When you cannot update any Apps or purchase new ones because the iOS on it is old. And there is no way to update the iOS because the iPod is “too old” “Not compatible with the new iOS”

It’s not that it won’t play music, no, it does that fine. Playing movies… yep – it does that too. Two of the most important and fundamental things that an iPod should do; it does. It just can’t play ‘Angry Birds’ or a whole assortment of other applications because it’s outdated.

That’s the one thing that microsoft kind of never made any of us deal with. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing, on the contrary, it forces you to purchase a new device eventually. With the IBM clone platform, there should have been a shock and awe campaign when the digital world went from 8 bit XT computers to 16 bit 286 computers. To hell with compatibility!! We would have had so much better machines if they didn’t plan backwards compatibility into them. They were afraid of what would happen, that people wouldn’t upgrade because it would mean a whole software upgrade as well!  And people in general aren’t too keen on too many changes and too much cost.

It’s too bad really.  I couldn’t imagine what we would have now in the computer industry if we had ditched the old design ( that we still to this day follow ) Rather jumping full in on a new memory map and means to use the framework to it’s fullest potential.

Going back to the focus of this post in the beginning… When is the iPod too old? Well, as unfair as it seems, it’s too old when Apple chooses not to waste it’s time on an older machine. Get off your duff and go buy a new one!  It’s really less than you paid the first time around.  The Design has been improved somewhat by Apple… And it’s just swell for the economy!

Woo Hoo!