planarchist:
The trial version is the full installer BUT there have been reports of people not having earlier versions work properly after the 10.5 trial has completed if you don’t go for getting the full paid for update.
You certainly can run both versions side by side but it does appear they’re suggesting you may have to reinstall the older version. This is not something that’s been mentioned before as far as I’m aware.
The complete version 7 is available here BTW:
https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/unsupported_products/downloads_cubase_7.html
Thanks. That pretty much clinches it for me. Reinstalling 7 means I lose all my settings, everything. I bought 7 in 2013. That’s a lot of customization gone.
Guess I’ll stick with 7.