[Mallrat]

I'm looking to buy Photoshop... legally. I know there's at least 10 CD at work just tempting me, but that would be bad. Right? Yes.

And buying education version is that wrong? I mean I did pay a lot of money for college, but of course that was 5 years ago. Damn.

Anyway, I'm checking eBay, but I'm not sure how legal that is either. Some other new, used, unregistered products. But why can someone sell a 600 dollar "new" software for 450? Something is going on there.

So that's leaves me with buying it from an online store (I'm not walking and I assume it's cheaper online).

Any good places on the web that sell software for cheaper than saw a macmall.com or apple.com?

Thank you for any tips.

I was thinking I could buy an old version of Photoshop and then upgrade to the new one to save money...

[Chuckit]

There's nothing illegal about eBay. Some stuff on there isn't quite on the level, but a lot is. When people get new versions of programs, selling the old versions on eBay to college students is a great way to get rid of them.

As for the price, you could sell a $600 product for $450 if, say, you got a second copy as part of a bundle you bought. I've never heard of that happening with Photoshop, but I have with other programs. I'd still be a little suspicious in this case, but it does happen.

[The Godfather]

Originally Posted by Mallrat

I was thinking I could buy an old version of Photoshop and then upgrade to the new one to save money...

Maybe you could sell it on eBay, and then save a lot of money!

[dcmacdaddy]

Originally Posted by Mallrat

I'm looking to buy Photoshop... legally. I know there's at least 10 CD at work just tempting me, but that would be bad. Right? Yes.

And buying education version is that wrong? I mean I did pay a lot of money for college, but of course that was 5 years ago. Damn.

Anyway, I'm checking eBay, but I'm not sure how legal that is either. Some other new, used, unregistered products. But why can someone sell a 600 dollar "new" software for 450? Something is going on there.

So that's leaves me with buying it from an online store (I'm not walking and I assume it's cheaper online).

Any good places on the web that sell software for cheaper than saw a macmall.com or apple.com?

Thank you for any tips.

I was thinking I could buy an old version of Photoshop and then upgrade to the new one to save money...

I' ve got the complete Creative Suite (CS1 premium edition) I will sell you for $650. I paids $1250 for it new in late 2004 but have gotten the CS2 suite through work, legitimately. Send me a PM and we can discuss terms.

[Nebrie]

Well, what I did for Macromedia Studio was find a place clearing out upgrades to the previous version at dirt cheap prices. I then bought the Studio upgrade package and "upgraded" for slightly more than the cost of the upgrade package.

[DeathToWindows]

For the longest time, the best way to do Photoshop (haven't done this since v6.0) is to use a much older revision (e.g. now it would be 5.5 or so) and then to get the upgrade to CS2. Clever, but ethical.

[G4ME]

i can sell you a license/media for CS2 for 195 or well if you were a student you could get the same deal