NGL, I paid out the ass for PSCS3 waay back in 2007 - Universal binary… PPC AND Intel installer - and FWIW, I’m still using it. In point of fact it’s why all my Macs are dual boot with Mojave (32-bit support) so I can continue to install and use it. Homegirl is no how, no way gonna rent what I should be able to own.
(As Adobe no longer has the CS3 activation servers online, if you’ve still got an installed, activated, instance of the PSCS3 kicking around somewhere, copy the actual application itself out to a backup location… so when you use the installer in a system capable of running it, you can swap the newly installed, inactivated copy out for the activated one you have in backup. Just do NOT try and launch the program before you do the swap… This works for PC copies of CS3 as well as Mac…)
Personally, I can recommend a VM for that reason. Activate it once and then just copy the VM over to a new PC, Backup location, etc. Turn on internet access for it when activating, turn it off and leave it disabled for the rest of your life. Worked like a charm for me.
Annnd well they should lose millions!
NGL, I paid out the ass for PSCS3 waay back in 2007 - Universal binary… PPC AND Intel installer - and FWIW, I’m still using it. In point of fact it’s why all my Macs are dual boot with Mojave (32-bit support) so I can continue to install and use it. Homegirl is no how, no way gonna rent what I should be able to own.
(As Adobe no longer has the CS3 activation servers online, if you’ve still got an installed, activated, instance of the PSCS3 kicking around somewhere, copy the actual application itself out to a backup location… so when you use the installer in a system capable of running it, you can swap the newly installed, inactivated copy out for the activated one you have in backup. Just do NOT try and launch the program before you do the swap… This works for PC copies of CS3 as well as Mac…)
Personally, I can recommend a VM for that reason. Activate it once and then just copy the VM over to a new PC, Backup location, etc. Turn on internet access for it when activating, turn it off and leave it disabled for the rest of your life. Worked like a charm for me.
If you’re going to run windows in a VM, then what’s the point? Why not just run one OS?
Not for one application, while all other programmes run on GNU/Linux.