Adobe CS5 now available to try or buy

sergiogarcia9 said:

Thanks

But, seems like the server wont let us have it
Both me and Mark (mr grim) are having problems with the download not starting (download of PS CS5)

EDIT: Seems like it may be a browser related problem
Tried in IE now, and we both downloading it now

What browser did it not work in for you? Worked fine for Google Chrome (latest developers build).

I've been reading several reviews about cs5 with a particular view to system requirements , im still confused, can someone clear it up please , can cs5 be used on a 32 bit system or not? some say it can some say it can't !

boohbah said:

I've been reading several reviews about cs5 with a particular view to system requirements , im still confused, can someone clear it up please , can cs5 be used on a 32 bit system or not? some say it can some say it can't !

I am assuming it can, as there IS a 32-bit version of Photoshop.

My suggestion would be to try installing the trial version of one of the CS5 products, if you can than there you go.

boohbah said:

I've been reading several reviews about cs5 with a particular view to system requirements , im still confused, can someone clear it up please , can cs5 be used on a 32 bit system or not? some say it can some say it can't !

Here are the sysreqs from Adobe's site. Note that this is for Photoshop.


Windows
Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 3; Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (Service Pack 2 recommended); or Windows 7
1GB of RAM
1GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash-based storage devices)
1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features
Broadband Internet connection required for online services*

Mac OS
Multicore Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.5.7 or v10.6
1GB of RAM
2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a case-sensitive file system or on removable flash-based storage devices)
1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
DVD-ROM drive
QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features
Broadband Internet connection required for online services*

thanks chaps :)

jimbo45 said:

Hi all
I only use CS4 for PHOTOSHOP.
Is CS5 really worth the upgrade just for the photoshop application -- all the cameras I use work fine with CS4.

I certainly will upgrade if newer features are what I need but CS4 really supplies all my needs -- even for "Pre Press" Professional C-M-Y-K filters etc.

I've got other things to spend my money on at the moment.

Cheers
jimbo

Photoshop CS5 have some really awesome new features, especially Content Aware. If you do any graphic designing or lots of work with pictures, I would recommend the upgrade. If you don't, you should be fine keeping CS4.