Over time, applications, including those that are often improved iterations of popular ones, end up demanding more and more machines. That is, there comes a time when your computer, even to do something that was not difficult for it before, well, it swells. You may also have an old computer that you want to use. Well, one solution may be using older versions.
One of the most repeated myths is that due to the highly competitive world of video games, the graveyard of development studios that have tried it is immense. Especially on PC, where it is very easy to find collections of old games on the internet. However, with the concept of abandonware we designate any application abandoned to its fate by its developer and outside the commercial circuit, but also, and this is the trap, very old versions of programs which are already out of their commercial life. and support. Although it is within the bounds of legality.
Old versions of programs, no abandonware
Obviously, if you have the version of a program that suits you, you can work with ease and now is not the time to change PCs, but you install a new version and see that everything is done, uphill for your modest system, then no installation of the latest iteration of the program. Unless, of course, you’re an Apple user, because all this time the Cupertinos may have given up remaking any incompatible programs.
Is performance the only reason to use an old app? Well no, because it is possible that a function that has been removed in the new versions has been very useful to you and that its removal has complicated your daily life. It is possible that they have changed the user interface and it is not very intuitive and even reduced its advantages.
Is its use legal?
We must take into account that legally, hacking is considered, in its simplest description, as the distribution and sale of a program whose rights to do so do not correspond to you. That is, the so-called copy right or copyright, which only the company that developed the app has. So the fact that a company releases Programa 2023 we are so original does not mean that Programa 2022 becomes abandonware, it just reached the end of its useful life, but it never became abandonware for this reason.
And yes, we know it may seem contradictory to you, but legally an application is only considered abandoned when its developer has signed its death certificate. And here’s the thing, you don’t have a license to use Photoshop, nor a private copy, but rather a license for the version you purchased. Thus, legally, the use of such versions is considered a piracy,
The best solution? Buy a new PC
The only reason we believe is the use of older versions of programs. it is necessary, it is when one is obliged to use a computer so old that the use of the new programs becomes for him a test. Our advice is that you buy a 100% brand new PC. And yes, we know that it’s very annoying to find yourself in a bad economic situation and not being able to have the computer of your dreams, but if it’s for professional reasons and it’s a means of production , then it is better to change PC. And that is if you find yourself in this situation. How old is the computer you are using?
Unsurprisingly, whoever is writing this article recently had to deal with a company that continued to use computers with a Pentium 4, the issues associated with the transition were a real headache and on levels you can’t even imagine. Not only because of the lack of support, but also because of the reliance on certain functions that are missing in new versions of Windows and not well resolved even with compatibility mode.
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