As time goes by, apps, including what are often improved iterations of the most popular ones, end up asking for more and more machine. That is to say, there comes the point where your computer, even to do something that was not difficult for it before, well, it puffs. It may also be that you have an old computer that you want to use. Well, a solution may be the use of old versions.
One of the most repeated myths is that due to the high competitiveness of the world of video games, the graveyard of the development studios that tried it is huge. Especially on PC, where it is very easy to find collections of old games on the internet. However, with the concept of abandonware we refer to any application abandoned to its fate by its developer and out of the commercial circuit, but also, and therein lies the trap, very old versions of programs that are already out of their commercial life and of support. Although that is in the limits of legality.
Old versions of programs, not abandonware
Obviously, if you have the version of a program that works for you, you can work with ease and it’s not the time to change your PC, but you install a new version and see that everything is done, uphill for your modest system, then no install the newest iteration of the program. Unless, of course, you are an Apple user, since in all that time the Cupertinos may have given up making all the incompatible programs again.
Is performance the only reason to use an old app? Well no, because it is possible that there is a function that has been removed in the new versions that was very useful for you and removing it has complicated your day to day. It is possible that they have changed the user interface and it is not very intuitive and even cut its benefits.
Is its use legal?
We must take into account that legally, computer pira-cy 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 right of copy or copyright, which only the company that has developed the application has. So the fact that a company releases Programa 2023, we are that original, does not mean that Programa 2022 becomes abandonware, it has simply reached the end of its useful life, but it has never become abandonware for that reason.
And yes, we know that this may sound contradictory to you, but legally an application is only considered abandoned when its developer has signed its death certificate. And here comes the problem, you don’t have a license to use Photoshop, nor do you own a private copy, but rather a license for the version you have purchased. So, legally, the use of such versions is considered pira-cy,
The best solution? Buy a new PC
The only reason why we believe that the use of old versions of the programs. it is necessary, it is when we are forced to use a computer so old that using the new programs becomes an ordeal for it. Our advice is that you buy a 100% new PC. And yes, we know that it is very angry to find yourself in a bad economic situation and not being able to have the computer of your dreams, but if it is for work reasons and it is a means of production, then it is better to change your PC. And that is if you find yourself in that situation. How old is the computer you use?
Not surprisingly, whoever writes this article recently had to deal with a company that continued to use computers with a Pentium 4, the problems associated with making a transition have been a real headache and at levels that you can’t even imagine. Not only because of the lack of support, but also because of the dependency on certain functions that the new versions of Windows lack and that are not resolved well even with compatibility mode.
