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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
<shrug> I always keep 2 machines, one sterile (no commuication attached to anything) and one dirty - Internet connected. For my sterile machine, extra communication means nothing. For the dirty one, why have two different OS's. It gets confusing. and the old one still does the job for me.
Is it better to know one interface well, or keep relearning a new one every 3 years?
As to Ribbon, I have to use it at work. I find it more confusing that the older interface. <shrug> I don't live in Word, and I don't use 98% of the feature it has. Adding a boatload of new features I'll never use isn't reason enough for me to go through the interface learning curve.
As to the car analogy, old software isn't going to kill me more that the new software, and quite frankly, the old software uses Less resources. They had to use less resources because back in the day, the computers had less resources. So I use Acer Aspire Revo 1600 Atom based machines. each one pulls less the 40 watts. And cost $200 each. And should last 10 years.
Why is frugal and familar so bad?
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I guess you really enjoy that old 14" TV of yours?
Well, frugal and familiar isn't necessarily bad. Have fun with it. But what is so wrong with spending some of our money to get something new to enjoy, rather than just watching the money collecting dust?
And antique cars are real money pits, by the way, unless you can repair them and make your own parts. Sure, I would love to have one of those 1959 Benz gullwings! But I won't spend 500 grand on one. Unlike computers, old cars cost a lot more than new ones!