Otherwise, its a bad idea.įWIW, I was in a local (Metro Detroit, USA) Best Buy store last week and they had two open box M1 Mac mini computers for sale, US$493 each with warranty. This makes your computer vulnerable to anyone with ill intent, as well as all the automated hacks floating around online.Īs long as you don't use the Internet, don't upgrade your hardware (including things like printers), and don't exchange files with anyone else, you are fine with an older system. Those exploits are typically added to frameworks like metasploit and all manner of underground hacking tools. And any security problems that are fixed with newer systems are left unpatched in old, unsupported software. You'll find more and more issues when trying to work with the rest of the world- websites may not display right, files may be in a newer incompatible format, you won't be able to use newer services, etc.

Find the nearest EXIT Chris, speaking as someone who has worked for both Microsoft and Apple, the biggest two problems with outdated operating systems are compatibility and security. If seller isn't insterested in submitting official license transfer forms, the so-called license isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Much of the stuff offered on auction sites is infected with malware and other nasties. Even older Macs with Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave can't run legacy installers without workarounds. And it absolutely won't work on Mac Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey or Ventura. Why do you want obsolete 10+ year old software anyway? It's of little value and quite probably won't install much less work on a modern 64-bit machines. It's a scam, run away! Real Adobe employees will never reach out via Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail or Skype.ģ Easy Ways to Identify Genuine Adobe Staff Of fake Adobe reps who may contact you privately offering to sell you software or take control of your computer.

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