Though many might think that Adobe stands to profit the most from its forthcoming release of the newly-designed uber-popular version of their Creative Suite software, it seems more profit will land directly in Apple’s lap.

Creative Suite is considered by many to be the filet mignon of image-editing software on the market, and includes tools such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator. What makes CS3 what Adobe calls, “the largest software release in Adobe’s 25 year history,” is that it is designed specifically for Intel-based Macs.

For those who work or dabble in the creative arts, it is generally accepted that Macs are the industrial standard; CS3 will stand to vastly surpass the performance and features of the previous PC-based editions. How does this all come together for dollars and cents to Apple?

Well, many current imaging professionals are still behind the Intel-based Mac wave, using PowerPC-based systems, and a large percentage of them have held out on making the jump to Intel-based machines until CS3 hit the market. A 2006 survey of Mac users projected approximately 3 million Apple users will purchase Adobe’s CS3. If 15% of the new Adobe adopters upgrade from their current rigs to either Mac Pros or Macbook Pros (the status quo tools of professionals), Apple will land a minimum sum of $900 million U.S. Must be nice.

Gene Munster, the analyst responsible for the projected profits Apple will reap speculated that, contrary to murmers and whispers, Apple will not release its upcoming OS X Leopard until some time in May. Apparently, different analysts were calling for Leopard’s release in late-March, or early May, but Munster responded, “I don’t know where this March talk is coming from.”

Its coming from our hearts, Gene…our hearts.

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Entry was posted on Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 at 9:52 pm under Apple, Intel.

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