Question Am I wrong to not want a modern computer?

[ZzzKing]

And the wall phone was near bullet-proof, worked for 30 years without needing any service calls or upgrading to a new model, and for some people (albeit fewer and fewer), just making voice calls is all they really need a phone to do.

When I was in high school, my uncle looked at my grandmothers phone bill one month. She had a rotary dial phone that was hard-wired into the wall that was the property of the phone company. She had paid about $2.50 a month to rent it and had been doing that for close to 30 years. so had probably paid over $300 for it over time. And you could get a crappy used car for $150 at the time.

Sorry, back to our previously scheduled program.

 

[Derbdiver]

Would you want to keep using Windows 7 or a cell phone so old that doesn’t support software upgrades? If so, why?

Actually I quit using all Windows products long ago. All 3 of my personal PC's run Mint Linux. I detest MS and their crap-ware.

 

[Derbdiver]

Actually I quit using all Windows products long ago. All 3 of my personal PC's run Mint Linux. I detest MS and their crap-ware.

One other plus, most Linux distro's are free and 100x more secure and anonymous from a data sharing standpoint than Windows. Mac OS is also much more secure but you are relegated to sharing all your data with Apple.

 

[EFX]

After reading the above couple of posts I couldn't resist posting this:

In the early days of Windows the founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, said this at a computer exposition:

“If General Motors had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.”

In response to Bill’s comments, a GM spokesman said: “Well, that might be the case. However, would you want your car to crash twice a day?!”

 

[dmaziuk]

Ah, the good old days.

The more up-to-date version of that is "a Rolls would cost five bucks and could drive around the globe twice on a single tank of gas... and every week it would explode in a blazing fireball killing all occupants and bystanders that happen to stand too close".

 

[Bearded Diver]

Hi all,

I am new to diving and have been using an old Suunto Vyper Air. So far I like it, it tells me everything I want to know. I want to get a backup now, but not sure if I want a new computer or find another older one.

Am I wrong to be apprehensive about modern computers requiring software updates? I’m just thinking about practically every modern device I have being glitchy and prone to failures that require calling some tech center to get it sorted out… not how I want to spend precious vacation time, on the phone. I like the idea that back in the Vyper Air era, they had to get it right the first time, no “release it and fix it as problems come up” business model.

What are your experiences with modern computers like Perdix or Luna 2, etc.? Are there any models where glitches/failures are unheard of?

Thanks,

I bought a Suunto Cobra 3, new at a dove shop when I got my full set of gear back in ‘16, finally bought a proper bcd, BC2 by atomic, after using a beat up Axiom I3 I got used form the same dove shop.

If you are comfortable with the old one, I’d continue to use it. I like the more modern computers and I haven’t had to update anything, but in all fairness I don’t use a massive amount of features, yet.