In reply to a post by Andrue:

... a lot of applications have been drained of life. It's another thing I don't understand about Microsoft.

It's not just MS and seems to be the trend... the latest version of iTunes is rather more stark than the last one.

In particular they've removed CoverFlow which, whilst I'll concede provided little if any extra real functionality, looked great

Do you think that the latest version of OS X works on computers more than 5 years old?

Simply stating a fact. Mountain Lion requires a 2007 or later Mac. No fear there, rational or irrational.

w8 4 Windows 9.

Your fear is displayed in the fact that you keep bringing up Apple even in non Apple posts.

Or maybe it is just obsession.

He does tend to get his facts in a twist quite a lot, showing himself up regularly.

Do you?

And, who cares.

Reporting Windows sales is like reporting VAT on computers - in this country it's an effective tax. All the OEMs and Retailers switch from "Recommending Windows 7" to "Recommending Windows 8" overnight, and all the Win7 hardware vanishes from the shelves, presumably to be re-imaged.

That's very true. As you say, Windows has become so successful that it has an effective monopoly. So it is rather foolish to talk of any new version of Windows "failing". It is, be definition, going to sell well.

In reply to a post by AEP:

Do you think that the latest version of OS X works on computers more than 5 years old?

no idea and do I care? no.

I dont even know why microsoft even feel the need to copy apple as apple are irrelevant on pc's.