which is better? cs3 or cs4?

I still prefer to use CS3 than CS4. If compared to Microsoft Office, CS3 is Office2003 while CS4 is Office2007. The environment in CS4 is quite different in CS3, so you need to adjust. That's why I still prefer CS3 because I'm more comfortable to use it. And I don't need yet those added features in CS4, I'm still satisfied with CS3. Happy myLotting!

alot of great artist like Cs3 So you schould go for Cs3

The most I know about CS4 versus CS3 that I really like is the fact that Adobe is working out all the memory leaks. CS3 and CS4 is multi-core processor friendly, but CS4 apparently runs better than CS3 on multi-cores. I think since I have seen CS3 run better than CS2 and CS4 run better than CS3, that perhaps this is a major thing between the versions. Each new version runs smoother than the last, multi-core or not. I haven't quite looked into CS4, but it does seem to look good.

I think cs3 is better than cs4 on user experinced basic but if we compare on technical point of way than the cs4 is farmore better than cs3. it has many feature thats the cs3 lack like 3d sshaped manipulation .it is the msot important feature of cs4 that cs3 lcs it make easier to make simle 3d shapes in photoshop previosly cs3 user make a shapee in illustartor and transfer to photoshop :) fore tutorials http://intekhab.co.cc