Recently, I have been taking a look at the “Windows 98, 95, ME” Forum and noticing something that I have quite a strong opinion of. Why do people keep old PCs running Windows 95, 98 or ME when they don’t really know what they are doing. Especially with all the threats these days. Even a hobby of keeping old Operating Systems is a dangerous one. An infection lies just around the corner.

Don’t get me wrong here, I don’t mind people keeping old PCs. I just don’t understand why they do it. I like to compare it to cars. There are a lot of “Old Timer Fanatics” that keep old cars because they like maintaining them. And like driving in them after a long day of working on them, while the rest of the community just wants a car that works, and keep up with the technology.

This rarely happens with computers. People keep their old computers because they don’t know / don’t get informed better. And it’s a shame really. Old computers that don’t get the proper maintenance slow down to a crawling stop just like old cars would if they don’t get their much needed work.

Yes, of course there are people that can’t afford the latest of the latest. Heck, I can’t even afford the latest of the latest, but I sure like an updated computer. I wouldn’t even dare to dream of a computer that hasn’t been updated for a good 6-8 years. I would probably throw it out the window before it would reach 6 years.

What do you think?