Are you an update junkie or an honest John.

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#1287024 18-Apr-2015 22:03

Not junkie but I do like to be offered updates promptly, sadly for some devices update time frames are terrible.

A world that has gone totally insane.

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#1287056 19-Apr-2015 00:13

I am both. Things that I need to work for me do not get updated. I dont even do windows updates if I am in the middle of getting things done because that PC doesnt really ever see the internet. I do browsing and stuff on a remote desktop from it to another one. I wont update phones etc if I am needing to use it in the near future.

Something that many people I know do is rush into updates and then find they break and they need the machine to work for a deadline.

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#1287078 19-Apr-2015 07:55

update junkie and sometimes suffer the consequences

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#1287084 19-Apr-2015 08:48

2 - A standard Jim that is happy to use what they have and update a month after a release is out to see how it all goes first.

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#1287085 19-Apr-2015 08:56

I thought I was an update junkie but when I take stock I have 4 PCs that are capable of Windows 10 but are still on 7, an iPad 2 still on iOS 7 and various android devices spread from 4.1.2 to 5.1 (although some of those are on custom roms).

I have given up pestering about the latest android update for my daily driver because I would rather someone else be the beta tester for the new software. The last time I was really agitated about an update (as my quasi rants in the forum will attest) were the update to get rid of the three dot menu when HTC ditched it as a physical button, which took months for Telecom to test and approve.

Other stuff like TVs, Amps and Players and Routers etc can all wait at least a month before being done. As in some of the earlier posts I have been burnt enough times in the past to not sit on the bleeding edge where everything has to be had RFN.

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#1287099 19-Apr-2015 09:44

4. Old-fashioned, distrustful of anything new due to bad experience every time I do try anything new. How many times have PCs crashed because of a Windows or driver update? I hate things jumping up on my screen when I'm trying to do something else and I'm on a data cap so keep all software updates turned off. When I think about it and feel the need, I do them manually. When something works well for me and I'm used to it, I don't see a need to 'improve' it. That is why I still use XP on my main browsing computer, though I do have Win7 and 8.1 on other machines. I also have an Android tablet that isn't useful for much.

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#1287100 19-Apr-2015 09:46

I have been a software developer/designer for a lot of years and have various Windows machines around the house and all except one run Win XP SP3. That one runs Win7.

You guys who are 1 or 2 are either crazy or easily sold to (ie conned).

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#1287111 19-Apr-2015 11:01

Yeah I'm an update junkie except my current phone (Samsung Galaxy A3) doesn't have any form of modding community :(

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#1287176 19-Apr-2015 13:25

This thread just reminded me to see if there's a new firmware for my vacuum cleaner... I haven't checked in over a month.

Edit: there was. :D

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#1287214 19-Apr-2015 14:23

Cautious updater after being burnt by android app updates where features were removed or layout changed to look pretty but worse usability.

Thing that annoys me is I haven’t worked out how to turn off updates for particular apps. ie I continue to get nagged to update and I have in the passed accidentally clicked update when I was avoiding it because of reviews of "Improved apps"

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#1287227 19-Apr-2015 14:49

blakamin: This thread just reminded me to see if there's a new firmware for my vacuum cleaner... I haven't checked in over a month.

Edit: there was. :D

Yeah, the latest update lets you do the dishes at the same time as the vacuuming. Amazing technology.

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#1287230 19-Apr-2015 15:01

Hmmmm better see if there is an update for the wife , I am sure there is a new firmware which lets her do more

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#1287268 19-Apr-2015 16:06

I wouldn't download the latest wife firmware if I was you. There's a bug in it.

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#1287333 19-Apr-2015 17:43

honest john with an occasional trip to the dark side, usually when there is no choice.

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#1287350 19-Apr-2015 17:50

Update Junkie myself which is hard when there are still servers running 2003 / 2008 at work and I can't just simply upgrade them to the latest OS.

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