Why I buy this one ?
- The ideal solution for creating pages for print, designing pages for the web and mobile devices, editing photos, and creating illustrations
- Deliver innovative ideas in print, web, and mobile design
- Enjoy a unified, integrated design experience with new self-adjusting panels and other shared interface elements for maximum productivity
- Combines full new versions of Adobe InDesign CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Illustrator CS3, Flash CS3 Professional, Dreamweaver CS3, and Acrobat 8 Professional
- Combines all-new versions of essential tools for producing everything from professional page layouts to rich interactive experiences in a unified, intuitive environment

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What our customer's say!

"excellent, expensive, professional & unavoidable", What can you do? Adobe owns the graphic design world, but they come through with absolutely brilliant products. I always wait a while before I upgrade to the next CS version so they can work all of the bugs out. The programs have a new elegantly designed interface with more friendly and intuitive features. A few things seem to be missing, for instance; I can't find the pre-set duotones in PhotoShop. A training DVD is included that I refer to on a regular basis, but it could be indexed better. I like the choice free stuff, too.
Amazon had the best price.

"Amazed", Still haven't unlocked the full potential of this product. Bridge is a new addition for me that is a great asset with raw photos - adding metadata that can be applied to all photos in a folder or on your computer. Photoshop has some new cool features as well, the best being that it can now handle raw. Played around with illustrator and feels as good as the old version. Now if I could get as good with dreamweaver and flash... well back to studying.

"Great programs...horrible install", Like the other CS suites this is what you would expect from Adobe. Unlike the other CS suites this one has some bugs on the install. When installing (I tried multiple times) every program installed just fine except Illustrator. Illustrator would error out and no matter what I did I could not get it to install. In going into groups on the Internet I have found that this is a real problem. Interestingly enough the program is not always Illustrator--for some it is one of the other programs in the suite. The problem, however, is the same--you have a suite with a missing program. Some who have installed the suite have had no problems installing everything. Some have gone through elaborate means to finally get theirs to install. Adobe's solutions up to date to not help in the slightest.

Bottom line--great programs. . .good luck on the install.

"Solid upgrade, well worth the cost", Works as expected - upgraded from CS1 to CS3. Solid upgrade, well worth the cost.

"Fantastic Upgrade from Adobe", This was the definitive upgrade so far from Adobe. The integration between Photoshop CS3 and Dreamweaver is awesome. Also between Photoshop and Flash, being able to import PSD files (with all the layers) has made life a lot easier. My advise to other web designers, buy the upgrade immediately!

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"Still buggy", Great new features and overall a nice upgrade.
But software still has some bugs, I have the most problems with Version Cue so if you don't use it (VC) it would be less of a concern to you.
Also, at least on my computer, CS3 runs a bit slow.

I have a descent system with good nVidia graphics card and 4 GB of RAM.



"Needs a DVD drive to install", I haven't tried the product yet, but I've been happy with the Adobe products so I'll give it 5 stars. I haven't installed it yet because I was surprised to learn that you HAVE to have a DVD drive to install it. Yes, it does say the media is DVD in the product description, but I didn't notice that until after I inserted the plastic disk in my CD drive and nothing happened. Guess I'm off to borrow/buy a DVD drive.

"This Product is Well Worth the Upgrade", Add this product to your cart. I purchased CS3 Design Premium the first day it was available. It installed without any issues on my computer. I am using Windows Vista Home Premium. I could list all the wonderful features but you can go to Adobe's website for that. I will just say that I am very impressed with the quality of this product. As with any professional grade software there is a learning curve. If you are new to any of the programs in this suite, Adobe's "Classroom in a Book" series will get you off to a good start. And Amazon sells them at a great price. You can also get excellent training DVDs from Total Training. Also, an Intuos3 professional pen tablet makes it so easy to draw, edit, select, erase etc. P.S. I am still laughing about the added comments. I'm just certain that check from Adobe will be here soon.

"Not debugged. I should have waited..", Spent 4-6 hours doing installs, reinstalling, and making multiple phone calls to Adobe. Talking with techs and customer support. Product did not install properly under Vista. Installed finally, but not fully working today. My packaging has a "sticker" on top it (like an after-thought) regarding windows Vista compatability.

Product is still not working properly. Activation is a nightmare - Internal error 2739, starting regservers via command prompts, uninstall , turn off UAC, reinstall, activating the right application (s), and it still doesn't work right.

I am sorry I wasted my time and jeopardized my career on MS Vista and Adobe Creative Suite compatability issues in a work /production environment. I should have waited. I give the combo 5 stars under frustration and a waste of time/money.

Of course, your install may go smoother. I can only talk from personal experince with a sample of one machine.