Legacy Hardware/Software

[Tsutarja]

I use Photoshop 7 these days, and that's pretty old.

 

[Starry Windy]

I use Photoshop 7 these days, and that's pretty old.

Same, except that I'm using Photoshop CS3 right now. (or CS2 on my PC)

And I've found myself using the old version of Unstoppable Copier at times (I forgot which version, but I'm sure it's not in the official site anymore), I always thought that it handles corrupted files much better than the most recent version. Unless if you count some occasional access lags when using it on newer Windows like 7 and 8.1, though...

 

[Palkia]

The oldest actual hardware I use is I think is my hp pavillon elite desktop computer, which was a hand me down from my dad after using it since 2011/2012. That's as old as I seem to go. I have a thing for getting newer products due to their support period being generally longer even if they are inferior to older, more powerful tech.

My most used 'old' software, would probably be Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 that's been out since 2001 iirc.

The oldest tech I think I've use recently is a Pentium 4 computer at school with a old school CRT monitor. It was running windows 7 (without areo) and the keyboard had the old windows 95 logo on it :v. Tbh it actually ran very well and was more comfortable than the HP laptops there that had been basically ripped apart by stupid students with no regard for school property. :/

 

[Petie]

I have some old hardware myself, as mentioned the iMac G3 running OS 9.2.2 iirc

How can you stand to use OS 9 at this point? I remember not being fond of it when I didn't have anything to compare it to, let alone with OS X being available now. I realize that isn't likely your main computer but still...

Haha I actually have CS2 on all the computers I use because it's free from the Adobe site! It's not new, but at least it's Photoshop. I also have Sim City 2000 installed on my aforementioned iMac, because I don't want to install DOSbox and run the inferior version, the Macintosh version had much better audio haha.

Just so you're aware, it's not technically free. They took down the activation servers for CS2 and, to accommodate paying customers who would no longer be able to activate their software, they provided static activation keys and new downloads. License-wise, they're only usable by existing customers but, technically speaking (though not legally), there's nothing to stop you from using them.

As for the actual topic, I used to maintain an old computer for Windows XP and Linux but took it out of commission a long time ago. I also had an old PowerPC G4 that I managed to get OS X 10.5 (I think, maybe it was 10.4 - whatever it was, it was the last to support PowerPC processors) but that hasn't been used in a while as well.

I do have a couple active installs of Server 2008 in use, one of which is running Exchange 2010 so I guess they might qualify. I'm using them because I have licenses for them and not the newer versions though. They're also not that old (though they're certainly getting there).

 

[Petie]

Yeah. Well, that's the little thing behind it, but as you mentioned, there's nothing to stop them from barring you the software. It's just a little go-around on their part.

Right, I just figured it was worth mentioning as a whole, not specifically to say anything about you or your use of it.