Make sure your other defenses are as strong as you can make them, and be extra careful about what you click.ĭo you think your instant messaging application is bloated? Welcome to the club. So if you choose to run old versions of programs, you are taking a calculated risk. īefore we start on our list of Golden Oldies, though, keep in mind one big caveat: An undeniably good thing that comes with new versions of software is the fixes you get for security holes, sometimes very serious ones. If you're looking for a hard-to-find older application, try and. Also, isn't the only site that archives old software. Note: When clicking on a link for software at, you may need to scroll down the resulting page to find the version you want.
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We asked site founder and editor Alex Levine to give us his picks of the best oldies, and we asked site users to weigh in as well. And we also went to an online treasure trove of older-but-better software-the site, which has rounded up countless earlier versions of dozens and dozens of programs. We asked our own PC World editors for their lists of applications that were better before developers started mucking around.
For our compilation of earlier-is-better software, we went to the pros-the people who use plenty of programs every day.
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