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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 10:09 |
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Squarerigger
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I am in the process of purchasing a new iMac to replace my current iMac which is now 7 years old. I also have been looking at adding Photoshop Elements 11 when this happens. When I looked up the photoshop program on Apple store, it comes as a DVD. Well, the new iMac has dropped the DVD from the machine.  Seems rather short sighted.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 10:23 |
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Eric
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Squarerigger wrote: I am in the process of purchasing a new iMac to replace my current iMac which is now 7 years old. I also have been looking at adding Photoshop Elements 11 when this happens. I fear too many current developers have ther heads in the icloud. Wonder if this might help.... http://nikondslr.uk/view_topic.php?id=463&forum_id=7 CS2 has all of the underlying features and capabilities of later versions...just less of the potted methods. if it can be updated that might be another route.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 10:44 |
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Squarerigger
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Thanks Eric, I find it funny/sad that when you look up the iMac in the Apple store and you look at the list of possible upgrades, they list a DVD player you cable onto the desktop via USB. How's that for state of the art electronics. Take the damn DVD out of the machine and make me buy one that takes up more space on the desk. I thought computers and all this new tech stuff was supposed to make my life easier. I don't carry my cell phone anymore. If I leave the house I throw it in the glove box in the car and when I return home, I put it on the charger at home. I turn it on once or twice a day to check for any messages. Sometimes I miss a few days  . Sorry, had a bit of a rant there - feel much better - now where the hell did I leave that cell phone thing.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 10:44 |
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jk
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Apple says that if you want a CD/DVD/BluRay reader/writer then you can buy and attach one via USB or Firewire. This reduces the cost of the computer and also the optical reader/writer is a little used item especially in an iclouded world. Here in Spain there are few clouds, a fast internet connection is 4MB/s and out of town it is 1MB/s so we have no iClouds that I can see.
____________________ Still learning after all these years! https://nikondslr.uk/gallery_view.php?user=2&folderid=none |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 11:05 |
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Robert
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Squarerigger wrote: Thanks Eric, I find it funny/sad that when you look up the iMac in the Apple store and you look at the list of possible upgrades, they list a DVD player you cable onto the desktop via USB. How's that for state of the art electronics. Take the damn DVD out of the machine and make me buy one that takes up more space on the desk. Gary, Apple have been dropping the optical drives from all their new computer introductions since the Mac Book Air launched. I haven't missed it. The MBA DVD drive is Wi-Fi as far as I know, it's only £60 and can be shared between a number of computers if need be. When I got Lightroom I downloaded it from the adobe site as a demo which is fully functional for 30 days, I later added a key and that revived it after the 30 days expired. I did the same when I got the Adobe CS5 suit of Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator and Acrobat Pro, I simply downloaded them and used them in 30 day demo mode to start with while I decided if I really wanted them. When the 30 days expired then I got the keys from Adobe and that revived them and allowed me to authorise them with Adobe. I haven't installed software from a CD or DVD for years. Elements will be available from the Mac App Store (MAS) and will be a painless automatic installation with updates via the MAS Updates mechanism.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 13:51 |
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Squarerigger
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Thanks Robert, it's good to have an Apple mole so to speak.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 13:56 |
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jk
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Gary if you get the new iMac you will find that if it is latest spec or 2013 built then it will be all home grown. That is all built in USA. Seems like Apple is moving work back to USA from China. Is the tide turning?
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 14:03 |
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Squarerigger
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jk wrote:Gary if you get the new iMac you will find that if it is latest spec or 2013 built then it will be all home grown. That is all built in USA. Seems like Apple is moving work back to USA from China. That is great. I wish we would stop moving manufacturing off to other countries. Makes the lack of a DVD more digestible. 
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| Posted: Mon Jan 7th, 2013 20:47 |
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richw
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If you have fast internet DVD in a computer is waste now, I haven't used the one in my Macbook Pro for well over a year.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 8th, 2013 02:06 |
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blackfox
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gary you do not need the dvd ,if you look on the APPS store on your i-mac you can buy elements on there .this is the way they are going these days ,usually it works out cheaper for you to .unfortunate if you have already bought a hard copy though :baffled:
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