Bajazly
Super Nomad
Posts: 1013
Registered: 6-4-2015
Location: Goodbye Cali and Hello San Felipe
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Mood: More Relaxed Everyday
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RIP Windows 7
Welcome to what Mac has been like for years and years.
Believing is religion - Knowing is science
Harald Pietschmann
"Get off the beaten path and memories, friends and new techniques are developed"
Bajazly, August 2019
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BajaBlanca
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Posts: 13196
Registered: 10-28-2008
Location: La Bocana, BCS
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I upgraded too, two weeks ago, and you know what I found? One can automatically resize photos to put them up here on bajanomad.
So wonderful!
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55steve
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Posts: 857
Registered: 4-24-2006
Location: Warner Springs, CA
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Installed Win 10 when it first was offered - easiest OS install I've ever had and zero issues ever since.
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advrider
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Posts: 1863
Registered: 10-2-2015
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I bought a new computer a few weeks about but have been thinking of upgrading the old one as a back up-travel computer. Do you have to pay for the
upgrade or are there free ones?
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tjsue
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Posts: 520
Registered: 4-12-2013
Location: San Diego
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I'll upgrade when I need to replace my computer.
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pauldavidmena
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Posts: 1715
Registered: 5-23-2013
Location: Centerville, MA, USA
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I like the fact that MacOS runs UNIX under the covers, but not the fact that I have to buy my hardware exclusively from Apple ecosystem. Windows will
run on a greater variety of hardware, but Microsoft's planned obsolescence guarantees that most software and some hardware (e.g. older printers) will
not work after an upgrade. My wife experienced both when upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10, although she's otherwise happy with the change.
I run Debian Linux on my laptop, as it's lightweight and features an abundance of free software. I don't mind tinkering to get things like Bluetooth
and wireless printing to work, as I usually buy refurbished laptops at a fraction of new ones. To each his (or her) own, I guess.
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BajaNomad
Super Administrator
Posts: 4999
Registered: 8-1-2002
Location: San Diego, CA
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Quote: Originally posted by lencho  |
You might not be able to do it next week, though, who knows what evil lurks in the minds of Redmond. |
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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BajaNomad
Super Administrator
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Registered: 8-1-2002
Location: San Diego, CA
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| Quote: Originally posted by pauldavidmena |
I run Debian Linux on my laptop, as it's lightweight and features an abundance of free software. I don't mind tinkering to get things like Bluetooth
and wireless printing to work, as I usually buy refurbished laptops at a fraction of new ones. To each his (or her) own, I guess.
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Just bought three Dell Latitude laptops (Intel i5's) off ebay. All with clean Win 10 installs.
I wiped the Win 10, and installed Linux Mint.
Posting this from a Chromebook.
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
https://www.regionalinternet.com
Affordable Domain Name Registration/Management & cPanel Web Hosting - since 1999 |
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BajaBlanca
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Posts: 13196
Registered: 10-28-2008
Location: La Bocana, BCS
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Welcome WandaCC!
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pauldavidmena
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Posts: 1715
Registered: 5-23-2013
Location: Centerville, MA, USA
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My workplace, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, still has Windows 7 running on some computers, especially those on research vessels that connect to
specialized instruments running custom software. As a non-profit, we rarely throw anything out, but rather keep it limping along with duct tape and
chewing gum.
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AKgringo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6025
Registered: 9-20-2014
Location: Anchorage, AK (no mas!)
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I hope the VA clinic in Anchorage has moved to a new platform by now, but as of five years ago they were still using Windows XP.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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JDCanuck
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Registered: 2-22-2020
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It would be great if Windows 10 and 11 were as stable as Windows XP was and still is. I too use as an alternative linux on my older computers when i
get frustrated with the crashes on Windows 10. Fewer and fewer new programs will run on either Linux or Windows 7, so I am forced back to Windows 10
more and more frequently lately.
Apple users I know continue to report great stability and much faster operation.
[Edited on 5-2-2023 by JDCanuck]
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David K
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Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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I think this machine started as Windows 7, and was upgraded to Windows 10 pretty early on... been great. When the option to upgrade to Windows 11 was
offered recently, my computer-smart friends said, "NO"!
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PaulW
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Posts: 3071
Registered: 5-21-2013
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W11? want W10 Just install Win 10. Have the local guru do it for you.
I have not heard troublesome issues with W11. It is just new and one has to get up to speed all over again.
I would have W11 but my machine is not compatible and I don't want to spend at this time.
MS has announced that W10 users will not receive updates, just security fixes starting soon.
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