The UK is suffering some pretty extreme weather at the moment, as is much of Europe I think.
I must admit to a little soft spot for a lot of ‘legacy’ equipment/technology. Somehow it often seems a little less brittle than the more recent stuff.
What new things can you think of that are worse than what they replaced, and why?
Here are a couple to get you started:
new VSTO, old VBA, why worse? not well integrated, unsuitable languages
new VISTA, old Win XP, why worse? slow, pointless, incompatible
new wooden flooring, old carpets, why worse? cold and hard
new front wheel drive, old rear wheel drive, why worse? no power slides
Subjective, of course, one sided, for sure.
What old stuff do you prefer and why?
Cheers
Simon
(don’t worry all you young pups, we’ll have a ‘why modern stuff is better than that old out of date crap’ post in the new year, probably)
Smurf on Spreadsheets 
Wednesday, 23rd December, 2009 at 6:33 pm |
Extreme weather? Hm, living in the north part of Sweden gives another perspective.
LPs instead of CDs – For me it exist a genuine feeling when listening to 70’s music on a gramophone. Yeah, I grow up with the music of the 70’s and I only listen to it.
Merry Christmas to everyone and all the best from Santa Claus’s neighbor.
Dennis
Wednesday, 23rd December, 2009 at 7:38 pm |
Soda pop (aka fizzy drinks) in cans or plastic bottles vs glass bottles – taste. Ditto for beer, though speaking for myself, canned beer is for volume consumption.
Online documentation vs hardcopy manuals provided with software disks – availability and, at least in my case, ease of use.
Thursday, 24th December, 2009 at 4:59 pm |
Dennis, yes I should have said comparatively, and great choice in LP’s. I still have loads I have not heard for years as we havent had the record player set up for a long time.
Harlan, yeah stuff really does taste nicer out of a glass bottle, and double yeah paper manuals!
Thursday, 24th December, 2009 at 6:49 pm |
New Amy, Old Angie, why worst?:
>>not well integrated, unsuitable languages
>> slow, pointless, incompatible
>> cold and hard
Lol!, not really! Happy xmas people!
Friday, 25th December, 2009 at 12:35 pm |
old music sure beats all the modern crap
Saturday, 26th December, 2009 at 12:50 am |
Maps v SatNav