LizzieMaine
Bartender
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I've never bought a new computer in my life, and I've kept the old ones going by replacing hard drives and logic boards as needed. My laptop is held shut by duct tape, but I only really use it as a glorified typewriter, so I'm not too concerned about that.
There are certain tools that I use in radio-related work -- SoundEdit Pro 16, for one -- that will only run on Mac "Classic", which is no longer supported. So I keep the old machines going. There are other sound tools that do run on modern machines, but they're designed for working in stereo and editing is much more complicated. I work only with mono source materials, so have no need for any of that, and why should I be forced to use something I have no use for?
When a website gets to the point where it won't run on my machines, I just don't use that site anymore. I can only access YooToob on the Windows machine at work, but that's hardly a handicap. I can't stand to watch video on a computer screen to begin with.
There are certain tools that I use in radio-related work -- SoundEdit Pro 16, for one -- that will only run on Mac "Classic", which is no longer supported. So I keep the old machines going. There are other sound tools that do run on modern machines, but they're designed for working in stereo and editing is much more complicated. I work only with mono source materials, so have no need for any of that, and why should I be forced to use something I have no use for?
When a website gets to the point where it won't run on my machines, I just don't use that site anymore. I can only access YooToob on the Windows machine at work, but that's hardly a handicap. I can't stand to watch video on a computer screen to begin with.