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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Which ones do you have in mind?
But never underestimate the attraction of clinging to something long used and familiar. I interact elsewhere with people still using PCs running MSDOS and DOS programs as their main computing devices. I admire the fact that they can, but it gets more difficult as time passes. The biggest issue is Internet access. There are browsers that run under DOS, but none will provide a good experience (largely because of little or no support for JavaScript.)
Even if they are using more current technology, familiarity trumps. They want to spend time using their systems, but are reluctant to invest time in learning new stuff. (I've been around that one as a corporate IT guy supporting facility wide upgrades. "I haven't got time to do all my work now, and you want me to learn a batch of new stuff too?")
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Dennis
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I have to completely agree with this. It's one of the reasons I haven't wanted to "upgrade" to Windows 10. I know how Windows 7 works for the things I do with my computer.
I'm still using Microsoft Money 2004 (or the patched version that Microsoft made available when Windows 7 came out). It works to help me balance my checkbook and other financial accounts and gives me reports I can use to do my taxes. I never used it to actually interface with the internet (e.g., investing or downloading through the application from my bank). I looked into the only other program available that I can find (Quicken) and it's massively expensive and I read bad reviews on the current versions. As Blossom said, complaints of lots of bloat and non-value added crap to justify the cost.