UPDATE (2:22pm seattle-time): amazon.com just pulled their prices and pages that i had linked below… guess it spread across the net faster than they expected! hah! as u were…
most of the details have already bee revealed about adobe’s huge upgrade of its cs3 line of content creation software, except for the pricing. a day before adobe’s official rollout on march 27, now amazon has spilled the beans on the adobe creative suite cs3 and all of its iterations, offering pre-order pages for the dizzying array of combinations in which you can buy adobe’s full lineup.
on amazon, pricing in full details of each version of the software is listed as follows: adobe creative suite cs3 web premium will be $1599, adobe creative suite cs3 master collection is $2499, adobe creative suite cs3 production premium goes for $1199 and adobe creative suite cs3 design premium will be $1599. take a look at a table showing which bundle contains which applications, along with their gorgeous new boxes and amazon’s quoted ship dates, after the jump.
view the packages chart to see what’s included in them. also be sure to check out the awesome new packaging for each application!
of course, adobe is trying to get you to buy all of its software together in huge boxes, but you’ll still be able to pick up stand-alone versions of your favorites in cs3 trim such as photoshop, premiere pro (to be available for intel mac), illustrator, after effects, and more.
wandering around the amazon leakage, you can see that most of these software bundles will be available april 20, but it looks like if you want the full boat master collection, or premiere pro, soundbooth, or encore, you’ll have to wait until july 1.
adobe says this is the largest software upgrade in its history, and the company even goes so far as to say it’s the largest software rollout in the history of all software. good gawd. looking at the master collection, there are 21 software applications!
for myself… i know it will definitely be at least the cs3 design premium bundle, though the master collection does look extremely nice as well as i begin to work more with video and audio editing! 