However, CS3 (3.0) was released on Jfor both the Windows and Macintosh operating systems ( Intel-based Macs only).
Although Premiere was available for Apple's Macintosh platform since 1991, Premiere Pro 1.x and 2.0 were only available for Windows due to the engineering costs of cross-platform development, and competition from products for Mac OS such as Final Cut Pro. Premiere Pro was launched in 2003 as the rewritten successor to Adobe Premiere.