Just curious

Does anyone plan on buying CS6 software as an investment considering the course that they are taking?

I am considering it right now. I think it will be the last one you can actually own. I just don't like renting software.

WE recently had a long discussion about this.

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Nope, my wallet is closed to Adobe.

Yeah I've seen some of the recent discussions concerning renting software and personally I have not and will not rent software. If I can't own it I will use some other product and I that's the reason I asked because I think a lot of people think the way I do. I am possibly coming into a small bit of money and am wanting to invest and this seemed like a perfect situation. Got an email from Adorama and they are having a sale CS6 for $530 and it got me to thinking.

Save yourself some money and order the teacher/student version. It's exactly the same just cheaper. If you have a kid, grandkid, niece/nephew or even a next door neighbor, you qualify. My grandkids have a slew of various software items.....

As to your central question, yes, absolutely. CS6 is an awesome program.

I've known two people. And what Dave said, find a student or teacher the the software is $349.

All said and done, there is no program that works as well as CS6.
Granted GIMP is great & is open source and i support it fully and if push comes to shove i would rather use GIMP than pay a rent, BUT CS6 is really a fantastic program.
It will surely support all our photographic needs for at least a couple of years if not more.
For the lot of us (semi-pro & lower), it will definitely do everything you would need to still make eye popping images.

Go for the student version and hang on to it as it may be the last of a to be extinct species of digital software