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Compatibility of older ATI versions

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I have 6 licenses of ATI going back to ATI 11 Build 8101 (July 2008) and all subsequent versions to and including ATI 2013. Now I'm debating with myself if I should buy the brand new ATI 2014 for the new machine I'm planning to buy or to apply one of my older versions.

My question is, are they all still good and compatible with Windows 7 64-bit? Or at least some of them? And which ones?

Thanks for all help.

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2010 is the first version to support Windows 7.
2011 is the first version to support both Windows 7 and USB 3.0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronis_True_Image#History

For any new machine having Win7 or win8, I would choose 2014.

tuttle wrote:

2010 is the first version to support Windows 7.
2011 is the first version to support both Windows 7 and USB 3.0.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronis_True_Image#History

Thanks, Tuttle. This answers exactly what I tried to find out. To be sure, starting with ATI 2010 and leaving aside the USB 3 functionality, any ATI version could be used on a new computer with no legal and/or technical issues expected. Of course, I understand that I would need to previously deactivate the chosen version from the machine where it is currently installed.

GroverH wrote:

For any new machine having Win7 or win8, I would choose 2014.

This is also very useful information, coming from the experts. Could I just ask for any specific reason that makes you say so, considering that you have said elsewhere (and I hope I'm not wrong on this one too...) that if one is happy with the ATI version he/she uses and if such version satisfactorily responds to one's current needs, there may be no good reason for an upgrade, because any upgrade may well bring issues of its own...

Sorry for being such a pain... (:

Thanks.

My view along with others, is, if what you have is working for you, and you do not need new hardware or OS capabilities or compatibilities, then stay with what you have until the new features and capabilities are required.

Most newly manufactured machines are configured to boot in a new uefi mode with gpt partitions. If your new machine is configured to boot uefi, you will have a much better experience with the 2014 version. If you use the latest build of the 2013 version, you won't be able to create a functional rescue cd from within the True Image software. You'll need to download the iso for the rescue media from your account. It is listed as build 6514 but is actually build 6528. If your new machine still boots bios with mbr partitions, TI2013 will work just as well as TI2014.