Customer Rating: 
Summary: Just the Best
Comment: As always I hear some people trash the new upgrades. I have been using Photoshop starting with 5 and I have never had a problem downloading or using it. CS3 has many new things to learn and will take some time to pick up on the many tricks but I am excited to start this new venture. If you are a serious user, CS3 is for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Product, but....
Comment: Everyone knows that Photoshop is the best in its field. The program is awesome. The only beef I have is with Adobe's customer service. Setting aside the usual issues that require calling the manufacturer, this program, like anything else from Adobe, occasionally stops working for no reason. You get an error message saying that you need to reistall the program (which takes a good long time and MIGHT work), or call customer service. If you call Adobe's customer service, you get to talk to someone on the other side of the planet named "Bob" who is very polite but completely worthless.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great upgrade
Comment: I have been a loyal Photoshop user since V.5.0. It requires a commitment to master the many feature but it is really worth your time. There are now many sites that offer tutorials over the internet that will help the process along.
This is worthy upgrade from CS2 that has many new features that make converting your digital files to very beautiful photographs a really fun experience.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fine, but do not purchase this to upgrade from Creative Suite 2 package
Comment: While the product itself is fine, you should not purchase this upgrade if you have Adobe Creative Suite 2 and wish to just upgrade the Photoshop portion of the Creative Suite package. The upgrade will not succeed. Specifically, the serial number will not be accepted as valid.
If you have Creative Suite 2 and wish to upgrade Photoshop, you will need to purchase the Creative Suite 3 upgrade. This upgrade path will work, will result in the Photoshop portion being upgraded, and is still less expensive than purchasing the standalone Photoshop CS3.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Upgrade pains
Comment: Bought this out of necessity. Definitely problems with this product, unexpected instances of the help viewer open and crash the program. Program crashes unexpectedly while just trying to do simple tasks.
This aside, its the standard Adobe product story, you want to use it to the exclusion of everything else in your life...your job, your marriage, your personal hygiene.
Summary: Just the Best
Comment: As always I hear some people trash the new upgrades. I have been using Photoshop starting with 5 and I have never had a problem downloading or using it. CS3 has many new things to learn and will take some time to pick up on the many tricks but I am excited to start this new venture. If you are a serious user, CS3 is for you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Product, but....
Comment: Everyone knows that Photoshop is the best in its field. The program is awesome. The only beef I have is with Adobe's customer service. Setting aside the usual issues that require calling the manufacturer, this program, like anything else from Adobe, occasionally stops working for no reason. You get an error message saying that you need to reistall the program (which takes a good long time and MIGHT work), or call customer service. If you call Adobe's customer service, you get to talk to someone on the other side of the planet named "Bob" who is very polite but completely worthless.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great upgrade
Comment: I have been a loyal Photoshop user since V.5.0. It requires a commitment to master the many feature but it is really worth your time. There are now many sites that offer tutorials over the internet that will help the process along.
This is worthy upgrade from CS2 that has many new features that make converting your digital files to very beautiful photographs a really fun experience.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fine, but do not purchase this to upgrade from Creative Suite 2 package
Comment: While the product itself is fine, you should not purchase this upgrade if you have Adobe Creative Suite 2 and wish to just upgrade the Photoshop portion of the Creative Suite package. The upgrade will not succeed. Specifically, the serial number will not be accepted as valid.
If you have Creative Suite 2 and wish to upgrade Photoshop, you will need to purchase the Creative Suite 3 upgrade. This upgrade path will work, will result in the Photoshop portion being upgraded, and is still less expensive than purchasing the standalone Photoshop CS3.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Upgrade pains
Comment: Bought this out of necessity. Definitely problems with this product, unexpected instances of the help viewer open and crash the program. Program crashes unexpectedly while just trying to do simple tasks.
This aside, its the standard Adobe product story, you want to use it to the exclusion of everything else in your life...your job, your marriage, your personal hygiene.