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Originally Posted by multiweb
Well if I spend a couple of Ks on a machine it's nice to know that I can open it up, change the HD to a bigger size or faster volume, maybe upgrade the graphic card and video drivers down the road or add an extra drive. Or maybe get an external optical drive without having to pay through the nose for a cable to connect it from the 'Microsoft Shop'. You know, basics things. Having options to customise MY pc with cards from various unrelated manufacturers?... If this flexibility and freedom are all taken away then what's the point? Is a PC going to become a consumable black box. Change it all when you have to or when they tell you to becaused it's expired next month with the new OS upgrade? Or something you can't legally open like a beefed up XBOX?
Back in the days I loved Apple Scripts and the way it integrated with the OS. I also think Apple user interface designs and functionality are second to none. The Apple II E was revolutionary already. But I always liked the modularity of PCs hardware. If we lose that we're in trouble. Our wallet's going to suffer.
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Ah the good old days. Spent many hours at the swap meets & building or upgrading my PC. I don't think that pleasure will disappear at all. The main problem is the OS you have to use. You can still tinker with the machine but unless you can get drivers you are pretty much behind the 8 ball.
Microsoft change so often, hardware developers have a hard time keeping up. Not only do they have to make 32 bit and 64 bit drivers, they have to test these drivers on software that is flawed. They cannot afford to re-write drivers for older hardware so the end user suffers again.
Just read somewhere that Microsoft have made over 100,000 changes to Windows 8 since the evaluation copy was made available.