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Originally Posted by Charles Freeborn View Post
It's common practice with computers to render older machines obsolete with system upgrades. It's how they sell you new stuff. When I get a new iMac I'll also have to get new external hard drives (if I want firewire speed), a new scanner (also firewire currently), yada yada... Who here remembers SCSI interface externals, or serial printers?
Yes, you can get adapters for earlier peripherals but frequently the makers of those devices don't update drivers, etc...
Yes it's a conspiracy, and thus proves why I love the analog simplicity of my '74 911...
It's not always common. The end user is not microsofts customer, the computer manufacturer typically is.

Apple has traditionally treated the end user as their customer, and has avoided these games in the past
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