Like many of you, I use Adobe Creative Suite applications every day, specifically Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Acrobat Pro. These form the core of the tools I work with to maintain Graphics.com. The only significant exception is in the area of vector graphics—while Illustrator is part of Design Premium, I’ve never warmed to it and instead use Xara Designer Pro. I also have something else in common with more than a few of you, in that I’m not using a current version of these Adobe apps. Since I pay for the Suite myself, keeping it current, especially with new versions now being released more often, is a luxury I can’t afford. But a recent shift in upgrade policy puts into question my ability to ever upgrade my applications.

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