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Adobe CS5 Will Run on Intel Macs Only
Creative Suites 3 and 4 will continue to run on PowerPC-based Mac systems; however, Adobe won't develop for PowerPCs other than for critical issues that may arise. Of course, CS5 will run on Windows computers as well.
Written on August 12, 2009
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Adobe says that future versions of its Creative Suite (currently at version 4) will run only on Intel-based Mac computers; Creative Suite 5+ will not work if you have a PowerPC-based Mac system. This decision was based on Apple withdrawing support for the PowerPC chip set with its new operating systems, beginning with Mac OS X Snow Leopard (V10.6). With Apple’s future development focused on Intel Macs, Adobe is aligning its resources accordingly.
Customers who own Creative Suite 3 and Creative Suite 4 will still be able to use the software on either a PowerPC-based Mac or an Intel-based Mac and do not have to upgrade their software. However, Adobe will not be developing for this platform other than for critical issues that may arise. For more information on this announcement, see the Creative Suite 4 FAQ.
There's no official word yet on when Adobe will release the next version of the Creative Suite.
Note that this issue is limited to Macs and does not include the Windows operating system.
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i gues it'll force my boss
i gues it'll force my boss to get rid of my PowerPC G5 tower of doom and keep it only for Sys9 support, yay~
What!!!
No...
this kind of stuff really ticks me off
It's a crime when an industry-standard software company like Adobe forces a huge segment of their customer-base from PC to Mac. Thanks A LOT.
"this kind of stuff" may be misunderstanding
Adobe will continue to release software that runs on the Windows platform. However, it will not release software for older Mac computers using PowerPC technology. Apple is also ceasing to release software for PowerPC-based Macs as of their next operating system, OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com
This kind of stuff...
May be better understood and received by PC users if the article wasn't title Adobe CS5 will run on Intel-based Macs Only.
Poorly written
Poorly written articles like this just cause confusion. The article makes it appear that Adobe CS5 will only run on Macs -- and not PCs. In fact, Adobe CS5 will only run on certain types of Macs now, but pretty much all PCs .
Adobe Flash CS5
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Title
When I read the title of this article, I thought that CS5 was only going to run on Macs, not Windows operating systems...until I got to the last line of the article. I think that the title of the article is misleading and can be misinterpreted (by people like me).
The title could be easily
The title could be easily changed to "Adobe CS5 Will Not Run on PPC Macs"
Say Macintosh Adobe CS5
The addition of the word Macintosh at the start of the Article Title would have indicated that this was not a withdrawal of Windows Support. Right now that caveat is only mentioned at the end of the article.