Hi Dark,
Sure. Again, it comes down to personal preference. Sometimes the
benefits to upgrading aren't always that obvious or seem all that
important at the time.
For example, when Windows 7 came out I really wondered myself if I
should invest in the upgrade. After all, I had a Compaq that was barely
two years old running Windows Vista, and for all intents and purposes
Windows 7 is just an updated version of Vista. So I was thinking "what's
the benefit in upgrading to Windows 7?"
Well, as it turned out there were several things that convinced me to
upgrade. One, was the fact that Microsoft overhalled the OS, removed a
bunch of older code, and Windows 7 boots much faster than Vista. Two,
Windows 7 was more stable before the service packs were released than
Vista was. Three, Microsoft removed a lot of apps from the base install
such as Windows Mail and made them available through Windows update. The
advantage here is if I use Thunderbird I don't have Windows Mail hanging
around on my drive taking up space when I don't use it. Four, Windows 7
comes preinstalled with .NET 4.0 which will handle most .NET apps out of
the box without having to update or install .NET components on the side.
Finally, can handle Microsoft's new UI Automation framework which will
improve over all access to software as it becomes more widely used by
screen readers and Windows applications.
So as you can see at least in my own personal situation there were some
pretty clear benefits to upgrading to Windows 7. Everyone agrees that
Vista was a pretty poor version of Windows, was a bad release, and
Windows 7 was designed and marketed to correct issues in Vista. However,
even for an XP user yourself there probably are some benefits to you
that aren't immediately obvious or that I've failed to mention because a
lot has changed since XP was released.
As far as hand-held devices goes I've not decided on one for myself
personally. I've looked at an Apple iPad and while I don't mind the user
interface I'd want to write accessible games for the unit and
unfortunately Microsoft's iOS is proprietary to the max. I'd rather get
a Droid phone with Ice Cream Sandwich on it so I could write games and
apps for it in Java. At least Google isn't quite as anal about
proprietary languages and tools as Apple.
Cheers!
On 3/14/2012 4:14 AM, dark wrote:
Hi Tom.
Well the upgreading part, I'll have to considder, but I think I would
be very wary of upgrading simply! to upgrade, or simply because I had
to, that's why i'd like some bennifits.
I take your point about laptops, however I am still not convinced, for
those who use desktop pcs as a general media system as indeed myself,
many of my friends and my brother do, sinse that's something where you
need! a larger unit that has a full sized keyboard, can connect to a
really good quality monitor, set of 5.1 speakers etc.
Btw, as for what I do when this laptop breaks, the answer is probably
change for an Iphone, sinse while I still want windows on a desktop,
there are lots of portable things I'd want an Ios device to do, and
indeed several Ios things and games I'd want specifically.
So I think i'd opt for either an Iphone or an Ipad rather than a laptop.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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