All You Win XP Stragglers
Well, there are still about 30% of ALL PCs on the planet still running XP despite constant warnings from MS to dump it by this April 8, after which there will no longer be OS patches or other update s...
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This article is about a 3 y/o ipad and how its owner is being forced to look at spending $600+ to keep using the latest apps. Very many interesting themes related to this XP 'obsolence' thread.
I felt the same way he did when our 9 y/o DOS Kaypro and its peripherals had to go, and again when our 7 y/o Win 95 Gateway and its stuff had to be replaced w/ our (now my) 9+ y/o XP Hewlett P and all new peripherals (incl. what is now its 3rd monitor). In each case roughly $1200 was initial cost (maybe more for Kaypro) - all were mid-level equip.
I was reluctant to upgrade, but saw no choice in the 1st 2 cases. The software improvements required hardware improvements in prior cases, but very little for the current HP (an extra gig of RAM, a camera, a wifi adapter, etc).
Apple w/ its ipad seems better able to force an upgrade than MS w/r an XP PC. I could get a new Dell desktop w/ W8 for $300 and be good for a decade, but if Apple is able to keep its pricing and 3 year obsolescence going, the apple user would be spending over 5 times as much in a decade.
Not sure what to make of all this.
I felt the same way he did when our 9 y/o DOS Kaypro and its peripherals had to go, and again when our 7 y/o Win 95 Gateway and its stuff had to be replaced w/ our (now my) 9+ y/o XP Hewlett P and all new peripherals (incl. what is now its 3rd monitor). In each case roughly $1200 was initial cost (maybe more for Kaypro) - all were mid-level equip.
I was reluctant to upgrade, but saw no choice in the 1st 2 cases. The software improvements required hardware improvements in prior cases, but very little for the current HP (an extra gig of RAM, a camera, a wifi adapter, etc).
Apple w/ its ipad seems better able to force an upgrade than MS w/r an XP PC. I could get a new Dell desktop w/ W8 for $300 and be good for a decade, but if Apple is able to keep its pricing and 3 year obsolescence going, the apple user would be spending over 5 times as much in a decade.
Not sure what to make of all this.
