Adobe has announced the release of Acrobat 8 Professional for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, and Acrobat 8 Standard for Windows, are immediately available in English, French, German, and Japanese language versions. The Mac OS X version of Acrobat 8 Professional is a Universal Binary that will install and run natively on Intel and PowerPC based Macintosh systems.
Acrobat 8 Professional is available for an estimated street price of US$449, and registered users of qualifying earlier versions of Acrobat can upgrade to Acrobat 8 Professional for an estimated street price of US$159. Acrobat 8 Standard is available for an estimated street price of US$299, and registered users of qualifying earlier versions of Acrobat can upgrade to Acrobat 8 Standard for an estimated street price of US$99. Additionally, Adobe Reader 8 is expected to be available in early December 2006.
More info: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
Well, for all those who screamed murder, looks like adobe has been working on Universal versions of there apps.
So PIPE DOWN
LOL
This is a dumb question I’m sure, but why do I need this? I can already read and save PDF files..it’s like…built in to OS X…
Mactivist, I think you are confusing Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. Acrobat allows you to build PDF files. It does more than just save a doc in PDF format.
I’ve been waiting for this! For me, it seems that Acrobat Pro was the worst Adobe performer under Rosetta. Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign were a tad slow on my MacBook Pro, but Acrobat has been truly painful to use. I will definitely be upgrading.
Oh, I thought it was Adobe Photoshop. Sorry, my mistake.
I don’t use Adobe. My house is brick.
Alternatively, you may want to use the Pro version of Smile on My Mac’s PDFpen.
Is it my imagination or is Acrobat Standard only available for Windows? That means I have to pay roughly £70 extra ($120ish) for features I don’t need.
Go take a look at Daring Fireball for a very well balanced (and carefully argued) take on Adobe and its position with Universal apps.
And finally, it’s funny how Lightroom came out for Mac first as soon as Aperture appeared…
So…what exactly does Acrobat offer that Pages doesn’t?
Seriously – what makes it worth buying?
I called the Adobe people and was told that they were not making th Standard version for Mac anymore. What gives!
Sure enough!!!!! Check the web site. Acrobat 8 is ONLY FOR WINDOWS!!!!
A D O B E S U C K S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They told me it was because the Mac market is too small. Puckers!!!!!!
Cog:
Ha!… you obviously don’t use professional publishing software… as Acrobat and Pages are two completely different applications.
Acrobat Professional allows you to produce and edit pdfs. It also allows you annotate with notes right there on the page and to produce interactive pdfs – the kind that allows a recipient to add text into pre-designated fields. With multi-page pdfs – such as magazine production pages, or long documents, it allows you to add to or delete from the master document, to correct typos or add text. Or even to extract a single page from a multi-page pdf document. You can also extract the data from a pdf and convert it all to postscript for editing in Photoshop or other image editing software.
Acrobat reader – which you probably use is not editable in any form. Neither is the pdf that Macs produce. Pages meanwhile, whilst a neat program to use for home newsletters, is aimed squarely at the home user [obviously you in this case] and not the professional market.
But no Intel-based version of Acrobat Reader?
So, what’s the deal w/Acrobat 8 Standard only available for Windows? Do Mac Users actually miss out on anything? What is the difference between Standard and Pro (other than the cost)?
Thanks!
I use ArchiCAD to out put PDF files of drawings. I then use the standard version of Acrobat to bind them into a book, so the client doen’t have to sift through 15-30 seperate pdf files. I DO NOT NEED THE PRO FEATURES. Is there any other software that will do this, or I am I stuck buying the pro version.
If the program was coded correctly, shouldn’t a univeral version be as simple as flipping a switch in the complier? Wouldn’t have to package it for retail, but at least they could offer it as a download.
… are f**king ridiculous.
And what’s with these non-sensical gaps in what they offer? First that sound editing app of there’s isn’t available for PPC Macs even though it’s written in Universal Binary (what, couldn’t afford to check that extra box during the compile, Bruce?). And now, no Standard version of Acrobat for Mac users at all, but the MORE feature laden (and thus more expensive to develop) Pro version is somehow cost effective to offer.
Stupid all the way around.
MDN Magic Word is “anti”
Appropo, since I’m becoming more anti-Adobe with every new press release.
Odyssey67
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great, now there’s only 16 months more until a UB version of after effects will be released.
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From: MacArch
Nov 02, 06 – 09:17 pm
I use ArchiCAD to out put PDF files of drawings. I then use the standard version of Acrobat to bind them into a book, so the client doen’t have to sift through 15-30 seperate pdf files. I DO NOT NEED THE PRO FEATURES. Is there any other software that will do this, or I am I stuck buying the pro version.
If the program was coded correctly, shouldn’t a univeral version be as simple as flipping a switch in the complier? Wouldn’t have to package it for retail, but at least they could offer it as a download.
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PDFLab (Free) binds PDFs, ranges of pages, rotates, and also jpg into a single PDF
Chuy
I will check it out!
I do like some of the other feature in Acrobat such as the mark ups and comments, but you’d be surprised how many end users don’t even know how to zoom in on pdf drawing, much less these ‘advanced’ features!
Thanks
Adobe has announced the release of Acrobat 8 Professional for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X..
Notice something?
Adobe is now shifting their product releases for both platforms at the same time.
So CS3 should be released for ‘Doze and Mac OS X at the same time as well, perhaps even on the same disks.
Also the way Apple has standardized on PDF generation in apps/Preview etc is to strenghten Adobe’s hand against Microsoft’s generic format.
It’s a stradgety of surviving longer in the PDF wars, therefore Adobe, which has to make a profit, has to charge high prices.
Eventually Adobe will have to exit this market.
“use ArchiCAD to out put PDF files of drawings. I then use the standard version of Acrobat to bind them into a book, so the client doen’t have to sift through 15-30 seperate pdf files. I DO NOT NEED THE PRO FEATURES. Is there any other software that will do this, or I am I stuck buying the pro version.”
I’m pretty sure Automator has a workflow action for concatenating multiple PDF files.. maybe that was just a dream I had though (at work right now on Windows so I can’t just look)