CS5 upgrade license renders CS3 an invalid license?

Yes it does. I do it all the time. It's rare indeed that I connect the
camera to the computer.

 

Told ya.

 

Latest per the EULA readers at Adobe forums...

Keeping the prior version running on the primary machine is OK per the
CS5 EULA (Yes, I looked at it) - same machine, mind you.

So my current state:

iMac: PS CS3 and CS5

and

MBA: PS CS5

is in compliance with the EULA.

But ... not allowed to run CS5 on both machines at the same time.

 

....and now all is well with the World.

I just hope all works out OK running CS5 comfortably on the MBA.

 

I've done a few tests. It's fine. I don't expect to be doing heavy
editing or preparing prints with it. The photo priorities for the MBA:

-storage tank for photos while traveling
(convert raw to DNG; re-name; store).

12 raw's (24.6 Mpix) iMac: 1 min 23 s
SanDisk Extreme III 8 GB MBA: 1 min 53 s


-light edits to send photos home to the family and
other innocent bystanders.

CS5 is huge overkill for that, but at least I don't have to fork out
cash for Elements or Aperture. (I do have an Elements 3.0 license for
Windows, but I doubt I could DL it for Mac and get Adobe to transfer the
license. I don't want to install WinXP on the Mac either.

I did install GIMP, but as always, despise it. (For the life of me I
can't figure out how to re-size and crop (in one action) to a specific
dimension like 1280 x 800 pixels).

Another nice benefit of the SSD in the MBA is I can comfortably transfer
from camera cards to the 'disk' in the MBA while driving over dirt roads
w/o worrying about the mechanics of the disk. Should allow me to
surround a beer that much earlier in the evenings...

 

they crossgrade cs for free, they might do it for elements too.

 

I know. My original CS3 was on Windows then crossed to the Mac.

But Elements 3 is quite a bit old now and not (AFAIK) supported. I
doubt I can find a Mac copy of it, never mind getting the license
crossed over.

(I could, for the purpose of vacation, just do a trial install of
Elements 9)

IAC, with CS5 running on the MBA my efforts are over.

The only GPS street navigator for the Mac I can find is pretty
expensive. ($99 (s/w) + 59 for the North America map (!)).

(by comparison the not-so-bad Microsoft Streets and Maps is $25 (s/w and
map for N.A. ... or $50 a GPS receiver).