This is an imaginary question really.
I have tons of old CDs lying around. How many did I reinstall (from CD) in the last 5 years? -- Exactly zero. In fact I bought many of them again on GOG because of Win7 compatibility. None of the CDs run without a lot of hassle, and some wont run - period. With Win8 coming up, expect to go through another round of compatibility fixes. I'm hoping GOG sticks around and makes compatibility updates, otherwise none of my GOG games might run in 2 years time
And with all the cloud infrastructure, I wont be surprised to see computers without CD drives in 5 years. Then I can toss my CDs into the box with my 5.25" & 3.5" floppies (remember those?
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The idea that if you own the CD, then you can play them anytime you want is a fantasy.
