Is there a minimum system requirement workaround?
I know that developers recommend, or force, minimum system requirements for a reason, to give the users the best experiance. However, this negates system upgrades (especially from third-parties). For example, I wish to run encyclopaedia britannica 2007 on my dual 1.6GHz powermac G4, the minimum being a G5 processor. Surely this configuration is enough. My question is 'is there a way I can bypass this check on, not just britannica, but other software (e.g. is there an application to 'fool' the system)?' Thanks alot.
One thing to note is that developers usually will not support their products on systems that don't meet the published minimums. So if you get it to install but have a problem, it''s quite likely that the publisher will refuse to assist. So think about that before purchasing any product that doesn't meet the minimums.
And I'd highly recommend that you confirm that any such product will at least install on your system before you buy the software; some installer checks flat cannot be bypassed.
is there an application to feign higher system components?
No.
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