Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Photoshop 7 users, it’s time to upgrade!

Still using Photoshop 7? Then it’s time to upgrade because Adobe is getting ready to release Photoshop CS4 September 23, 2008.

If you are running Photoshop 7, then you need to upgrade to CS3 (not CS4) today.

Why? Photoshop CS3 only upgrades copies of Photoshop 7 or later. Chances are that CS4 will only upgrade CS and later. So if you want to be able to keep upgrading your copy of Photoshop, and you currently have PS7, CS3 is your last chance to upgrade without having to buy a whole brand new copy of Photoshop.

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Anonymous Howard Jameson said...

Hi, you may know the answer to this. I was looking to upgrade to CS4 from CS2, but noticed on the Adobe website, CS4 is for intel processors and I am still on one a G4. Is CS3 set up for intel processors and I did not see any way to just upgrade to CS3 at Adobe?

ONe other question I can't get a unbiased answer on. If I upgrade to a G5 with intel dual cores, can I copy my G4 software over and then upgrade as needed or do I have to buy all new software?

4:50 PM, June 19, 2009  
Blogger Melanie Crutchfield said...

The very best information will come from Adobe and Mac, but I did find some helpful information online.

A copy of Photoshop CS3 is available on Amazon (http://tinyurl.com/nbdjf9) and it has the system requirements listed there.

* PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor
* Mac OS X v.10.4.8
* 512MB of RAM
* 64MB of video RAM
* 2GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
* 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
* DVD-ROM drive
* QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
* Internet or phone connection required for product activation
* Broadband Internet connection required for Adobe Stock Photos and other services

As far as your Mac question is concerned I'm pretty confidant that you can just transfer all of the information on your hard drive to your new computer during set up, but I would definitely recommend speaking to Apple before you do so. If you're near a store you can just ask someone there. Apple's also recently added some new customer support options (http://www.apple.com/support/expert/) that might be handy.

1:38 PM, June 22, 2009  

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