That puts users on a very reasonable 4 year upgrade cycle.And for the record, it isn't Adobe's fault that their software that is already coded doesn't work on the newer machines. Like I said, 2 major versions back is plenty.
If Adobe feels their software needs a longer lifespan than this it is THEIR job to update it.ĭo you also get mad when you find out Photoshop CS6 can't run on a computer from the 90s?Īs a customer I don't WANT Apple, Adobe, or even Microsoft supporting software this old because it has a direct impact on hurting me. It wasnt until SNOW LEOPARD which came out 6 YEARS later that they dropped support for the PowerPC architecture. It also runs fine on the version after that. Could you imagine the cost to software/hardware makers to have to backwards support every single version they ever created? Do you want to pay for this in the price tag on the box?ĬS2 still runs just fine on the version of OSX it was made for. It isn't Apple's job to maintain support for deprecated and no longer current software forever. Both Apple and Adobe do more like 3-4 versions.Īpple maintained support for YEARS on powerPC apps after the technology was deprecated. In my opinion 2 versions back is fair and gives customers plenty of time to update. When I buy CS6 for example, I don't want to pay more for it because Adobe is figuring in the maintenance cost of keeping it compatible for a decade. But imagine where the internet would be today if web developers didn't have to support 10 year old browser technology?Furthermore, every penny Adobe or Apple has to spend on backwards compatibility gets front loaded onto the cost of their products. Honestly, I wish companies would reign in the backwards support a bit more and force people to update. I think that is more than sufficient backwards support. OSX can run any CS that has come out since then. (although I would argue that 4 versions back is no big deal) It isn't Apple's job to make sure that newer versions of their OS runs ancient and deprecated software.ĬS2 came out 8 years ago. The fact that CS2 doesn't work on it is a failure of Adobe to update to newer platforms. But hardware changes, the old chipset needed to be left behind.
You can get to a whole slough of downloads and serial numbers for CS2 at .Īpple has fantastic backward support. You might run into issues if you're using newer software/hardware. 10.6.x or earlier (that's Snow Leopard or earlier.no Lion/Mountain Lion). You should also be able to use Apple computers with newer Intel processors, but you have to have OSX v. There are serial numbers you can use, but there is a catch - System requirements: What's the story? Some people are reporting that the reason all this was happening is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don’t require activation but do require valid serial numbers were available.īut the downloads are free, and they still exist. There is a lot of hype surrounding the free version of Adobe CS2. You do need an Adobe account to download the files, but it's completely free to create one. While the software will have issues with some newer computers and though the software is dated, it's all here on Adobe's site, serial numbers and all.
In an interesting move, Adobe has made the 2005 CS2 Premium Plus suite available as a free download for Windows and Mac platforms. As stated, Arstechnica has a more thorough explanation if you want to know more. After realizing their mistake, they briefly made another, removing the requirement to enter an Adobe ID altogether, before finally shutting down the links and redirecting those who visited them to the current CS6 site. For some reason, they chose to provide free access to these customers (and everyone, subsequently) to a new, downloadable version with serial numbers that would not require activation, but that would at least unlock the software - all you needed to do was create or use your existing Adobe ID. In short, Adobe wanted to help those who still had valid, purchased CS2 licenses be able to still activate new installations (if they, say, changed computers or hard drives) after they had retired the CS2 activation server. Read on for the original post and a short explanation. The download link still works for a select few, so feel free to try, but don't be surprised if it doesn't work any more.
If you missed the hype, has a great explanation of what happened. Update 2: This update goes here because circumstances have changed.