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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Retraining is a huge issue, and cost sink, for corporations so I don't really blame them.
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I know this is the biggest issue I had when we "upgraded" to Office 2007 and my recent switch from XP to Windows 7.
I suspect they really are more intuitive and user friendly to the average computer newbie.
But I have so many OS's already floating around in my head! I learned on DOS, went to Win 3.1. Loved Windows 95, even more so Windows 98. I know how to function on my XP and just get things done. I no longer want to read through a 4-inch thick computer manual to re-learn what I've already had to relearn a half-dozen times over the years (when I factor in Windows CE and Windows Mobile 2003 on my still-used PDA; Android whatever on my current phone; Linux on a thumb-drive to play with on my netbook; and the old Mac 128 I first learned to use a GUI on!)
Plus, it seems to me that all this focus on image-based OS's means dumber and dumber users, in general. People have no clue how things really work. I know there are a lot of users who don't/didn't in ALL the various OS's I learned in as well....)