Hey, guys, I want to pick your brains. <smile>
At home I have the latest version of the BN: 5.1. At work, my BN has (I think) 3.03 burned into rom, and I upgraded it as high as I could for free. With 5.1 and the big planner overhaul, I wrote a memo to my management, telling them about how far the BN has come since we got the one at work, and wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade, before the one we have becomes obsolete. I basically just use the one at work to jot down information from phone calls and store important information; I don't do anything really fancy with it like email and web browsing, etc. My main concern was that if we don't eventually do some kind of upgrade, it'll become totally obsolete. I finally got a response to my memo (which I wrote back in March after 5.1 was released), saying they needed me to give more justifications as to why I'd need the upgrade. I work for the state of California, which is in a budget crisis right now, so don't want any money spent just so I can have a cool toy, especially when there's another blind lady in our area who just uses a Perkins Brailler. So I'm wondering if any of you have thoughts on upgrading to keep machines from becoming outdated, or whether I should just leave things as they are. Maybe someone from PDI can give some idea as to whether there's a possibility of the units with the old mother board becoming obsolete and un-serviceable, or if they'll still be supported for years to come. I want to be responsible and give management whatever information might help them make a wise decision, without asking the state to spend money unnecessarily. Thoughts?
Peggy
