Hi. The only thing to keep in mind here, is that although the blind community still like their 16-bit applications, 99.9% of the rest of the world, stopped using 16-bit, a long, long, long! Time ago. LOL. And that, is what Microsoft have to keep in mind, when creating an operating system. There is very little point, in keeping a huge amount of code, just to keep 16-bit alive, when very few people are using it. And of course, you can still run a version of the older operating system, in a VM where, or other virtual machine. For all intents and purposes, you could have a Windows 8 computer, and have virtual versions of Windows 7, windows XP, windows ME, or any other version you desire. Or even Linnux on top of that, so I don't see that these are generally reasons not to upgrade.
Don't get me wrong here guys, windows XP was fantastic in its time. But although XP still has its uses, for the older applications, Windows 7 upgraded things in a way, that most people don't realise, until they use it for a while. Very much like Windows 8 did so, and I have used windows eight now, for nearly 2 years. So I have had the chance to play around with it, and see the overall usage of it over a period of time. I agree however, that windows eight is a bit of a change, if you're not ready for it. It is different enough, to confuse people quite a bit. That's probably the only thing, that Microsoft made a mistake with. They changed the UI a little too much, and it's now very difficult to learn to use it at first. Once you do use it for awhile though, and you're used to it, it's fantastic. Regards: Dallas On 02/05/2013, at 15:53, Stephen <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> > >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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