Has anyone received their upgrade to Adobe CS4?

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If you felt CS3 had your machine coughing sometimes, you WILL experience it falling down on its knees in CS4. It’s a lot more power hungry, so buy RAM, lots of it. I know it’s a cliché kind of answer, but really.

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