bought a macbook pro 2 days ago...

[whitewater]

I use an imac at the shop but have been getting slammed so I thought I could do some artwork from home after i put the kiddies to bed. I have cs2 illy and Photo..

Come to find out you CANNOT use any of these older programs with Lion.

I should have done my homework, but I have been using macs for the last 7 years so I really didn't think I had to research..

So now whatever I have on my Imac DOES NOT translate to my new macbook pro.

WTF?!? what a huff elfin waste of $1400..well not a waste if I want to buy all those elfin programs again..

I hate shiit like this!

[squeezee]

You can upgrade Adobe products from three versions ago.

[Clark]

Sign up for a photography class at our local junior college, and buy the educational version..then cancel the class.

[Frog]

But the agreement with educational versions often forbids commercial use.
I know, I'm naive.

[Sbrem]

buy the upgrades, par for the course right? But you may have to go to CS5... (I can't find an upgrade to CS4 to save my life...)

Steve

[Command-Z]

I have to upgrade too. I use CS3 and it works fine... (just got a new Mac two weeks ago and it did not have Lion, but I can get it free.)

I'm using the trial of ai CS5 and it rocks. It has a lot of new stuff I can really use. Adjustable line withs, a cool perspective grid (like Freehand had) and a MUCH better gradient tool.

My problem is that I thought I was going to be some kind of a web designer years ago and got a suite. Well, that web thing never happened and I still mainly use just AI and PSD for illustration.

But noooo, I can't just upgrade those two... I have to upgrade the whole suite.

Anyway, if you wait too long to upgrade, it can cost more too.

[whitewater]

You can upgrade Adobe products from three versions ago.

does the upgrade include not making it a powerpc product...?

thats what it is...they took out rosetta ...so if the upgrade puts rosetta back in then it will work.

[whitewater]

You can upgrade Adobe products from three versions ago.

does the upgrade include not making it a powerpc product...?

thats what it is...they took out rosetta ...so if the upgrade puts rosetta back in then it will work.

How come i have the lion?

[tpitman]

I don't think CS5 comes in a PowerPC version. Most software is now geared towards the Intel Macs. I gave my G5 to my kid after I started using Carbonite for backup last year.

[whitewater]

yeah the cs5 does not use the powerpc, but the cs2 works great for me now i have to dish out $$ to get the 5..its just a pain in the butt..I would've just got a dell hp or whatever pc. of crap there is if I wanted to go through this..

[Artelf2xs]

Cheapest way to go would be get a copy od Snow Leopard off craigslist for $30.00!

[tpitman]

Snow Leopard is getting hard to come by. I got a copy from Best Buy and they'd taken it off the shelves. Had to ask the cashier to round one up. He said they're all to be shipped back to Apple.

That said, I'm getting ready to upgrade to Lion.

[Artelf2xs]

My mom just got a new Mini last week and it came with Lion. So I had a chance to check it out....
Looks like most of my apps are either Intel or universal..

You can get a list of exactly what apps will not work.... any that are classic or power PC...
From the apple in the upper right, select about this mac/ Then click the More info button.
in the  systems profiler that comes up select Applications on the lest.... you will get a list of every app including those that run in the background...
The far right column should be kind.... this will tell you if it will run with out rosetta!

[Artelf2xs]

Crap... after doing this myself, It seems the only stuff that will quit working on my macbook pro  is....

All the microsuck software :-O

Now i feel the need to go buy some beer so I can cry into it.... :-)

[Artelf2xs]

I have an original copy from the day it was released..... Paypal me 20 bucks and I'll ship it to you!

You'll need to download all the free upgrades, but everything will run for you.