This can be said for any OS. I was using OS 9 far into the OS X cycle for much the same reasons...it worked.
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 4:40 AM, Mike Sloane <mikeslo...@verizon.net> wrote: > I guess my question, after reading all the various specifications and > comparison charts, is: why should I upgrade from XP? It looks as if I would > have to buy a new machine with more memory and faster processor speed, when > the machines I have now work just fine with under 1 GHz and under 1 gig of > memory. I don't play games or edit movies or watch TV - I just surf the > 'net, do Email, create simple documents, and do limited processing and > storage of digital images. I am all for "progress", but I am not convinced > that I need this next step (aside from the promise of "lack of support" for > XP going forward). I still have Win98SE machines on my network that are > happily running scanners and hosting networked printers; they will continue > to perform those functions until they literally die (and when they do, I > will merely pick up anther discarded "clunker" from freecycle.com and run > it). I am not a Luddite or deny technological improvements, but I really > wonder what it is that Win 7 is going to do for most users. > > Mike > > > Chris Dunford wrote: > >> Of course, then the question becomes: What are the odds I would >>> ever need this? >>> >> >> And it's a good question, too. My own view is that I've never needed >> an XP mode with Vista, so why would I need it with Win7? For those >> still using XP, it's a different question, since they could conceivably be >> using critical apps that don't work with Vista >> (although that's pretty rare now) and not know it. >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
