However, I can subscribe to the CS5.5 Design Premium for $95 per month or $1,140 per year (with an annual subscription)-a substantial savings over purchasing the suite. To buy it outright, I have to fork over $1,899. For example, I use Adobe Creative Suiteĭesign Premium. Software by subscription is indeed more affordable for many folks. Some might think that Adobe is forcing you to pay for your software every month, like paying protection to a neighborhood enforcer. It all sounds so suspicious, as if the company whose products you’ve grown to depend on is pulling a fast one on you. One predictable response to Adobe’s recently unveiled Subscription Editions software rental plan is outrage.

Macworld takes no position on this issue, and the views expressed in these articles are those of the writers only. Below is the case in favor of subscriptions.

But what are the advantages and disadvantages-both from a cost and a user standpoint-of owning rather than renting CS5.5? Macworld asked industry veterans Pamela Pfiffner and David Blatner to weigh in on the pros and cons of renting vs.

With CS5.5, users can subscribe on a month-to-month or yearly basis to any of Creative Suite’s individual packages or suites. Subscription Editions, a brand new Software as a Service model for Creative Suite 5.5 software.

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