Macromedia Studio 8 Info

Here's the best info I've found so far about Macromedia Studio 8, which was announced this week. The article has detailed info from a web designer who clearly spent a considerable amount of time with the product. If you're interested in Flash 8, there are also some good tidbits here.

It looks like I will probably be investing in the $399 Studio upgrade. At first I was thinking I only needed Flash 8, but Macromedia is obviously making it very enticing for people to jump up to Studio for just $100 dollars more. So basically you're getting 4 products for $100 each. Also, the upgrade requirements are very friendly. All prior versions of Studio, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks are now eligible for the upgrade price. Anyone who owns either Flash, DreamWeaver or FireWorks can upgrade to Studio for the same flat price. It makes me wonder why anyone would pay $999 for the full version. Instead you could just buy Fireworks MX 2004 for $299 and then get the studio upgrade for $399, saving yourself $202! (You can probably find an older version on Ebay for even less.) I suppose this is Macromedia's sneaky way of hooking people who currently only use a part of the "studio" into the entire thing.