I have never paid that much for a computer. You can buy a new computer, but
I typically buy recent, used business computers for under$100 and get
several years of life out of them.
I prefer a used business grade, to a new, consumer grade system which isn't
likely to survive as long as its installed OS. Keep the old computer, with
the old software if it will still do the job.
I have working computers back to Win 95. and several older Commodore
computers to run old software, or to convert files
On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 2:28?PM Greg Muir via groups.io <big_sky_explorer=
[email protected]> wrote:
I use an old XP machine for email so as not to clutter up my main
machine. But now I can no longer send replies via the groups.io page.
When sending the message it no longer goes through and I only receive a
“{"DraftID":26752611}” reply. But replying through the digest I receive
via my email (use Yahoo for these types of sites) sending messages is
successful.
Somewhat unrelated to this there is the “Your Browser is No Longer
Supported” that occasionally pops up when bringing up a webpage. This XP
computer is using the last version of the FireFox browser that can be used
under this system. The computer has some issues trying to support other
later browser variants. So one has to look at an upgrade to a later OS.
But this computer also has a multitude of older software that will not work
with later operating systems unless upgraded.
Solution?
1. Buy new computer with recent operating system: ~$1000.00
2. Purchase new software to work on new operating system: ~$2800.00
Nearly 4 thousand dollars expenditure just to look at a single website? I
think not.
Problem here is that the people who design websites simply let those who
have older systems fall through the cracks. The young puppy programmers
are not willing to learn legacy systems. That serves as a good reflection
on how companies nowadays distribute their respect for customers. Not
everybody is on the bleeding edge of technology for many reasons.
It’s interesting to note that some actual vary good and professional
organizations have coded their websites to honor older browsers when they
send out probes to see what the client has. These are people who really
care for their website visitors. I have also experienced some companies
who will offer a XP patch for their upgraded software if requested.
Fundamentally things are working well with this older machine except for
the occasional “surprises” like the one that has now occurred with
groups.io.
I realize that there are many people out there who enjoy a brisk encounter
doing “scientific experiments” to accommodate website changes but I simply
don’t have the luxury of a lot of time to do so. When something works well
I simply stick with it. And I’m not about to jump through a dozen hoops
just to satisfy a variant introduced by just one website. I do understand
the aspects of technical progress but it has been my impression to have
companies concentrate on “neat, new & nifty” advances purely for
profit/stockholder motives is one of the issues doing damage to many people
out there from a user and cost standpoint.
Greg
Michael A. Terrell