As I’ve mentioned, my household has numerous computers. Two are Windows 7, two are Linux, and one is XP. My wife and I also have Nexus 4 phones. While we use lots of technology, none of it is new.<\/p>\n
We got our XP computer when life was fluid. Years later, I inherited the task of “rejuvenating” the system; it wasn’t working right. Wandering around the desktop, I discovered the problem: the system hadn’t been updated regularly, so around a quarter of the updates were missing. After a few days chasing them down, I once again restarted the computer one evening. With Service Pack 2 finally running, the computer ran amazingly. In the dusk, with the soft blue Windows light in my face, I felt a new connection to the computer – what home computing was meant to be. I’d guess that was in 2007. With Service Pack 3, which I installed the following year, the computer ran even better.<\/p>\n
By that time, we had a couple of Vista computers. Although they did improve with updates, they never ran as well as our XP ones, which begged the question: Why change when what you have already is excellent? We limped along on Vista for a couple of years, but I used the XP computers whenever I could.<\/p>\n
In 2010, we bought a Windows 7 computer. It was obviously much better than Vista. Moreover, it improved over the first couple years. I’m writing this post on that computer now; it’s never worked better. We’ve leapfrogged Windows 8; now we’re being asked to upgrade to Windows 10. At this moment, I can’t see why we would.<\/p>\n
When you use a computer every day, it becomes part of your life. Technology changes very quickly, but I tend to appreciate a good thing more, the longer I use it.<\/p>\n
I’ll be talking more about “upgrading” to newer programs in future posts:)<\/p>\n