On Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:55:43 -0400, HK wrote:

Same here. Used to like messing with it when it was my business.
Now I'm a user, and like it real user friendly.

--Vic


Hmmm. I'm sort of the opposite.

Another way to look at it: I used to like doing my own car repairs.
Hands on, saved some money, and had a reliable ride.
That was necessary with those older cars.
Now I expect my cars to be almost maintenance free.
I resent a bad injector, or too many "check engine" lights.
I put Vista in that category - just from what I've heard.
XP fits more into my current car philosophy - beat it death and it
keeps on doing everything I ask of it.
Not talking avoiding regular preventative maintenance, but I don't
want to be babying an OS like I babied my old cars.
Might be some flaws in that analogy, but there it is.
The older I get, the less I like to putz around with things I consider
simple tools. An OS is basically a complex mass of code, and I spent
years dealing with such for pay, and I'm tired of it.
That's why I retired.

--Vic