[corbe]

Most of the TECH’s here saw this coming a couple of years ago, with the advent of Tablets, readers, smart phones etc...

I was hoping I would be able to squeeze a few more years out of this PC thing, that started in the 90’s for me. It has been a great ride, and for the most part I enjoyed it.

And now something else has reared it's head that may provide me a few more years of compensation-Old people (half of my customer base) don't want to use (LEARN) Tablets, readers, smart phones etc...they just want to be left alone with their ol Dell Dimension running Win XP, Well I can fix that and make them happy and my solution does not involve Win 8. Yes I'm probably talking about your Auntie, admit it, you cringe when you see the Caller ID!

[Squawk 8888]

My client base (small business owners) don’t care about the bells & whistles or the OS, they just want something that works. That’s why all my apps are 32-bit and will run on anything XP or later.

[Arthur McGowan]

I’m only 59, and I’m already at that point. I have an eMachine running Vista with every bell and whistle turned off. I don’t want a tablet or a smartphone. I use Chrome, Firefox, Diamond Cut Audio Restoration Tools, OpenOffice, and VLC Media Player, Replay AV for podcatching and converting stuff, and that’s it.

[Roccus]

Like a lot of “Old people” I would be perfectly happy with a device that would give me internet access and e-mail (like the old WebTV did only at computer speed) plus would accommodate my digital camera. I used to like my XP, but when that PC fried I was forced into Windows 7. I got so tired of MS's updates changing things that I shut them off over a year ago.

[stars & stripes forever]

Old people (half of my customer base) don't want to use (LEARN) Tablets, readers, smart phones etc.

So true. I learned to be proficient with my computer and mouse. Why change something that isn't broke?

Also boomers have already done "spluge"; now they are into "frugile" MS would be wise to come out with a Senior version of Windows 8 that resembled Windows 7... with a Senior discount, of course.