G-ELP Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Have the Windows OS requirements changed between the Affinity v1 and v2 apps? Is there any chance v2 will work on Windows 7? I currently run Designer+Photo v1 latest on Win7 with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Sorry, Affinity V2 apps requires Win10 or 11. Tech Specs Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ELP Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 Yes obviously I've read the tech specs, that's why I stopped at the last second from purchasing it. Was wondering if the same requirement was stated on the v1 apps and those work.. Anyway my subsequent searches suggest that Win7 is no longer supported, with no reason given. Oh well, I'll save my money then, I wasn't upgrading out of 'need' of any v2 features, more just to support the company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATP Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Windows 7 is almost three years out of support, you cannot expect software to keep being compatible. myclay and _Th 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ELP Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 11 minutes ago, ATP said: Windows 7 is almost three years out of support, you cannot expect software to keep being compatible. I am a software developer myself, the software doesn't just magically become incompatible unless you are relying on brand new features of the OS (fair enough)... but these kinds of apps would barely have any OS specific code of that nature. It's just big corporations like Microsoft forcing people onto their latest OS by dropping support of the .NET framework on older versions and such. Awesome (/s) all those millions of perfectly good 6 or so year old computers, end up in trash because WIndows 10 runs like a dog and 11 worse doesn't support the CPU. Then on the other hand, they rave about being such an environmentally friendly corporation because they put a few solar panels on the roof of their HQ... ugh rant over, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 10 hours ago, G-ELP said: Was wondering if the same requirement was stated on the v1 apps and those work.. No. V1 specifically allowed Windows 7 with specific updates. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremriel Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 10 hours ago, G-ELP said: Awesome (/s) all those millions of perfectly good 6 or so year old computers, end up in trash because WIndows 10 runs like a dog and 11 worse doesn't support the CPU. My 7-year-old pc runs perfectly fine on Win10, and so do the Affinity apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMD webmaster Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 On 12/2/2022 at 2:49 AM, G-ELP said: I am a software developer myself, the software doesn't just magically become incompatible unless you are relying on brand new features of the OS (fair enough)... but these kinds of apps would barely have any OS specific code of that nature. It's just big corporations like Microsoft forcing people onto their latest OS by dropping support of the .NET framework on older versions and such. Awesome (/s) all those millions of perfectly good 6 or so year old computers, end up in trash because WIndows 10 runs like a dog and 11 worse doesn't support the CPU. Then on the other hand, they rave about being such an environmentally friendly corporation because they put a few solar panels on the roof of their HQ... ugh rant over, lol. Like this kind of upgrading brains... (even though sheeps can't get it properly) LOL Westerwälder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ELP Posted October 5, 2023 Author Share Posted October 5, 2023 20 hours ago, PMD webmaster said: Like this kind of upgrading brains... (even though sheeps can't get it properly) LOL Lol not sure what point you are even trying to make here? Anyway the net result is I still haven't upgraded to Affinity 2, so.. their loss. And AI is eating their lunch now too. Westerwälder 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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