Ok, I’m not tech savvy. Like, at ALL. I’ve used computers most of my career, but not unlike my having driven successfully most of my life, I am no mechanic. So my very general question, it’s the year 2021; is there no way to have newer hardware run older software? We’re emulating games from the ‘70s and ‘80s; why can’t a newer machine handle software as recent as the 2000s? Like, where do I need to be looking for a solve if such exists?
Back in the early 2000s, I bought a couple music making programs. Nothing fancy or elaborate, actually pretty basic in terms of what was available then. The programs are Magix Music Maker Generations 5 and 7. Over the course of several years on my old machine, I made quite a few pieces of music (a couple hundred full tracks and/or “ideas” I was building on) until my PC shit the bed and the hard drive crashed.
Anyway, I had SOME of the files backed up and have, since the early 2000s, been transferring them between work PCs and USB drives in the hopes I might one day be able to access them again. A couple weeks ago, I did a search for those old programs, and found BOTH on eBay for a steal. Once they came in and I confirmed they were what I needed, next move was my own laptop (been surviving on company laptops for over a decade,) so I bought something new but really basic thinking I wouldn’t need the latest and greatest to run these old audio programs again.
Alas, the new laptop works fine, but 1.) it won’t even begin the install on Gen 5, and 2.) about 99% of the way through install of Gen 7, I was told outright “This application cannot be installed on your laptop.” I'm gutted over here.
Back in the early 2000s, I bought a couple music making programs. Nothing fancy or elaborate, actually pretty basic in terms of what was available then. The programs are Magix Music Maker Generations 5 and 7. Over the course of several years on my old machine, I made quite a few pieces of music (a couple hundred full tracks and/or “ideas” I was building on) until my PC shit the bed and the hard drive crashed.
Anyway, I had SOME of the files backed up and have, since the early 2000s, been transferring them between work PCs and USB drives in the hopes I might one day be able to access them again. A couple weeks ago, I did a search for those old programs, and found BOTH on eBay for a steal. Once they came in and I confirmed they were what I needed, next move was my own laptop (been surviving on company laptops for over a decade,) so I bought something new but really basic thinking I wouldn’t need the latest and greatest to run these old audio programs again.
Alas, the new laptop works fine, but 1.) it won’t even begin the install on Gen 5, and 2.) about 99% of the way through install of Gen 7, I was told outright “This application cannot be installed on your laptop.” I'm gutted over here.
