Re: Old computer, older OS, old junk is better (and worse)
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:44 pm
I like my computers like I like my cars... Old but reliable, slightly modified or upgraded, with only the bells-and-whistles it needs to suit me, not some corporate jerk who thinks it is trash if it isn't 'now'. Why W2k over XP? Mostly, the so-called upgrades on XP changed the layout of the user interface that W2k kept similar from W95/W98. When people are used to it, change may not be a good thing. The other addition to XP that I loath is all the auto-update crap, yes, you can turn most of it off after you've spent hours learning where to access it all, and what is actually doing that you may not want it to (the system doesn't want to tell you what it is actually doing, so you have to out-wit it to figure it out. Not necessarily too hard to do, but the last thing I need is for my PC to be adversarial with me...). Peripheral processes were a major source of irritation on my old lap-top too, but that may have been more part of the 'buggered up' part than XP's fault, I'm not sure.
Buy a new computer every two years? Can't understand why everybody doesn't just do this? Really? For one, I wouldn't want the hassle, sorry. For another, I have better things to spend my money on than that. And if a 'really decent $500 computer will last me for years', then why would it need changing-out so frequently? Oh well, I am like the dinosaur computers I own... Unable or unwilling to completely change to suit the new day, every single day. I like things a little more stable than that, and having to learn a new OS every two years does not sound fun, nor productive, to me. Just my viewpoint...
Buy a new computer every two years? Can't understand why everybody doesn't just do this? Really? For one, I wouldn't want the hassle, sorry. For another, I have better things to spend my money on than that. And if a 'really decent $500 computer will last me for years', then why would it need changing-out so frequently? Oh well, I am like the dinosaur computers I own... Unable or unwilling to completely change to suit the new day, every single day. I like things a little more stable than that, and having to learn a new OS every two years does not sound fun, nor productive, to me. Just my viewpoint...