I just purchased a new computer, can I keep my CS2 on my laptop as well as my home PC (the new one) or do I need to purchase another version. My understanding is that I have to cancel one (my laptop) to add to my PC but I often use my Laptop in the field and having it on botnh computers is vital, is it possible?
Posted by Greg Maklae on January 1, 2009 at 6:25 AM
As long as you are the only user, I do not see a problem with having it on both systems.
Yes you can, somewhere in the fine print that comes with PS it says you are allowed to have the program installed on a PC as well as a portable device such as a laptop. Greg's comment about being the the only user is also mentioned in that same fine print.
Posted by Nat Coalson on January 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM
To my understanding the EULA (end user license agreement) for recent versions of Photoshop does allow you to install and use one copy of the software on two computers, provided you're the only one using it and that you don't run both copis at the same time.
With regard to actually installing and running the prgoram, you can activate a single copy of Photoshop exactly twice before you would need to contact Adobe and get additional activations.
Daniel, I have used PhotoShop on my Desktop as well as my laptop. Adobe keeps pretty good acounts of where their programs are. They never said anything to the contrary so my assumption is that they are OK with 2 copies to the same owner. In fact, they offer a bous, ie fonts and that bonus was sent to both machines.
You can use PS on two computers. I have PS CS3 activated on my desktop and laptop. When I purchased a new desktop, I did have to deactivate from my old computer in order to activate on my new desktop. I think this applies to Adobe software in general since it is the same for Lightroom.
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5 repliesWith regard to actually installing and running the prgoram, you can activate a single copy of Photoshop exactly twice before you would need to contact Adobe and get additional activations.
It actually states this in the user license.