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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Now I'm not so sure. what do you really get that worth the change from say, Windows 2000 to Vista? Word 97 to Word 2007? or the current Gen of photoshop versus the version 10 years ago. I see the companies wanting the upgrade revenue, but as a user, is it worth feeding them the money?
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I can't talk for everyone, but most of the apps and OSes that grow are worth it. Except for MS Office
I never use Excel, I just needed Word for minor typing, and Office97 or lower would have been enough.
But since you mention Photoshop, this is a program that I use daily and I appreciate its evolution. Photoshop from 10 years ago didn't like to add text to images. A lot of work involved. Now it's almost like a word processor
OS X 10.5 is definately better than OS X 10.2 that I started out with. Instant searches with spotlight, quickview and Exposé really increase my efficiency.
That said, do I really need 6Gb in Lexmark printer drivers (or was it canon) just because I might some day use a Lexmark (or was it canon) printer? I'd appreciate some kind of "do you want to install these drivers" option when installing an OS so that I can use the DASD space I save and fill it up with MP3, video and books
