Pros, Cons and the Bottom Line

Pros +
Enhanced project management capabilities; advanced plug-in support; comprehensive Windows Media 7 encoding integration.

Cons —
Productivity tools for large-scale projects are lacking.

Bottom line
Shortens the production cycle for streaming media producers. If you already use Premiere to capture, edit, or export, the upgrade is well worth the cost.

Vendor Web site: www.adobe.com
List price: $549; $149 upgrade

Requirements:
Pentium 300MHz or PowerPC; Windows 98/2000/NT or MacOS 9.0.4; 32MB of RAM; 85MB hard drive space (50MB for Mac).

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