Quote:
Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
when I got windows seven I found that many of my old much loved programs were not compatible......why do they do that?
Especially as there was nothing on the market to replace what I had been using.
|
I think a lot of it is to do with operating systems changing from 16bit to 32bit and now 64bit. They drop compatibility with older programs so they can drop the old code needed to run them. Some of this is to do with improving performance, security and reliability.