Ever since the new Intel-powered MacBooks were released into the wild, users have been eagerly awaiting a universal binary of Adobe Photoshop. Well, for all of you out there who have been (im)patiently waiting, Adobe Labs has released a beta version of CS3 for all of you to try! While at time of posting the beta hasn’t been posted (supposedly you’ll be able to find it here), Adobe announced that today (December 15th), would be the day.

Anyone interested in downloading a copy will need a valid Creative Suite 2 or Photoshop CS2 serial number to use it or else the beta will only work for you for 2 days before expiring.

MacWorld has more information about the new features and improvements Photoshop CS3 should be bringing and check out this PDF of the “What’s new in Photohop” section of an upcoming book on CS3 for photographers.

Oh yeah, and if it hasn’t quite clicked in yet. As far as I know, we Windows users get ripped off again as the beta will only be for Mac users and we’ll have to wait for a later release to give this a try…(Sorry Adobe) Maybe Adobe will prove me wrong in the morning.

Update: Okay, so I’m not sure why it’s not listed on the Adobe Labs site yet, but here’s the link to the download. You’ll need to login to get to it (bugmenot.com is your friend). In addition, there is a Windows version available as well! Yey!! The Mac version is 685MB and the Windows one is 337MB.