Buy older version of Adobe Illustrator

[cameliac42168809]

Dear Sirs,

Do you know how I could buy an older version of Adobe Illustrator, by paying monthly?

Thank you

[Srishti Bali]

Hi Camelia,

May I please know which version you want to buy?

Regards,

Srishti

[Heather2405]

Hi. Could I purchase Illustrator 2?

[Monika Gause]

If you can find it on ebay - probably.

I doubt that anyone who still has it, will sell it, because it's kind of a collectors' item now.

[barbara_a · Accepted solution]

It depends on how old. If you get a monthly subscription, you will have access to Illustrator CS6 and forward.

[Abambo]

Barbara Ash gave the correct answer, except if you are going for dubious channels. A CC subscription of Illustrator (or any other product including the all apps option) makes available all different versions of that product from CS6 up to the current version. Test versions only include the latest version.

You need, however, paying attention to your OS as your OS still needs to support that version.They are available for download and installation, but they are no more updated and maintained.

[Dan5F9A]

I don't want a subscription. I want to do one project only.

[Monika Gause]

Then get a monthly paid subscription and cancel it when you're done.

[Mick_Grigg]

You're not taking in cancellation fees - which are massive.

[Doug A Roberts]

You're not taking in cancellation fees - which are massive.

By @Mick_Grigg

Only if you buy an annual plan. You can pay monthly.

[jane-e]

Hi Camelia,

You can buy a subscription to Illustrator here with the single app plan:

Creative Cloud pricing and membership plans | Adobe Creative Cloud

Since you want to pay monthly, you can get either the annual plan, paid monthly, or for a little more per month, you can get a monthly plan.

The trial version is only available for the newest version.

~ Jane

[Abambo]

jane-e  wrote

Since you want to pay monthly, you can get either the annual plan, paid monthly, or for a little more per month, you can get a monthly plan.

Monthly plans and annual plans paid monthly differ in price and cancellation conditions, so be wise to know the differences when taking one or the other plan.

[cameliac42168809]

I only need the main functionalitites of AI, so no matter how old the version is, I just need the cheapest one, thank you

[Test Screen Name]

Adobe do not sell any older version for less money. There is only the current subscription, which lets you run versions from the last 6 years or so.

Many companies and web sites offer cheap, old, copies of Adobe software. But Adobe stopped making them many years ago, and never sold them cheap. We believe most of these are fakes, often with viruses included. Be very, very careful about bargains. And don't accept any permanent license, no matter how convincing the jargon they make up.

[jane-e]

In addition to what Test Screen Name said, you most likely would not be able to activate a pirated copy, so it would be money wasted. The reason most people want to run an older version is that they have an older operating system. You might want to look at other vector programs that you can buy a legitimate license for.

[Jeff29964827xqvi]

Read this thread.  Totally unfamiliar with CC.  I do not know what AI version "CS6" refers to.

I need AI for a one-time project lasting about 2 months.  My system processor was released in October 2010.  Is there any version I can use?

[Bobby Henderson]

"CS6" refers to version 6 of Adobe Creative Suite, released in 2012. That was the last edition of Adobe's Creative Suite series of products. They shifted to releasing their software via Adobe Creative Cloud in 2013, which is subscription-only. You can buy a CC subscription month to month and then cancel it. However, a vintage 2010 computer won't have the processing power needed to run the current and past releases of Adobe CC applications. 

[Doug A Roberts]

However, a vintage 2010 computer won't have the processing power needed to run the current and past releases of Adobe CC applications. 

By @Bobby Henderson

An Apple machine will be locked out by OS requirements, but a Windows machine might.

[Bobby Henderson]

A 2010 Windows-based PC with a high end configuration for its time might be able to run Windows 10 Pro. But the GPU would likely miss the mark for a lot of features many of us might take for granted, such as GPU-accelerated animated zoom. I have an old 2011 Dell XPS notebook that was pretty maxed out when I ordered it. Over the years newer updates to Illustrator, Photoshop and other Adobe applications ran slower and some new features were not available for use since the GPU didn't meet performance requirements. I still have that old notebook (since it still works), but my "daily driver" now is a newer, far more powerful Alienware system.

[Monika Gause]

A 2010 Apple computer should be able to handle CC 2017 (until last month my 2008 machine did).

I'm not quite sure about the CC app itself though.

[Doug A Roberts]

What is your operating system and version?

[Jeff29964827xqvi]

Many thanks to all who have replied!

Answering questions/comments in order posted:

• I used AI version 4 or 6, I think, (from a DVD) several years ago on my system (then windows 7 & no NVIDIA card) to draw maps for a book.
• My current system is windows 10/22H2, with AMD Phenom II X4 840T processor, and NVIDIA Geforce 210 graphics card, 6GB RAM

[Anubhav M]

Hello @Jeff29964827xqvi,

Thanks for sharing the details. Adobe Illustrator is only available as a subscription product. Would you mind trying a 7-day trial of Illustrator from here (https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/free-trial-download.html) and checking if it helps?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav