Originally Posted by
billdelong
I don't agree with the IT analogy, because the consumer still gets to choose "when/if" they are willing to make the upgrade to get enhanced features with a PC. What MyLaps is doing is literally extorting more money from customers who already bought their product. MyLaps is forcing all new decoders sold to be fixed with RC4.5 and will not allow them to be backward compatible to RC4.4 and this in itself is an unethical business practice worthy of a class action lawsuit IMO. Although MS no longer supports older OS's, they do not physically lock out those systems the way MyLaps has done it. I can still install Win7 on a new PC which is a requirement in order for me to run software for my CNC.
I work as a systems engineer in IT, part of my job is computer imaging and deployments for my company. Just an fyi, make sure any new computer you buy if buying intel processors, is gen 6 or older processor (good luck finding one). Gen 7 and beyond processors do not support Win7. Yes, there are hacks to run older operating systems on them, but out of the box it isn't supported. I can't speak to AMD processors.