>>>>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.
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>>>Well, if his car ran fine, why did he buy a new one? And an expensive Cadillac at that? Wouldn't a 1977 Pinto get him from home to work and back?
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>>He has always had fine cars. The one before his current one was a Lincoln Continental.
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>>He probably finally realized a "pinto" type auto has a hard time merging into congested Dallas freeways.
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>An old computer has a hard time running today's business needs. While he sits there with it, his competition is buying new stuff and taking business away from him.

There is still hope though - his internal battery should be just about ready to drain, in which case he'll understand that things sometimes break and have to be replaced.