I still use Adobe CS4 including Acrobat, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator and InDesign. I rarely use Flash and Illustrator, but the other three are my bread and butter in my work flow. I've read Adobe ads on their web site and opinions of a few commentators, but it's hard to make sense out of a lot of it. My main concern is whether they will somehow disable CS4 which still fills my needs well. I have a couple of "different" approaches to the Mac. I have turned off iCloud and do not expect to use it in the foreseeable future. I use Ethernet cabling and do not use WiFi between my computers and the Airport Extreme Base Station/router. I sync my iPhone 4S with my computer via iTunes using the iPhone's USB power cable. All of this is to avoid possible security leaks since the work I do is confidential and proprietary.

Will Adobe's new approach destroy this cozy setup in which I currently operate?

CS4 will not stop working.

Adobe has announced tha Creative Suite is dead; from now on, all new versions of Adobe products will be cloud-based, and you rent the software by the month rather than buy it. But existing Creative Suite applications will continue to work as they do now.

Thank you, Tacit for the quick and clear explanation.

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Creative...aaand sweet!

Software as a Monthly Rental