I will never move to the latest and greatest. There are 2 things. If you are hard cure you would probably be with the latest and greatest. Meaning you would chuck away your crappy computer after 3 months because thats aparently how long it takes for something to be obselete. The top models and things are probably the best but the newest means that not much is known about said things. I always aim for the 2nd from the top, not the actual top as its hard to know where that is as tech moves quite fast. I also upgrade on a needs basis. If I can get buy with the extra app, system clean, or periodic system reformat so be it and I often do these things, a defrag and major system scan once a year and a reformat once or twice every 3 years or 2 years depending on whats needed. I always get free upgrades to software and have opensource, freeware or reasonably free upgrades. I don't bother with hardware, however in the case of my laptop, I upgrade with a load of external devices, which although a bit bitsy still means my laptop is a desktop. My desktop has 2 cd rom drives, and 3 hard drives. it also has a scanner, with a network and 2 usb hubs. Most of this is external. I also have 2 flash sticks and a floppy drive all external. So the actual laptop is bigger since it has more modules. At one time or another I have thought about a desktop and have discounted it. Laptops are easy to add on and well modules are easy to install/uninstall. Another thing. Money aside the accessibility issues, training and so on about upgrading I do not think has been thought about. And the os, etc. Also the functionallity. Ie you get a force feadback stick like I have. The things that would use the stick never worked as was supposed to and I have no room so I now have 300 bucks of stick sitting on a shelf. So I just got trash since I really do not use it. So it was not worth the upgrade. If I upgrade to vista I will need a new computer, screen readers, etc. But I hardly use all the functions of my current thing.
The sighted gaming industry is the major course for upgrading. Because of being disabeled, etc we do not have this constraint. We do but its going to arrive at our doors in a slower fashion. We don't need the latest systems to do our job, we need something in betwene. And well we don't have to be picky. as long as we are not to lax about such things I think we will get a long well. At 08:00 p.m. 30/08/2007, you wrote: >Hi Trouble, > >I do disagree with you about me needing to move up with the latest >and greatest or quit. As I said dos programs and windows 3.1 >programs still run in windows xp. My VB6 programs run in windows >Vista and I will wager that they will also run in the next version >of windows as well. > >BTW As long as I am able, I will never quit programming games. It >is one of my most favorite things to do. > >BFN > >----- Original Message ----- >The only thing i got to say about this is, Your right not everything >has to be the latest and greatest. however, with the blind getting >computers from orgs and other places. The op on that system is going >to be the latest and greatest. Why< because that is what is new and >that is what they get. >So if you want your games to play on those computers. you better move >up with the latest and greatest or quit. Dos is out and was in 96 >when win95 made it the standard for computers. Some of those old ops >had real power and very stable. But now we have to be real and use >the tools and ops of now not yester year. its not a scare its really progress. > > Jim > >Some people are so busy up grading everything that they never get >anything else done. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.kitchensinc.net >(440) 286-6920 >Chardon Ohio USA >--- >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] > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.10/977 - Release Date: >28/08/2007 4:29 p.m. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.10/977 - Release Date: 28/08/2007 4:29 p.m. --- 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]
