I want a New Computer
I want a new computer
But I'm getting all upset:
There are too many options
So I don't know what to get.
A laptop or a tablet,
An i-Pad or a Mac:
The choice, it seems, is endless
But there's something they all lack.
They're all so darned new-fangled
But clearly cannot cope
With my docs in older formats;
It really is no joke!
I just want a new computer
That's like my old one, see,
Which won't muck up my archives.
Do others think like me?
All swish and techie gadgets
Seem fine, until you try
To do those things you used to;
It nearly makes me cry.
I don't want to take ages
Reformatting my stuff
So Windows 8 can read it;
I've almost had enough.
Why can't they make computers
Do what I want them to,
Just like the one I'm ditching?
Is it the same for you?
M.C. Newberry
Thu 27th Feb 2014 10:02
An enjoyable rhythmic rant on behalf of many
of us who feel victims of unceasing and
apparently uncaring "progress" (for that read
"consumer obsolescence"!).
I sympathise and add my own voice to the demand
for the new that does not exclude the old in
technology.