I've been living with 4.0 for quite a while. The 3.0-to-4.0 upgrade wasn't that big of a deal so I waited through the 4.0-5.0 upgrade for 6.0 to come out. I do run Windows Vista on this PC so this upgrade was mainly to fix some problems that 4.0 had on Vista. After the upgrade to 6.0 and letting the upgrade chew through all photos overnight, I have to say it isn't a ton different than 4.0. Some tools are better, and maybe the smart image selection and panoramic tools are much better (haven't gone that deep into it yet), but the organizer is pretty much the same and runs at approximately the same speed. My photo scrolling is still stalled for 3 seconds every time it comes across a full resolution RAW photo as it was in 4.0. Running a full photo backup still changes the names of all my photos and puts them in a flat directory so I'm 100% locked to Adobe Photoshop Elements if I ever need to restore a backup. I really hate that! I won't use Adobe's internal backup again. It takes 10 seconds to delete a photo just like it did in 4.0. 4.0 would occasionally go to lunch if I scrolled with the wheel on the mouse. 6.0 doesn't seem to have any stability issues.
Overall, I feel suckered by Adobe into paying them to fix their own bugs with version 4.0 running on Vista. I've now paid over $300 for the initial purchase and subsequent upgrades for this package. My next upgrade may be to Google's Picasa where I can depend on it working though I may miss some features.
I'm a former Silicon Valley software nerd who has traded the fast life for a simple life raising a family in Colorado. Money doesn't go as far out here as it did in Silicon Vally. $75 for an upgrade is quite steep! I only do that for software that I love and depend upon. Photoshop Elements has been very important in communicating with the grandparents. Adobe needs to keep this product stable or I'll try something else the next time.Get more detail about Adobe Photoshop 6.0.
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