Don't you hate it when things get upgraded so they don't work on your existing hardware. I ended up purchasing a new embroidery machine because mine is at least 20 years old and I had to have it in the shop three times last year. The problem is that I have at least 2 or 3 thousand dollars tied up in software that my new computer with Windows 7 would not open. I have a Magic Box but it won't work with the new computer either. The new embroidery machine uses a USB port as well as an embroidery card. That is the only way I can access at least half of my embroidery library. To make matters worse there are not even enough places in my new computer to plug in all of my stuff so even if the Magic Box would work there is no place to install it.
No wonder our landfills are full of perfectly good hardware that is no longer compatable with the newer stuff.