Adobe Blames Apple for CS5 Crashes Under Mac OS X 10.6.4

So let me get this right: Adobe is without sin here. Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth. Adobe is all-knowing and perfect, and Apple is evil.

I call BS.

If Adobe got off its collective petard and actually worked, this article might not have appeared. I have other graphics apps that I use with Snow Leopard (non-Adobe) that work perfectly. My wife cannot use a new Mac tower because CS5 won't work with Snow Leopard, while other non-Adobe apps will. This tells me that Adobe in its hubris decided to ignore Apple developer guidelines with the major releases. And the fix that Adobe suggests for CS4 users who need to use Snow Leopard? Why use the latest patch - CS5, for an additional $300 to upgrade.

If you troll the Adobe user forums, you will see a blistering outpouring of hate responses by CS5 customers, who are little more than beta testers who paid dearly for the privilege of purchasing a program that is absolutely broken. Users can't print, can't scan, crash frequently, and are furious. Other applications that were originally developed for OS-X 10.1 don't do this.

I hope a class action suit is formed that puts a hurt on Adobe. The company has become an abusive monopoly.

Not to worry: When Google gets a graphic design program together, Adobe will be toast. (n.b. I have no insider info re Google's projects. it's a surmise based on their very fine free Sketchup. ) CS4's been crashing on my MacBookPro since February 2010. Photoshop user for 15 years, never experienced this level of instability. There is much confusion surrounding compatibility with MBP graphics card. It would seem Adobe has no wish to clarify the issue. Take a look at their System Requirements for CS5 in the Adobe sales module, "In Depth":
1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM

So...what qualifies as a qualified card?
Two salespeople at Adobe had no idea.
One tech agent said my card would be fine for CS5, one said forget about it.

Back in Feb., an Adobe tech agent told me that if I wanted CS4 to function, I should swap out my GeForce 8600M GT for something they know they support. But you can't swap graphic cards in an MBP. So here I am. Neither CS4 or 5 is compatible with my 2 3/4 year-old MBP. Any suggestions?

Not to let Apple off the hook. Even Quicken crashes in 10.6.4. I don't totally buy that Apple gives developers all the info they need with plenty of lead time. A pox on both their houses!

I would continue: "Adobe blaims Apple, Microsoft, Intel and some other hardware producers for CS5 crashes"
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stupid, huh!? CS5 crashes under MacOS X, Win XP, Win Vista and Win 7! It crashes constantly, on most actions! And they blame other developers!!!??