I live in rural Maine and a large portion of my photographic work is available during the summer tourist
season at art fairs and art exhibits.
Along with all of the benefits of country living I quickly learned to live without
some of the benefits of New York. One of these is that high speed Internet
(cable or DSL) is not available everywhere. I use a wireless Internet service
(not to be confused with satellite Internet).
Wireless services have restrictions on the amount of upload/download gigabytes
you are allowed in a given month. Even though I pay for a larger package it does
not increase the speed of the service I receive.
It is essential that I be able to receive software on disk or I am penalized
either having to buy additional gigs or suffer a slow down equal to a dial up
service. The last Photoshop upgrade would have taken six hours to download so I
had to buy a disk. Of course I can always use the free time (midnight to 6am).
Though I do not expect an exception or solution, I am letting Adobe know
that all users of their software are not equal.
Comments
There's a petition you can sign:
http://www.change.org/petitions/adobe-systems-incorporated-eliminat...
Larry Berman
Yes, I get it.
I'll bet once they go to CS7, they have a CD available that acts just like a downloaded version once installed.
Larry Berman
But Larry it takes 6 hours to download before he can burn the disk. The monthly connection is not nearly a concern.
I doubt most people on this forum understand this thread.
You do get the disk. After you download, you burn it to a DVD before installing it. The problem is the activation and the fact that it has to connect to the mother ship once a month.
The problem I have is that my Photoshop computer is rarely connected to the internet and the complete CS6 suite I was given last year has never worked because it has constantly told me my trial has expired. So I've remained with CS5 which is activated on two computers. And I still run Photoshop 7 on the computer which is connected to my three scanners.
Larry Berman
http://BermanGraphics.com
412-401-8100
Adobe is just getting back at you for living in heaven.... :) Even though I have high speed I still want the disk.