[Shiunbird]

Outlook - uuuughhhhhh.

Yes, my paid job also require Windows sometimes (although all development work I can do on vi so I just login from whatever computer I am using at the moment).

But I was more asking when it comes to raw needs. Your job requires spreadsheets in Windows because your employer is using Excel. But it is technically possible to have a full-featured spreadsheet in every workstation platform from late 80s onwards.

Even music - I used to have Apple Music, but then I decided to dust off my mp3 collection. 850GB of curated stuff organised my myself and other musician friends. We used to exchange mp3s back in the day. I am just not very fond of paying rent to listen to music and if I am going about music, I try to buy the performer's album or find out what's the best way to send them cash directly.

My girlfriend's cousin is a very accomplished violinist (think Nobel Prize Ceremony soloist level), and with dozens of thousands of hits per day on spotify, she gets around 20 EUR per month.
(yes, that's another story - I just always like to put this information out)

Modern platforms are indeed more convenient when it comes to content consumption, but our hobby machines are not unable to play music.

(of course, I would never go about hosting a blog exposing an IRIX box to the Internet)

And no idea about Quicken and accounting. I've heard of the program but never seen it running or know anyone personally who uses it.
Or had access to a DAT tape, except for backups =)))))))