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redshift:
DavidA, I understand your point and will look into it, also thanks to the knowledge base on here I will also look at the old laptop and desktops I have kicking around and possibly upgrade one of them. I only need to upgrade to Win7 as I don't think Win 8 will suit our needs at present.
Once again, thanks guys for all your input.
Regards
Dave
Jo:
Win 7 is three times the price of Win 8... I wonder why :hammer:
Jo
AdeV:
--- Quote from: awemawson on December 10, 2012, 05:20:23 PM ---
BTW most reports of Win 8 I've heard refer to it as alike " My First Operating System" ie totally dumbed down with kiddy like chunky buttons etc.
--- End quote ---
Interestingly, the same accusations were leveled at Windows XP when it came out (It was accused of looking a lot like Teletubbies. Ironic it went on to be MS's most successful OS...
awemawson:
I reckon Windows 2000 Professional was actually the best - brought through all the goodies from NT4. Shame loads of stuff won't run on it :(
trevoratxtal:
In my judgement after fixing and upgrading hundreds of machines (over the years) for out local club members and family.
Is if you must have Windows stick to XP it is the most stable and most if not all bugs are now sorted, and yes due to expire soon.
Or go for Linux and forget a lot of your computer woes, I find PCLinuxOS( http://www.pclinuxos.com/ )the easiest to install and maintain.
The learning curve is not to bad, the standard KDE ver is similar to Windows but comes with Hundreds of free software.
Mint and Puppy are good for small installs, but do not use any Ubuntu versions as they contain spy software that slows the system and sends personal information to South Africa not unlike Windows.
There that is my personal opinion.
Trev
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