it can never be simple can it?

[Danny]

So im buying an imac tomorrow when my student loan comes in, 4gb of ram, a terrabyte harddrive ect. ect. all in all a good pc, but it only comes with the bare essentials, so i need to buy some programs, first off theres the £99 office pack, word ect, from a nearby apple sotre, but that doesnt have the creative stuff i need, all of wich is ungodly expsense, till i found this: the adobe cs3 master collection student editio for mac- The most comprehensive collection of all-new versions of Adobe creative tools at an amazing value Tight integration for exceptional productivity Output virtually anywhere-print, web, interactive, film, video, DVD, and mobile Includes the following software packages Adobe InDesign CS3 for professional page design Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended for new dimensions in digital imaging Adobe Illustrator CS3 for powerful vector graphics creation Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional for Adobe PDF creation and collaboration Adobe Flash CS3 Professional for creating rich interactive content Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 for developing standards-based websites and applications Adobe Fireworks CS3 for web prototyping and designing Adobe Contribute CS3 for updating websites and blogs Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional for industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 for capturing, editing, and delivering video Adobe Encore CS3 for preparing DVD title Adobe Soundbooth CS3 for creating and editing audio quickly and intuitively all that for £400, bloody bargian right? ...yeah theres a catch, you only get the disc and manuall, you have to fill out paperwork and send proof that you are in fact a university student before you get the serial code half a week later. now i am a university student so no worries but still, why not just fill in a form online when you order, just give em the uni and its contact details so they can just ring and go "oh hi, is danny smith a student there?" but no you need all this proff of i.d stuff, wich i can understand, but if people were trying to scam, they were tryng to scam for premier pro, flash and photoshop and stuff, its not like someone using a fake id to buy a gun or something, -GAH! *throws some papers in the air and storms out the room.

[MinionZombie]

Well at least you'll be able to get it all and have a fancy rig to further you in your career and education, so a bit of farting around up front isn't a huge deal, just a nuisance.

[Danny]

thats my point, its the little things that piss me off most