Diogo Gomes BlogWhy I’m not upgrading to Snow Leopard
It’s that time of the year again, when everyone rushes to upgrade their OS to their latest version that just got release or is in the process of…
Upgrades are done because people techies just need to have the latest version of everything. Even when the new version will enable them to do exactly the same task they were doing before. And lets face it, if the new version wasn’t released yet, you would still be able to do your work.
“do your work”, now this is tricky… because most of the times an upgrade to the OS breaks a lot of applications (and I’m not even calling in Linux Upgrades that sometimes leave the System Inoperable…).
Reports fly all over the Internet about failed applications, some quite amusing, and there is even a wiki just to track the subject.
In the end it all comes down to a week or two of low productivity for anyone that just had to be the first to upgrade…
I don’t have the time to be less productive, especially considering that I’m preparing the final version of my thesis. To lose a single day upgrading would cost me dearest…
I’m not saying that I will not upgrade, I’m just saying that I will wait until all dust settles.
Written by Diogo Gomes on September 2, 2009 under English.
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Dextro
2 September, 2009 at 15:56
Ok, fine, it’s your choice. But you can’t really blame people for being early adopters cause they do an important job: they test the waters, they see what breaks and voice their issues to make the developers update their apps and drivers in order for them to work so that when people who really NEED something stable can be assured that they won’t have issues if and when they decide to upgrade.
Diogo Gomes
2 September, 2009 at 16:02
I’m not blaming anyone, and actually I thank early adopters for the warning signs they are giving out.
My post is just a reality check, to everyone carelessly upgrading, without taking into consideration the loss of productivity they might face.
Heck! If I had no deadlines, I would be one of those
Acai berry
7 September, 2009 at 07:17
Yeah, sometimes upgrades can sometimes result to loss of productivity. Thanks for the heads up, nevertheless, i will be upgrading sooner too
Timo Steffensen
12 September, 2009 at 18:20
Getting upgrades is not really necessary if you can do more better in your current OS. Its really important to know what really new on the upgrades that you want to do. Because it might delay some of your work like what mentioned in the article. I only suggest you will need to upgrade your OS if the software that you want to use will be no longer supported by the one you use. And also its a must to upgrade our virus scanner and definitions for security of our PC.
Hurtig Lån
14 September, 2009 at 01:31
Yes, why upgrade someting working perfectly..
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