Upgrading is an issue full of TONS of annoyed groans and very, VERY few pleasant surprises. I use a relatively outdated laptop (Inspiron running Vista Home Edition), so updates are a very real problem. Along from vista itself updating whatever the hell it needs to every 3-4 days, Adobe Flash player, iTunes, Java, and a bunch of other programs are CONSTANTLY coming out with updates that don’t have any improvement at all in their speed or ease of use. But this is coming from my experience, so I might be missing the point of these updates due to the way I use my software.
The biggest annoyances by far are Adobe Flash and iTunes. Every few weeks I need to install the new Flash Player because I’m using an “unsupported version.” Same with iTunes. I haven’t changed the way I use iTunes since their logo was still green, so EVERY SINGLE update has been TOTALLY unnecessary for me. In fact, every single “Blue” version of iTunes has run worse on my laptop than any of the green versions. The only pleasant surprise I’ve had recently was the newest “Red” version of iTunes, which runs much faster than the Blue version, but still slower than the green version.
I also use MixedInKey, which suggests an update every single time I open it. And when I tried to update, I found out that I would have to pay for it AND that it wasn’t supported by my operating system.
Don’t think that because someone doesn’t want to update their software that they’re just “stuck in the past.” A later version does not necessarily mean a better version, and it’s often the case that it’s inferior and not fitting to a person’s workflow.
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