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6charlong · 09-01-2013, 10:15 PM

I know what you mean. I’m still playing Infocom games that I first bought in the 1980s. I no longer rush into the games. Now I wander into the mazes Infocom constructed and just play around.

On the other hand, I don’t know how many Windows machines I’ve had fail on me. I finally gave my last one to my wife and got a Mac Mini. The last time I was in Costco I looked at a Windows 8 laptop and only shook my head. My wife refuses to dump that old Windows Vista machine and get a Mac even though it’s crashing almost every day now. It was upgraded to Windows 7 a couple of years back in an attempt to make it behave itself but if you’ve ever tried to reinstall Windows from disks 2 or 3 versions back, you will understand why she keeps pulling the plug to get it to restart instead of reinstalling.

There is a case to be made for junking old stuff, too.

Now then, if you’re talking about eReaders, I have to admit that Kobo has seduced me with its brilliant implementation of The Book. Like Amazon they are working to make the hardware disappear and succeeding: the Kobo Aura HD is the best reading experience I’ve had.

09-01-2013, 10:15 PM	#5
6charlong friendly lurker Posts: 896 Karma: 2436026 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: US Device: Kindle, nook, Apple and Kobo	New tricks for new dogs, too I know what you mean. I’m still playing Infocom games that I first bought in the 1980s. I no longer rush into the games. Now I wander into the mazes Infocom constructed and just play around. On the other hand, I don’t know how many Windows machines I’ve had fail on me. I finally gave my last one to my wife and got a Mac Mini. The last time I was in Costco I looked at a Windows 8 laptop and only shook my head. My wife refuses to dump that old Windows Vista machine and get a Mac even though it’s crashing almost every day now. It was upgraded to Windows 7 a couple of years back in an attempt to make it behave itself but if you’ve ever tried to reinstall Windows from disks 2 or 3 versions back, you will understand why she keeps pulling the plug to get it to restart instead of reinstalling. There is a case to be made for junking old stuff, too. Now then, if you’re talking about eReaders, I have to admit that Kobo has seduced me with its brilliant implementation of The Book. Like Amazon they are working to make the hardware disappear and succeeding: the Kobo Aura HD is the best reading experience I’ve had.