I don't see where thare are any more hoops on the new board than there were on the old one. You do have to set up your preferences, etc. again, but once you do that it works about the same as the old one--I think the new board is much better then the old one. Maybe I shouldn't say it (and jinx it) but the new one hasn't crashed so far. If an old codger and novice computer user like myself can set it up and get used to it--no one else should have a problem.