Had a chance to pick up TI2011 for $5.00 and kept walking

If you applied that rationale in general, you wouldn't have any version. I've been reading this forum since the tail-end of TI8 and there have always been many issues discussed for every version. TI8 probably had fewer because it simply did a whole lot less. It only cloned and imaged, no differentials, and knew nothing about data (files and folders) backup.

People don't come to these forums to regularly post how happy they are with a product - they are a one-sided view of the problems.

My use of TI has revealed zero problems but I only use the basic image feature.