CAPROBERTS  14.0 has been out for a year know and so far there has been no bug fixing update???  
(Version 14.0)

RICHCASTILLO  Is it just me, getting impatient in my old age, or is Illustrator getting slower with each new release? (I started in '92 with 3.0) I skipped CS3 so I was very anxious to fire up CS4 when it arrived. After all, I've had a screaming octocore (6 GB RAM) for almost a year now and CS3 has been putting around in Rosetta. Can you imagine my frustration when I discovered Illustrator CS4 actually ran slower than CS2 on my 8 core MacPro?

Damn it! Its totally unresponsive when dragging the hand at 800x. I mean, I don't even get a frigging beach ball. It just sits there and totally ignores my attempt to pan. Fortunately, I don't have these problems in Photoshop. But I have to earn my living with Illustrator (consumer package design) and this is absurd.

I had to strike while the corporate iron was willing and got my 8 core off the shelf at MicroCenter so it admittedly has the slower video card. But all that I have read says you only need the top card for 3D graphics. Am I wrong?

And one more thing, I use Menu Meters so I've always got a visual representation on processor load. Well, I have yet to see Illustrator CS4 using more than one core at a time. I might as well go back to Rosetta.

Somebpdy, please help me !!!!!  
(Version 1.0)

TONY AGUILA  What is this? Version 1.0? Illustrator CS4 is version 14.0.0 as installed. It does not look like this is a patch to the current version. I wish they would make it clear if this is a trial version or a real patch/update.

The same goes for the other modules of CS4.  
(Version 1.0)

EASER  Does anyone know of an alternative draw program that can use Illustrator plug-ins? Thanks.  
(Version 13.0.3)

JAN13  ADOBE IS A MONOPOLY !!! AND SO HERE WE PAY THE PRICE .... IT WILL GET EVEN WORST FOR MAC USERS .... HOW SAD !  
(Version 13.0.3)

MCLEOD_68  This is crap

do not dl! it just does not work, not even a little! Not even if it is in the same folder as the application it should patch! And no, i am not going to reinstall CS3 just to make this crappy patch work.  
(Version 13.0.3)

TWELVEIGHTYONE  I just wish someone at Adobe would give this company some direction. Vague update release notes, daft crop spraying of folders all over my hard drive, inability to strip unwanted language files from their apps (they stop working if you try to do it).

Adobe, please remember - KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID!  
(Version 13.0.3)

KOBALT  Okay, so is this update *only* useful for Japanese users? The Adobe weblink is suitable vague (as in it doesn't mention anything about Japanese users, unlike the spiel here at MU). Confuse me, why don't you ...  
(Version 13.0.3)

FOULGER  This brilliant update can't find Illustrator 13.02 even though its sitting in the applications folder.  
(Version 13.0.3)

BLUESTAR  Because Adobe is in bed with storage device makers ! They make applications now close to 1GB big, I mean that's insane! Just so you eat up hard drive space and soon you will run out of space and go out and buy a bigger hard drive to store useless application data such as 12 other language packs that come with the app that you will NEVER use.  
(Version 13.0.3)