you know it had to be soon ... View more

Well, not too much has changed - nobody can really tell you for sure, but the estimates given above are probably still pretty accurate for CS6 sometime in the spring. ... View more

John T Smith wrote: When I went to the Adobe section of the store... it said there were no products... which could mean they sold everything and are waiting for a new order from Adobe... or could mean they are waiting for CS6 Like I said, not an announcement from Adobe, but odd that a sales site used by several Universities would be completely out of product Hey there John - that is a bit odd, but it sounds like the first explanation (waiting for order restock) because it's likely the CS6 release is still a ways out Congrats on your retirement today! (BTW, Adobe now considers documents dated within the past six months "current," so you may still be able to get that education discount down the road.) ... View more

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/636210 Thank you ... View more