In article , says...

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:04:24 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Maybe I'll stick with XP even after the support stops.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...are-in-january

Microsoft has not given their business users any compelling reason to
switch.
If your mission is not significantly changing, why should you change
your hardware and software?
99% of all real business applications ran just fine on Windows 3.1 on
a 396. If you are just doing bookkeeping, inventory and point of sale,
you don't need that much computing power.
All of these flashy graphics do not actually add much to the average
business man's operation.
Hardware is pretty stagnant these days so I am not really sure why
they need a different OS.

Most applications are now moving into the Cloud/Web, there is no real need for lots of horse
power on the average business users system. Also, the cost of developing a web/cloud based
application is that it is immediately executabe on any OS that supports the browser.

Fat PC's are dead.

On 2/5/2014 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 08:51:17 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article , says...

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:04:24 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Maybe I'll stick with XP even after the support stops.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...are-in-january

Microsoft has not given their business users any compelling reason to
switch.
If your mission is not significantly changing, why should you change
your hardware and software?
99% of all real business applications ran just fine on Windows 3.1 on
a 396. If you are just doing bookkeeping, inventory and point of sale,
you don't need that much computing power.
All of these flashy graphics do not actually add much to the average
business man's operation.
Hardware is pretty stagnant these days so I am not really sure why
they need a different OS.

Most applications are now moving into the Cloud/Web, there is no real need for lots of horse
power on the average business users system. Also, the cost of developing a web/cloud based
application is that it is immediately executabe on any OS that supports the browser.

Fat PC's are dead.

Yet the PCs are getting bigger every release of the OS.

The cloud is great as long as security and availability are not
important to you.



For $179 you can buy your own "cloud" with 3Tb of storage.

http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-3TB-Personal-Storage-WDBCTL0030HWT-NESN/dp/B00EVVGAC6

On 2/5/2014 1:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/5/2014 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 08:51:17 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:04:24 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Maybe I'll stick with XP even after the support stops.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...are-in-january


Microsoft has not given their business users any compelling reason to
switch.
If your mission is not significantly changing, why should you change
your hardware and software?
99% of all real business applications ran just fine on Windows 3.1 on
a 396. If you are just doing bookkeeping, inventory and point of sale,
you don't need that much computing power.
All of these flashy graphics do not actually add much to the average
business man's operation.
Hardware is pretty stagnant these days so I am not really sure why
they need a different OS.

Most applications are now moving into the Cloud/Web, there is no real
need for lots of horse
power on the average business users system. Also, the cost of
developing a web/cloud based
application is that it is immediately executabe on any OS that
supports the browser.

Fat PC's are dead.

Yet the PCs are getting bigger every release of the OS.

The cloud is great as long as security and availability are not
important to you.



For $179 you can buy your own "cloud" with 3Tb of storage.

http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-3TB-Personal-Storage-WDBCTL0030HWT-NESN/dp/B00EVVGAC6


Yeah, we are looking at that..

KC wrote:
On 2/5/2014 1:00 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/5/2014 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 08:51:17 -0500, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:04:24 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

Maybe I'll stick with XP even after the support stops.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...are-in-january


Microsoft has not given their business users any compelling reason to
switch.
If your mission is not significantly changing, why should you change
your hardware and software?
99% of all real business applications ran just fine on Windows 3.1 on
a 396. If you are just doing bookkeeping, inventory and point of sale,
you don't need that much computing power.
All of these flashy graphics do not actually add much to the average
business man's operation.
Hardware is pretty stagnant these days so I am not really sure why
they need a different OS.

Most applications are now moving into the Cloud/Web, there is no real
need for lots of horse
power on the average business users system. Also, the cost of
developing a web/cloud based
application is that it is immediately executabe on any OS that
supports the browser.

Fat PC's are dead.

Yet the PCs are getting bigger every release of the OS.

The cloud is great as long as security and availability are not
important to you.



For $179 you can buy your own "cloud" with 3Tb of storage.

http://www.amazon.com/Cloud-3TB-Personal-Storage-WDBCTL0030HWT-NESN/dp/B00EVVGAC6


Yeah, we are looking at that..

Any 3tb storage I am going to want a raid or at least a mirror drive setup.

In article ,
says...

On Wed, 5 Feb 2014 08:51:17 -0500, BAR wrote:


Fat PC's are dead.

Yet the PCs are getting bigger every release of the OS.

The cloud is great as long as security and availability are not
important to you.

Fat PC's might be getting more scarce because components are smaller and
don't need cooling.
My 4 year old case is about 4 times larger than the typical PC.
Massive, but space in no concern, and components are ridiculously
easy to swap.
Thing is, except for graphics cards and an SSD, I haven't had to open
the case.
The cloud won't replace the desk top and on-site processing.