I.T. is a fast changing discipline. One of the attractions for me. In general, that is a good thing but I do think the industry needs to pay more attention to backward compatability whilst forging ahead.<\/p>\n
For example, my iMac being 5 years old would no longer receive update for the O\/S or key programs, like browsers. I have blogged before that I do not like to upgrade any O\/S because that is risky and in my experience rarely an improvement. Vendors bring out new O\/Ss to support new hardware, in general. If the hardware isn’t changing, it is not worth the risk.<\/p>\n
Given the software, the fact that the disk was getting full and that it was starting to run like a dog, I decided a new iMac was required. Very nice: fast, runs Maverick, copied (most of) my files over simply. However…Mavericks is so new that it is hard to find all the software I had on the old one: printer drivers being a case in point. Pages 08 file format will not load into Pages version 5, telling me I have to save in Pages 09. I mean, come on Apple, that’s only 5 years!<\/p>\n
So I’ve concluded there is “functional zone” of systems that are newer than four years and older than one. Someone could probably draw a nice bell shaped graph which plotted functionality against years.<\/p>\n
I would like to turn off the old system in favour of the new but it looks like I’ll have to wait until it is a bit more mature.<\/p>\n
P.S. This blog should really be renamed. There’s not much P2V going on these days, especially for me in my current role. It’s all become kinda commodity now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I.T. is a fast changing discipline. One of the attractions for me. In general, that is a good thing but I do think the industry needs to pay more attention to backward compatability whilst forging ahead. For example, my iMac … Continue reading