Strange isn't it, how we sometimes resist the changing of technology despite ourselves.
I've been working in IT for donkeys years now, but still find myself clinging to familiar paths. I'll admit to purchasing CDs from various online retailers (having just about given up trying find much of interest on the High Street). These often come with a free MP3 download, which I studiously resist in favour of ripping the CDs at home myself. What's the point of that then?
Also, must confess to a hankering for the twin-disc vinyl version of 'Reanimated Memories' coming up soon. May pick up a copy at the Putney gig, assuming they turn up in time this year! Yes, I do still have a turntable, quietly gathering dust next to the VHS machine.
This caused a wry smile on the Bassman brow here. People whose job is defined in the term "Technology" are amazingly resistant to "New Technology"!
I remember years ago how I used to study computer magazines from cover to cover looking for the latest innovations and getting technology I probably didn't need but wanted. Yet for the past year, my Laptop has been nagging me to upgrade for free to Windows 10 - A FREE UPGRADE - Something I would probably have sold the family heritage for in the late 1970's/early 80's
Yet for that year I have steadfastly ignored and avoided it, until last weekend when I finally bit the bullet and upgraded. It took a few hours but it all worked okay, all my data is intact, all my software worked. As far as I can tell I am still as secure as I was. The only problem I had was with a heavily VBA coded spreadsheet and to be fair I was having problems with that before the upgrade - but with a bit of jiggery pokkery it's was working within an hour.
I have since had the conversation with a few people about why I never did it earlier, if only to stop the bloody nag screen!! And they are the same. They have lived with the Nag screen for a year and are reluctant to upgrade.
Like Jules, I still use tried and trusted methods to do things but when did I become so cynical of New Tech and freebies!
Tel