I don't think it's the changes to the interface that is the sole
concern. It's more like not being able to play 16 bit games on a 64
bit system, the dropping of old legacy hardware from new pcs such as
serial ports and parallel ports, I still use my old artic transport
to play old dos games that don't read well with jaws and NVDA, and
some hardware I use requires the use of an lpt port and no, it's not
a printer, and it's USB counterpart is extremely buggy. So I think
the main concern that's holding me back is, Can I get a 64 bit
machine with onboard parallel and serial ports? Can I make full use
of these serial and parallel ports from within a virtual machine like VMware?
if the answer is yes, then I may just may considering upgrading to w7
and running legacy software and hardware under a virtual machine.
At 03:31 PM 5/2/2013, you wrote:
Hi Dallas,
Yes, that is true. Microsoft is generally pretty good of keeping their
customer base in the know of what is changing and why, but either
because of lack of funds or a desire simply not to upgrade a lot of
blind gamers choose not to update knowing it years in advance. So I
agree regardless of what the reason is for not updating they can't
really be surprised when something like this happens. If they are
surprised by all the changes in user interface then they must not be
paying attention to changes in the computer tech field, or simply
indifferent to what is going on around them until they have no choice
but to recognize the changes are coming.
Cheers!
On 5/2/13, Dallas O'Brien <dallas.r.obr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another thing to bear in mind, when considering how fast Microsoft have
> change things on people, is that it was not actually that surprising. For
> example VB, and other codes, Microsoft in fact told people years
ago what it
> was going to do. Same with Windows XP, it's not as if Microsoft
have come to
> us this year, and said we're going to take XP away from you next year, In
> fact,
> We knew that It was going to be disappearing in 2014, at least five years
> ago. LOL. So people have had plenty of time to look at changing, it's just
> that some people have stuck to XP, for compatibility reasons, or simply
> because they Don't realise the benefits of changing sooner. Or perhaps that
> they are I'm able to learn, hands-on, with an operating system. Some people
> do prefer to use an operating system some, before they use it
permanently on
> their own machine. So I would say that this is not entirely Microsoft's
> fault, I would say that it's actually the user's fault, at least in part,
> for not taking note as to what Microsoft have been warning them for years,
> would be happening.
> Regards:
> Dallas
>
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