Upgrade to 3.1 - is there a good enough reason?

[gurthuk]

I'm wondering whether to upgrade my Kickstart ROMs and Workbench to 3.1 or above but...

I don't need access to a CD drive as nothing comes on CD-ROM these days, I don't even use the drive in my Macbook.

I don't need a browser on my Amiga as I have Internet & web access elsewhere.

I'm going to be using a CF / IDE adapter in my A1200 instead of true hard drive, I don't need a file system to support 40 Gigs - 2 Gig will be plenty.

Am I missing anything important which could a good enough reason to upgrade?

[gurthuk]

I'll stick with 3.0 as that is how I remembered it as a kid. I'm certainly not buying an accelerator either as they're very expensive with no obvious gain.

[gurthuk]

I have a bit of fast ram underneath on a card I bought years ago, it will suffice. As for squeezing in expensive bits of kit and cutting holes in my case I'll give it a miss. I don't need a frankenstein machine.

[gurthuk]

Music - mp3's and iTunes.

Woolworths sold CD's, look at them. Zavvi have gone tit's-up too.

Look at the state of the music industry as whole. It's taken a man in a black polo-neck who makes hardware to save them.

The movie industry isn't far behind, DVDs are dying. Hulu from Fox and NBC is a direct response to their falling sales and 'online' threat.

Microsoft has opened a 'download' shop where you can buy and download full priced apps.

[gurthuk]

and introduce a few more for good luck... he he!