IGREG  PE 4 DID NOT work well with iPhoto, contrary to so-called expert reviews and Adobe advertising, & I see no reason why PE 6 would be any better.

PE has always been bloated and not user-friendly.  
(Version 6.0)

ANANCON  I’ve tried Photoshop CS3 now and am very dissatisfied.

Photoshop gets bigger and bigger, and most innovations are the usual steps of image editing, just combined into what they call "big groundbreaking new features".

I don’t know any reason to buy every few month a new version of this 2D-image editing app, - what great improvements do it get for my money except for always having the newest version?

I have to buy a new mac with every photoshop version, that helps appleadobe, but what are my benefits?

It gets more bugs and is bloated and slower and slower with every version, and is far away now from the fast and simple task of 2D-image-editing/designing.

I’m a photographer and graphicdesigner and work in this business since 20 years now.

I’ve made high-professionell retouching on Macs with 200 Mhz, and now with 2x2000 Mhz, but overall it needs the same time to finish my work.

I really don’t see any benefits in my daily tasks with this new version and the last 2 versions.

Since the invention of layers in 1994 and the actions in 1996, what really big invention happened since then, what made my daily work easier?

Yes, the text-functions where overhauled in 1999 and the vector elements of the same year where really useful in some situations, but then? Yes, some gimmicks and many time-consuming kiddythings popped up here and there in the app, but for serious work, what was better?

For me photoshop was finshed with version 5.5, if you wanted vector-editing, version 7 was your one, but now, what happened the last years?

And if you’ve made all needed configurations, configured your workspace, the brushes, styles, curves, and the like, and everything is set up the way you want it, it’s individuall and "your photoshop" then, what happens?

Yes, a new photoshop version is on the market, - you can’t win this race.

That all is not about good or better or faster image-editing, it’s just about money.

I have to pay the updates for 6 machines, 6 mac-workstations. May wife was right, let’s make fine holidays instead, and that’s what we are doing, sorry Bruce Citizen, sorry Steve Jobs, I’m not your dairy cow anymore, it took me some time, but I think I’m to old to not understand your moneygrubbing tricks.

So, no new mac, no new adobe app the next three years, and believe me, my work will continue as usual...

Elements 6 will be my last purchase for a long while, and that only because I use Camera Raw and "of course" there will be no more Camera Raw-Updates for Elements version 4 soon.  
(Version 6.0)

BIGDAVE56  Windows version has a downloadable trial. Mac version does not. (Thanks, Adobe.) May be irrelevant for me, but I wanted to know if my iBook 1.2GHz would run it, as it meets every requirement EXCEPT video RAM (64mb; I have 32).

Guess I'll have to stick with my old PE3, which runs fine despite Adobe's warnings, or GIMP if I can ever get it to run for more than three edits without crashing, or Pixelmator. But I was hoping to get E6's 16-bit editing support which none of the above have. Guess I better start saving for a replacement for Ol' Faithful (sigh....)  
(Version 6.0)

DAVIDWB  I find it interesting that Adobe announced that Elements 6 is shipping early 3/24/08 and yet download pre-orders are still pending.  
(Version 6.0)

ULFHEDNAR  I'm considering upgrading from PE 3 to 4. My concern is Aperture. How well does this program play with Aperture?  
(Version 4.0)

DAVID BEAMAN  Photoshop Elements is extremely inexpensive for what it has. For you to buy the full blow CS2 it would be hundreds of dollars. However, you could have elements for only 80$ with almost all of the features. Elements is for beginners to semi pros. Elements, howeve, does not have Curves.  
(Version 4.0)

ZANGIEF  This is an absolute gem from Adobe. After buying it at a local store, I went home and instantly was able to use it. Just a few pages of help and I was already editing. I can't imagine the possibilities for what else this app can do!  
(Version 4.0)

WOLF H  If you are coming from MS Paint, you probably will find this software excellent.

However, if you ever worked with "the real" Photoshop, even if it was an old version (5.0 for me), you maybe will be disappointed. I miss essential features. Some of them are available, but they are so poorly implemented.

Example 1: It does have layers, but it does not support masks for these layers. That makes them in my eyes little useful.

Example 2: It supports a graphic tablet (Wacom) with all settings, but only for the brush tool, not for the eraser, even when in brush mode. Combined with the lack of masks this makes it impossible to use the graphic tablet to define transparencies.

Example 3: It does support 16 bit/channel. This is useful for color correcting scans etc. But it does not let you convert an existing 8 bit/channel to 16 bit/channel.

I could continue the list...  
(Version 4.0)

IGREG  Anyone know how to completely uninstall Photoshop Elements 4?

Their site was no help at all.   
(Version 4.0)

JOBBY  Trial version is available for Windows but not for Mac. Thanks, Adobe — very useful. Obviously you don't *want* our money...  
(Version 4.0)