>You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. That would be fine, but what about the situation where you have n

>You might be able to solve most of your problems by being more conservative about upgrading. That would be fine, but what about the situation where you have no choice? (i.e. buying new hardware or unrelated hardware - there's no excuse for forcing an os upgrade when you buy a new iphone for example.) Try buying a latest model and enjoy being forced to upgrade your laptop os so it can "connect".