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But then again, I kind of love my nice new shiny Mac. Not disappointed in Adobe, but rather my ability to continue to use CS2 on a later model computer without yet another reach into the pocketbook. Ten years has seen incredible changes in both technology and the ability of manufacturers to reach back into the pockets of its customers. You wanted to upgrade, you spent more money if you were satisfied, you didn't upgrade. At that time, you bought the software, you owned the software. That's certainly true these days, but not so much when I purchased CS2 originally. You stated 'technology moves forward - and often compatibility with older applications is lost in the process'. $10 a month for Adobe is certainly reasonable, and would have been much easier for me to afford than the $1200 or so I payed in one purchase ~10 years ago (even though it works out to about the same amount). I've looked at Affinity, and while it has some amazing functions, it would take me much longer to edit using the program, since I'd have to learn yet another program, so I'll have to take that into account when deciding which of the recommended options to use.

I truly appreciate your recommendations, and your willingness to provide educated help and I will likely continue with Adobe. It has provided everything I've needed it to. The actions I had purchased were all photography based and I've been exceptionally pleased with my purchases for the past 10 years or so. While it was an enriching experience the first time around, once I learned to use it, and then later downloaded the updated versions of CS to experiment, in all honesty I discovered I was not motivated enough to relearn the program and still am not.

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I self educated myself on CS2 and it took an inordinate amount of time for me to learn to use it, since forums were basically my only options other than reading a manual which I didn't understand.

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Most notably, your recommendation for installing a virtual machine with Windows 10 allowing me to use the Mac. You've provided a number of solutions, none of which were what I was hoping to hear, but it certainly gives me options. That, and I wanted a larger screen for older eyes, as well. That was actually the deciding factor for me in moving to the Mac desktop. I learned to do my editing with the trackpad on my laptop, and Mac was the only desktop version that offered the trackpad. I moved from a 17' notebook to the 27' desktop as an amazing retirement gift from my husband. While I considered updating my notebook Dell XPS M1730 to a newer model, I use CS2 for professional photography and based on other photographers experiences with Mac's considered the switch an upgrade. My dealings with Adobe have always had a positive outcome in the past, and I'm hoping the streak continues! I know Apple is unlikely to provide it, because they want folks to use Affinity. I'm really feeling like there should be a customer support solution to this issue. Once the Vista version is completely unsupported, I'm no longer comfortable using that computer due to the possibility of hacking. I actually tried that route before upgrading my computer, but had to reinstall my backup just to keep CS working.

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It's not an option for me to upgrade to Windows 10 based on RAM in my older computer, thus the purchase of the MAC.

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My Alienware PC was top of the line, Adobe CS was (and still is) top of the line, and *updating* operating systems to the point where software could no longer be used was unheard of when I made those purchases. It' s terribly frustrating to spend so much money on a product, then not be able to use it. I get that this is not an Adobe issue, however, I'm hoping Adobe can provide a solution of some sort. First of all, thanks for taking the time to answer, kglad.