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I would think that non-techies would be even more confused and annoyed by their computer suddenly drastically changing out from underneath them without their pe

• lloyd-christmas 10y ago
  And then they'd get over it. Oddly enough, my parents upgraded this past week: Mom: Honey, what's this thing stopping me from [shopping]? Dad: Don't click the button! Mom: [long lecture about how she's trying to do stuff for her grandkids]. Dad: Fine, just hit the damn button. Me: DON'T HIT THE BUTTON! I'll walk you through it. I proceeded to explain it to them. 5 days later they don't even remember/care. I guarantee you my grandmother doesn't give a shit either, nor do most of my siblings. So far, I'm at a 6:2 ratio of not caring (one of my brothers is a developer). My parents aren't exactly ignorant in regards to tech, but it simply doesn't effect them to the extent it bothers you/us.
  • tamana 10y ago
    Most of us get repeated phone calls asking where the buttons went. Learning new things gets harder with age.
• taude 10y ago
  Apple's proven that the general population get over this pretty quickly, though. Look at their iOS 7 update.
  • Silhouette 10y ago
    One of my family, who isn't particularly technical, bought a pre-iOS7 iPad after trying out someone else's and liking it. Soon it was running iOS 7 after prompting to update to the new OS. Soon after that it went back to the shop for a full refund, because the person who had liked it before found the new OS and the things that broke in the process of updating that annoying.