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iMac users don’t upgrade their computers. It’s an appliance like a microwave. I switched to an iMac after I realized that every time I tried to upgrade my desk
by jinushaun 8y ago
iMac users don’t upgrade their computers. It’s an appliance like a microwave.
I switched to an iMac after I realized that every time I tried to upgrade my desktop, everything was incompatible with the new stuff, forcing me to effectively upgrade everything at once and build a new computer. This kept happening every 4 years.
I could have avoided this with incremental upgrades, but who has time for that?
- Yetanfou 8y agoStrange, the last incompatibility-problems I saw were those caused by disappearing interfaces - things like parallel printer and SCSI ports - but those are all long gone. If I'm not using my HP SJ5200 scanner (with parallel and USB interface) - it is because the thing is slower than the somewhat newer version I came across at a flea market, not because it is incompatible. That thing is probably around 20 years old if not more but it works fine. The same goes for more or less all other 'old' external hardware - internal is often hampered by the absence of internal PCI (or VESA local bus or ISA or what have you) slots - so I can't really identify with this idiom of 'everything needing to be upgraded after a desktop refresh'. It might help that I use Linux and as such am spared from forced upgrade trajectories.
- addicted 8y agoYour monitors surely don’t stop being compatible every 4 years. I’ve been using one of my monitors for 10 years now, and other than needing an adapter it’s woeking just fine (I did buy a new monitor, but use both as a dual monitor setup). Also, RAM, and hard drives are usually not a problem to upgrade at all.