• Adobe Software

  buying photoshop/illustrater

  Posted by Stuart Whitehouse on 2 June 2009 at 16:38

  Hi all

  I’m sure I;ve read something along these lines before but I’ve just looked in the adobe forum and can’t find it so apologies if I’m repeating.

  I’m looking at buying photoshop – I’ve checked ebay and can get a student edition lots cheaper than a full edition. Is there any difference? Am I eligible to buy the student edition? Is it worth buying the master edition where you get illustrater included? – I use easysign for vector work and am 100% happy so will only be using photoshop for print work.

  Or can anyone recommend anywhere better to buy it from?

  thanks

  stuart

  Peter Normington replied 16 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jamie Wood

  Member

  2 June 2009 at 16:51

  The student edition is as it says. You have to be a full time student or work for
  an educational establishment. There is no serial number in the box – Adobe
  sends it to you on receipt of proof of eligibility. It annoys me about eBay; the
  majority of Adobe software on there are student editions, which are useless for
  business. The full price for the Master Edition is nearly £2000 + VAT. You would
  probably get away with the CS4 Standard Edition, at a mere £820 + VAT. UK
  prices for Adobe software will increase by 10% from July 1st!

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  Peter Normington

  Member

  2 June 2009 at 18:19

  You defo need a spell checker,
  even if you cant afford illustrator 😀

  Student editions cannot be used commercially, well not legally,

  Peter

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