Linked by Robert Gering on Tue 17th Sep 2002 18:11 UTC
First, a little background. I am a Windows user who has been using Windows since 3.1. I am not a programmer or a developer, I am a user. I process photos, use the internet, e-mail, write letters, play the ever important games and even use it to develop my comic strips. I am not computer illiterate and I use my computer with confidence and skill. Now with that said. I hate Windows.
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You want that new feature? You need the new updated software.
Is your PC slowing down? Upgrade the hardware.
Until you switch to a new OS. And the new OS is not compatible with your old hardware. You probably got it together with you new hardware.
Then the other software you ran for years without a problem now doesn't work anymore.
So you have to upgrade that too. Which is not compatible with the old versions, so everybody you interact with is forced to go through software updates...
That require hardware updates....
So what are your options:
> If you step out of the circle and stick to what you got. Well, I can still surf the internet with IE4. But wouldn it be nice to do some internet banking? Then my bank requires that I use IE5.5, how well does that do on a PII? And when the security from IE5.5 falls apart, my bank will switch to something else again.
> switch to another OS? Well, you can get away from MS, but can you get away from the continuous cycle of software and hardware upgrades?
It a vicious circle. Microsoft just knows how to use it.