02-14-2017, 06:50 PM
N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=vision63]
I think the Number One reason my technology urges have been blunted has been the massive difficulty of trying to manage my music and movies on my Macs.
I am in the same position, but I have a different theory as to why I no longer swoon over the latest and greatest:
Simply put, I want my technology to just work.
When I was younger, I was much more willing to deal with the bleeding that sometimes comes with being on the cutting edge. That is no longer the case. Now I value time more than anything else; once I have a solution that is proven to work, I am very reluctant to move away from it. This, combined with the decline in Apple's IJWQ (It Just Works Quotient) in recent years, leaves me extremely reluctant to upgrade unless I absolutely need to.
EDIT: In other words, what Ammo said.
That's really interesting. I think over time we're expected to deliver a lot more output than we used to. There used to be a buffer. I remember when everyone started faxing and correcting errors and making changes instantly instead of using couriers, which gave you a break.