4 Replies Latest reply: Oct 3, 2012 8:51 AM by John T Smith RSS

    New Installation CS6 - New PC - Upgrade

    Dave Dwyer Community Member

      Hey all .. I have been trying in vain to open a support case in order to ask this question but can't for the life of me find where to go to do that.

       

      So I thought I'd post in the forum and see how we go.

       

      Story is, I originally purchased Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 back in the day and over the years I have purchased upgrades. I'm currently at CS5.5.

       

      I am about to build a new PC for video editing and I would like to install CS6 on the new PC.


      So, do I need to start at the beginning again and install CS4 on my new PC or can I simply purchase and install the CS6 upgrade fresh on my new PC without having to install any of the previous versions?

        • 1. Re: New Installation CS6 - New PC - Upgrade
          ComputerNovice25 Community Member

          Personally I'd recommend you sign up for the creative cloud membership. You can use your CS4 license key in order to recieve a big discount on the monthly pricing. If you simply provide your cs4 licnese key during sign up you'll only have to pay 29.99 per month and you'll get access to adobes "latest and greatest". You'll be able to use the Master Collection. So any app you want to use you can just download using your creative cloud account. I personally feel this is probably the best option for you. The other great thing is that you never get stuck with old out of date software again. Because as soon as they realease their new Suite you get access as long as your membership is still going. So if you do the math 29.99x12 months =  359.00USD which is much cheaper than paying 2500 USD and buying the master collection. Plus you have to remember with creative cloud you won't ever get stuck with a old version... So IMO this pricing plan works great for me, another reason I like it is because it's more affordable for me to spend 29.99USD a month instead of spending several thousand. However it all comes down to what you want to do.  You have to access the internet once a month though, so it can verify you made your payment, but everyone has internet these days so that isn't a big deal for most people.

          (All you have to do is sign up a creative cloud account, then from there log in to your creative cloud account and start to download the apps you want to use. Then install them and you're ready to roll)

           

          Click where it says "Existing customers".

           

          https://creative.adobe.com/plans

           

          Good Luck

          • 2. Re: New Installation CS6 - New PC - Upgrade
            Dave Dwyer Community Member

            I've heard of the Cloud but had not known what it was about until your post. Thanks for explaining it so well.

            • 3. Re: New Installation CS6 - New PC - Upgrade
              Dave Dwyer Community Member

              $29.99US per month which with current exchange rates equals $29 Aussie dollars for us folk down under.

               

              Unfortunately however once the Aussie dollar is chosen on the sign up page, the amount goes up to $37 per month.

               

              Funny that

               

              Still great value!

              • 4. Re: New Installation CS6 - New PC - Upgrade
                John T Smith CommunityMVP

                In general, all you need to do to install an upgrade is have your previous serial number handy, to type in when asked