>>>> the
>>>> thing I can't figure out is how a normal human manages to get near a
>>>> copy of Photoshop in the first place.
>>> £361.58 on buy.com.
>> I thought it was a lot more than that. Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of the
>> whole "creative suite" rather than just Photoshop.
> 
> That was the pricing on Creative Suite 4.  Photoshop on its own is less 
> expensive - I figured you were thinking of the most expensive option, so 
> that's what I looked for (the most expensive version of Photoshop I could 
> find).
> 
> How much did you think it was?

ebuyer.com, Adobe Creative Suite 4, Complete Package, Windows: £1,502.62

If that doesn't make you feel slightly dizzy, I don't know what will...

(Weirdly enough, I can't seem to see a price for just Photoshop by 
itself, only Photoshop Elements is listed - or student versions, which 
obviously has totally different pricing.)

>>> Windows Server 2008 by comparison is £631.22 on buy.com for a 5-user
>>> CAL.
>> Fortunately, unless you run a server, you don't need this product. (In
>> other words, your employer is going to pay for it, not you.)
> 
> That's frequently the case for users of Adobe Photoshop as well - 
> especially CS:  The people who tend to use it are the pros, not the 
> hobbiest user.

Well, yeah, there is that. It's not the package I'd choose to go out and 
buy. Then again, Mike apparently did...

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