"Modernizing" something doesn't mean removing 80% or 90% of its features, that would be "bastardizing" or something. Your comment seems weird to me. It sounds

"Modernizing" something doesn't mean removing 80% or 90% of its features, that would be "bastardizing" or something. Your comment seems weird to me. It sounds like "Use an underpowered tool for your everyday task but turn to a vastly more powerful tool only in some strictly defined situation." Wouldn't it be a little more sane to go the other way: use a super powerful tool for your daily work and only turn to a far less powerful tool when there's no other choice?