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Originally Posted by Laridae
Now, you see, I have a completely different view of technology - call me the BIC disposable!
So I don't want tech that's expensive and durable.
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But I do.
I don't change anything if I don't have a good reason. I don't switch to a new operating system just because it's new. I don't replace my computer only because it's now three years old.
Probably, my next computer will also run Windows 7 (I still have an unused license), because I *KNOW* it will run any software I run now, *AND* all software produced between now and 2020.
You know what that means? It means that Windows 7, combined with a current version of DOSBox (and if you have to, Windows XP Virtual Mode, which is free for Win7 Professional), will be able to run software produced in a time span of
thirty years (~1990-2020).
Yes, I plan stuff like that very far ahead. I now sometimes run games created in 1998. I can see myself running 2012-era games in 2027; either on a new computer, in some way or the other, or on this one or it's 2015 successor.