● IMac _{3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-4 GB 800MHz DDR2 SDRAM – 2×2 GB-1TB Serial ATA Drive-NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS w/512MB GDDR3-Apple wireless Mighty Mouse
-Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) + User’s Guide-Aperture preinstalled}_ > $2,898.00
● Final Cut Studio 2 > $1,299.00
● Final Cut Studio 2 – Upgrade from Final Cut Studio > $499.00
● Office 2008 for Mac – Home and Student Edition > $149.95
● Adobe Creative Suite 3.3 Master Collection > US $2,499.00
- TOTAL $ 7.344,95 – This is the “minimum” configuration that a professional designer need. Of course there are plenty of little softwares/Apps etc. and also Lots of Plug-ins, effects etc. for Final Cut Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop…
I’m not a student, I work since 12 years in Branding and design fields. But it’s still pain in the “knees” to buy legally all that stuff… But you NEED it. Because your company use these, so you need to have the same at home to improve your skills or to continue to work on some files…
I would like to know which kind of student can afford this… Even me with a salary, I can’t !! Wouahaha ; )
Seriously, I was wondering if it was not a strategy of the Adobe etc. companies to “allow” easy cracking codes for their softwares in order to be the first worldwide…(?)
When I ask to all my friends or professional around me in the same job, I can say NO ONE bought 1 software legally. (should I change of friends? haha). Even the ones are working in freelance. It’s BAD, baaaaad. But it’s the truth…
We HAVE to pay these softwares in order for them to continue to improve, to pay the research etc; but will it be a solution to give 2 prices: 1 for the companies and 1 less expensive for the “public”?
I don’t know the solution for now.
But I’d like to thank you all for your interesting answers and… Please, stay polite and respect the others even if you don’t agree with them?
Cheers!