Pricing is not yet announced for CS6, but if you buy CS5.5 you get to use that while you wait for CS6, and you can take your time moving to CS6 until the first service update is released if you're one of those folks who likes to let other users find the bugs that got missed during testing. There's almost always a bug-fix update in the first 90 days or so.

Actually, although Vista won't be listed as supported by CS6, there will be nothing in the installers or the executables that will prevent it from installing and running. It simply isn't be tested and officially supported in the Vista environment that not-too-surprisingly enough has an exceptionally small user base compared to Windows 7 and even Windows XP.

          - Dov

Why not just wait? Or is CS6 likely to cost more?

Pricing is not yet announced for CS6, but if you buy CS5.5 you get to use that while you wait for CS6, and you can take your time moving to CS6 until the first service update is released if you're one of those folks who likes to let other users find the bugs that got missed during testing. There's almost always a bug-fix update in the first 90 days or so.

Another reason not to wait is that if you do any work with other people, they are unlikely to all upgrade to CS6 at the same time.

Since new releases of InDesign cannot directly save old version files, you'll need to export files from CS6 to IDML and run the risk that the export might be imperfect -- if you need to work with other people.

But if you buy CS5.5 now (and get the free upgrade to CS6), then you'll have CS5.5 and you can use it if you need, to when working with others.

Also:

Are there system requirements listed for CS6? Currently have an iMac i7 running 10.6.8. Thanks for the notification on the upgrade!!!

I can't really imagine a processor as new as a Core i7 would not be supported. You should be fine.

Similarly, there's a huge installed base of Snow Leopard, so that should also be fine.

Rob,

I don't think that has changed. Here is a link to an interesting article on CNET.com this morning on the reaction of Adobe's customers to the Creative Cloud offering:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57406922-264/stormy-reception-for-ad obes-creative-cloud/?tag=mncol;editorPicks

That certainly is my understanding, and the way it has worked in the past.

I would presume that the two are totally separate. The upgrade offer is for a "perpetual license" and Creative Clooud is a subscription product. Apples and oranges, as it were.