Trouble with Windows 11?

"Why are you so jittery?"

"I was a UNIVAC tube service specialist".

I side with Joebedford

It's not the prospect of Windows 11, 12 or 39 that bothers me. It's how gullible double digit IQ John Q Public types eat PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE up like it was popcorn.

It takes 1,000 times more storage, memory and speed on my computer to do exactly the same thing Windows XP did. But when the computer breaks or a new but not any better program supersedes an identical program but forces the user to upgrade hardware, this is just plain nuts.

This is exactly the same thing as finding out you cannot buy tail light lenses for your trust old work car any more.

This has morphed into a "Chew & Spit" society except now the flavor and color are artificial, and damned poor imitations at that...

Hey- mine still works fine for what I bought it for-



As far as Windows goes- you can have it- start menu advertisements and all.

You should never look back; you can never go back.Learn how to use the present technology. JMHO.

bwanshoom wrote:
Luxury! In my day, if we wanted persistent storage we had to directly manipulate iron atoms with a tiny bar magnet.

HAHA! Good one. I was going to go to the next step before paper tape (enter machine code bootloader using console switches that reads the paper tape program), but you beat me with magnet and atoms.



PS: I'm a big fan of Monty Python (nudge nudge wink wink)

joebedford wrote:

eubank wrote:
He's one of those unfortunate folks who came to life after others of us were using tapes and punch cards as storage media.

Did we miss the reference to paper tape?

Paper tape? Luxury! In my day, if we wanted persistent storage we had to directly manipulate iron atoms with a tiny bar magnet.

You try to tell kids that these days and they just laugh at you.

(With apologies to Monty Python for ripping off their skit)

This was good enough for me then and it's still working just fine. I don't need no Windows 11.

He missed the 8" floppy.

Yea, punch cards and sneaker net. Now that was computing.

eubank wrote:
He's one of those unfortunate folks who came to life after others of us were using tapes and punch cards as storage media.

Did we miss the reference to paper tape?