Adobe Illustrator Cs5?

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I have been considering whether or not to purchase Adobe Illustrator Cs5. It's really expensive, and the retail price is just about my total sum of money! I really want it, but I'm not sure if I should buy it because it is so expensive. I have never owned an adobe product before so if I got it, this would be my first one which is also why I'm a little weary because I don't really know what to expect from it. I'm not even sure if I need to own Photoshop Cs5 to purchase it, or if you can buy illustrator Cs5 all on its own. If someone could tell me that, that would be great. Also, I found a few websites that sell them for cheaper prices. Amazon being one of them, which I trust the most, but what about this one?

http://www.baselinesoftware.com/illustrator-cs5-windows.html?gclid=CNjoyInoraUCFUGo4Aod1i33YA

It says something about it being the same thing as the retail version, just having education edition printed on the box. I don't understand why it would be cheaper if it is the same thing...but if someone could look at that and tell me whether or not that is a good place to get it from, or what exactly it means that would really help me out! Serious answers please, and if you have experience with this, or any other photoshop product, let me know if it's worth it to buy it or not!

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You can buy the individual software package or you can buy them in bundles which is cheaper if you decide you need a combination of pacakages for what you want to do.

As for education (or academic) versions - these are the same as the full version but the limit is that you can only use them for education/training purposes. So if you're a student that's fine but if you intend to use it to make money at some point you are breaking the user licence on the product.

I use a combination of Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, once you get used to the layout of one you'll find the others use similar layout/tools.

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