>>He just thinks that an application that ran 5 years ago should be running just as smoothly now, even though many more graphics, more DBF's and more functions have been added since.

>Hahah! He upgrades the software to get new features but not the hardware?

Exactly. My final word to him this weekend was, I've done all I can do to the software.

>I'm guessing he either may not know how cheap he can replace the computer for (relatively speaking) or his real concern is the disruption to getting the new one up and running.

He is not too computer literate. He dosen't realize what is available out there to upgrade an "old" machine.

>Would it help to sell him on how he can burn CD backups now, instead of his, what? Reel-to-reel *g* backup?

If he does any backups at all. But I keep telling him, doing backup is his responsibility.