“Adobe Systems on Wednesday said it has no plans to re-release its current applications as Universal binaries that can run natively on both Intel- and PowerPC-based systems, and instead will focus on delivering native support for Intel Macs along with the next major versions of its software,” Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider. “‘This applies to Adobe Creative Suite 2, Studio 8, as well as individual applications, such as Photoshop CS2, InDesign CS2, Acrobat 7.0 Professional, Dreamweaver 8, Flash Professional 8, and After Effects 7.0,’ the San Jose, Calif.-based software developer said in a statement. ‘Instead, we are focused on delivering the next versions of these products as Universal applications that will run natively on the new Intel-based Mac computers.'”
“Unfortunately for consumers and professionals alike, this news, which was first reported on Macintosh news site MacNN, means Creative Suite applications, including Adobe’s flagship Photoshop software, will not run natively on Intel Macs until a future release of Creative Suite,” Jade reports. “Citing a policy of not commenting on future ship dates, the company would only point to its track-record of releasing significant upgrades to its creative professional applications every 18-24 months. Adobe Creative Suite 2.0, the current version of its professional applications suite, was released in April of 2005. This means the first version of the suite to natively support Apple’s Intel Macs could be as many as 14 months away. A native version of Flash, which was last updated in August of 2005, could be even further.”
Full article here.
“While Adobe confirmed virtually all of its applications run under Apple’s Rosetta emulation environment, it said that customers would experience a few problems as well as a noticeable performance gap. ‘In general, applications that are not designed to run on Intel-based Mac computers, including current versions of Adobe’s creative professional applications, may be noticeably slower than they are running on PowerPC-based Macs. Instead of experiencing much-anticipated speed enhancements, customers are likely to see some degradation of performance.’ The company said that customers could mitigate some of these performance issues by using machines with large amounts of memory–at least one gigabyte of RAM, but recommends that professionals use PowerPC-based Macs for maximum workflow efficiency,” MacNN reports.
“‘Mac-based customers looking for optimal performance may prefer to run Adobe Creative Suite 2, Studio 8, and their components on PowerPC systems until we release future versions of our software as Universal applications,’ the company said. “In addition, it noted that Adobe’s Version Cue Workspace, a component of Creative Suite 2, is not compatible with Rosetta,” MacNN reports. “Release of the recently acquired Macromedia platform may even be further away, as Macromedia delivered major software upgrades in August 8, when it released Studio 8, which included the popular Dreamweaver 8, Flash 8, and Fireworks 8. The company also only recently released Adobe Affect Effects 7.0, a major new release of its video editing software, which could mean that those customers would wait at least another 18 months before seeing a native Intel version.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Ouch. Can we interest you in a nice Power Mac G5 Dual or Quad or 17-inch PowerBook G4 to tide you over? And what exactly is stopping Apple from buying Adobe? If the regulators would let it fly, it would accomplish many things wouldn’t it? See related article below.
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While one part of me thinks this is unreasonable, I also realize that the work in recompiling these applications (especially Photoshop) must be enormous.
Yeh heh heh heh hesssss. The drum beat starts. The smart money says, try Aperture. You’ll love it.
Check Mate Apple,
Looks like they are getting back at them for introducing competeing applications, Well so much for buying a new rev2 iMac.
This sucks Bigtime!
well i think they just dont want to deal with it.why pot out a universal version and give people te cross platform price when they can just be assholes and get the full upgrade price later
mdn word “income”
the bottom line
Or get a 20-inch iMac G5 (2.1 GHz) for $200 off while they last. I can’t go Intel unless the Adobe Creative Suite is a universal binary. Looks like Quark will get its edge back with its next release especially since its next release will be Intel native.
So here comes the CoreApp we’ve been lusting after…?
Apple can keep making G5s as long as people need them.
But hopefully it wont take adobe the maximum time in the range they gave.
I suspect that we’ll see developers try to beat Adobe to the punch. If Adobe won’t provide someone else will. it will fly if it will use Adobe file formats. Will it be Apple?
MDW: showed — Adobe thinks they showed Apple.
If they would have written good code to begin with and adhered to standards then the re-compile would not be so tedious.
I guess one day we can hope for a non over-bloated application from Adobe – those CS2 Illustrator files are 2 to 3 times the size of previous versions and just try to open 5 to 10 files at once it is unusable.
I hope Apple squashes them somehow for this. They get too much revenue from the Mac platform to simply walk away, anyhow.
Get ’em, Apple, MAKE ‘EM PAY!
Current CS2 customers are getting hosed. It’s an expensive suite that deserves better support. Surely a $60 UB upgrade fee is good enough for CS2.
greedy bastards.
I’m surprised Adobe didn’t add a few links and suggestions to buy a PC instead and tag on a big smiley face jpg at the end of the article.
Adobe is getting worse and worse (corporate direction – I like Photoshop/Illustrator). This absolutely sucks for those of us who dreaded the Macromedia acquisition. There is no excuse for releasing a universal binary during that time.
Adobe Death Star
“It was like a million mac users crying out in unison, then suddenly silenced…”
MW: “Death” – really – that was it!
Meanwhile, Director MX and prior versions, including Shockwave 8 runs like a dog on the new Intel Macs. Some 3D code doesn’t work at all.
Will Adobe resurrect Director? Will monkeys fly out of John Warnock’s butt?
It’s too bad, as there is nothing close to approaching Director’s capability in so many areas. Flash is cool at what it can do, but it sure can’t replace Director!
Who cares? CoreImage can do anything that Photoshop can, and it does it faster.
Good. Maybe this will allow Adobe enough time to fix its CrashWare — specifically InDesign CS2. What an absolute load of crap. Thank god we still use Quark as our primary layout program for design AND mechanicals at the agency where I work.
This is just stupid! Adobe has known for over a year that Apple would be introducing Intel based Macs in the first half of 2006. A developer kit as been available for over a year! Surely they could have had a few developers working a few hours a week on a UB update.
I hate Adobe. They are almost as bad as Quark (I really hate Quark).
Can someone help us out here?
Surely there are some coders that would like to make some money off of the Thousands of unhappy Adobe captives.
Hello, is anyone there?
This is BAD BAD BAD NEWS for Apple.
Creative professionals won’t be buying a new Mac anytime soon if this is true!
Ouch.
In other words, Adobe dragged their fat lazy feet and didn’t switch to XCode when Jobs warned all developers they should. (This was well before the announcement of the Intel transition, BTW.) Now they’re stuck. By the time they finish the conversion, it would be time to release the next version any way.
Oh, well. Same old, same old. Remember when Quark dragged their asses bringing out an OS X version? They seemed to think they were more important that the platform, that OS 9 would stick around forever, just for them. Meanwhile, Adobe raced ahead with InDesign. Now it looks like Adobe’s about to make the same mistake as their competitor. Don’t be surprised if it ends the same way.
Can someone pass all these comments to the appropriate persona at both Adobe & Apple.
Corporate culture nowadays sucks! Most large corporations strategise their workings to cater 85% to profit and shareholders leaving only 15% to cater for THE CUSTOMER.
Work it out – no customers = no profit = unhappy shareholders.
Yes – I know – where else do you go for apps like Photoshop – but in the long term this type of corporate strategy is unsustainable!
Customers revolt!
Adobe sucks. Screw them! I hope they crash and burn. I don’t even have a need for any of their professional stuff, but I feel for those who do. That’s now way to teat customers.
Yep, i predicted this. This is the same old song and dance we heard when Mac OS X came out.
This is why Apple couldn’t wait on the likes of Adobe and M$ before rolling out the Intel Mac’s. Otherwise they’d be waiting forever.
Didn’t the CEO of Adobe ask Steve: “What took you so long?” when Steve announced the Intel transition? Guess Steve will be asking the same thing next year of Adobe.
I only hope this pisses Steve off enough that Apple decides to do their own Adobe app killers. Who needs Adobe (or M$)?
MacGIMP Has Been Built Cross-Platform with XCode 2.2
“Xcode 2.2 from connect.apple.com has been released. Among the interesting functionalities in this version is something of interest to the GIMP community, namely, the ability for so-called fat, or cross-platform, binaries. A Universal binary of MacGIMP for PowerPC and Intel-based Macs has been built and is being tested in preparation for any Intel-based Macs that Apple may introduce in the future. If you would like to test the Intel-PowerPC Universal version of MacGIMP, please email: mat@macgimp.org”
Hello!!!! Do you see a intel power mac yet!! No! So why should adobe worry about a pro application when a pro computer is not even available yet.
Is anyone really surprised?
It’s adobe feelinf pretty safe with mst o the toys, may be a great opportunity for little software companies to make some money, or Apple may be smiling because it makes their aps, worksm and aperature worth looking at, for a lot less money.
Adobe who?