Does Adobe Illustrator 10 run under Mavericks or Yosemite?

Question

I've put off upgrading from OS 10.6.8 because I do a lot of work in Adobe Illustrator 10.  I can't really justify the expense of upgrading to any of Adobe's Creative Suite packages because the Illustrator work I do doesn't bring in any revenue.  Increasingly, other software I need will no longer run under 10.6.  I'm kind of between a rock and a hard place on this.  So, is anybody out there able to run Illustrator 10 under Mavericks or Yosemite, or even OS10.8?  Thanks.

Answer 1

Upgrading an OS does not have to be an all-or-nothing proposition. You can simply have two operating systems installed, if you want to preserve Snow Leopard and Illustrator 10, and also use a later OS for other apps. You can add an external HD for the newer OS and apps for way, way less than the cost of Illustrator 5.5. You can also use your new drive/OS to safely explore the workability of running Snow Leopard Server in a VM (virtual machine) using Parallels or VMware Fusion on a 10.8 or later system. It would cost a very modest amount to try the combination of VMware Fusion and Snow Leopard Server. Server is available from Apple for $20 (but only by calling them). I don't remember what Fusion costs, but it works well and the license allows you to install it on more than one machine, which the Parallels' license doesn't.