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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 5, 2021 16:52:14 GMT
Well, sports fans are one of the smartest bunch and mostly savvy with tech. Windows 11 releases today.
Just curious, what operating system do you use on your computer (Windows, Mac, Linux, others?), and why? If you use Windows, you do plan upgrade to Windows 11?
For me, I am using Windows 10 in most of my computers. I still have one with WinXP. I am used to Windows. The fact that Windows 11 compatibility requires newer machine technology, I don't think I will be upgrading in the near future.
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 5, 2021 17:03:11 GMT
Hadn't heard about that. I have Windows 10 Home, Dell Inspiron (2015?) 64K laptop with 8 GB memory that can't be upgraded. Always end up with memory overload errors. I will definitely be slow to upgrade - likely when they stop supporting Windows 10. I held onto Wn 7 forever and never had Win 8.
Or it may be time for a new computer.
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 5, 2021 17:03:25 GMT
I have been a full-time Linux user since the first decade of this century. I use Manjaro, a Germany based operating system constructed on top of Arch Linux. Switching from Windows to Linux was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life. Have never worried about anti-virus or blue screen of death. Have used tabbed file manager and tabbed browsers for a long-long time.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Oct 5, 2021 17:11:05 GMT
I use an iMac predominantly, Mojave I think is the OS. I am....not tech savvy.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Oct 5, 2021 17:27:45 GMT
I use macs at work, an iMac at home, and I use an android (samsung) phone.
Haven't used Windows in a long time, but since Mac has been slowly moving away from pro-level software it no longer is a necessity to have a Mac. I recently bought a new iMac, or rather the last model before the newest one that is smaller and has less capacity for storage, speed, and customization. Whenever I get my next computer I may switch away from Mac as long as I can make things compatible with my work computers.
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Post by bluerisk on Oct 5, 2021 18:13:31 GMT
Windows 7. This PC is from 2012, Last year I bough a new one (custom build) for a bit more than 4000 Euros (~$4700) with Windows 10. I absolutely hate Windows 10 and thus I hardly use it. It functions more as a back-up, especially for my data.
As long as this PC works, I'll stay with it, and when it crashes...then be it. A blue screen of death happen once a year.
PS: I also hate the cell phone versions of home pages and always scroll down to change it to the desktop version I'm used to, and which provides you a much better overview. So the idea to turn Windows 8 PCs into a large cell phone version with all it limitations was utter BS to me.
Wiki on it:
I have no love for the tiles. I want my icons, the ones I created and were placed where I wanted them to be, and a start button with a list(!) of all(!) programs.
But else I want to see my wallpaper, not tiles.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 5, 2021 18:15:49 GMT
I just checked my PC's compatibility with Win 11. And it's a "no"! CPU too old (my PC is 7 1/2 years old.)
Not that bothered. I'll stick with Win 10, which MS say they'll support until 2025.
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Post by NJtoTX on Oct 5, 2021 19:08:18 GMT
I just checked my PC's compatibility with Win 11. And it's a "no"! CPU too old (my PC is 7 1/2 years old.) Not that bothered. I'll stick with Win 10, which MS say they'll support until 2025. I check all the boxes except specific processor support for my Intel Core 6500U CPU. I don't get why Win 11 doesn't support it.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 5, 2021 19:44:36 GMT
Hadn't heard about that. I have Windows 10 Home, Dell Inspiron (2015?) 64K laptop with 8 GB memory that can't be upgraded. Always end up with memory overload errors. I will definitely be slow to upgrade - likely when they stop supporting Windows 10. I held onto Wn 7 forever and never had Win 8. Or it may be time for a new computer. I had a Win7 computer for 10 years before it died a couple years ago. I like Win7. Win10 gets a bit too fancy. I am not too crazy about the new system setting interface. I heard it was worse with Win8 (which I skipped also), so you didn't miss anything.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 5, 2021 19:51:52 GMT
I have been a full-time Linux user since the first decade of this century. I use Manjaro, a Germany based operating system constructed on top of Arch Linux. Switching from Windows to Linux was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life. Have never worried about anti-virus or blue screen of death. Have used tabbed file manager and tabbed browsers for a long-long time. If I were to move away from Windows, Linux would be my choice. It is very flexible and stable, at least as I heard of it. I love DOS back in the days (yeah, I am showing my age) when we typed on the command line, and I see Linux is similar in that respect. Many corporation program their application with Linux coding. Even the hack security trainings I noticed are using Linux system on a virtual machine. Quite a powerful O/S. It would just be too big a switch for me now.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 5, 2021 19:55:46 GMT
PS: I also hate the cell phone versions of home pages and always scroll down to change it to the desktop version I'm used to, and which provides you a much better overview. So the idea to turn Windows 8 PCs into a large cell phone version with all it limitations was utter BS to me.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 5, 2021 20:00:10 GMT
I just checked my PC's compatibility with Win 11. And it's a "no"! CPU too old (my PC is 7 1/2 years old.) Not that bothered. I'll stick with Win 10, which MS say they'll support until 2025. I check all the boxes except specific processor support for my Intel Core 6500U CPU. I don't get why Win 11 doesn't support it. Very weird about the restricted support for Win11. I remember anyone can just upgrade to Win10 from Win7 from their desktop. I like Win7 enough so I never upgrade until I had too. Even this article give a sense that Microsoft is not too sure for what to restrict until the tested, but seem like mostly it is about security: www.howtogeek.com/739029/why-doesnt-windows-11-support-my-cpu/
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Oct 6, 2021 7:50:43 GMT
Our old laptop gave up the ghost just under a year ago and we got a well specced machine with Windows 10. I meant to add Ubuntu and make it dual boot but never bothered as I discovered most of the things I'd run on Ubuntu were also freely available on Windows.
However really annoyingly - not even a year old! - it randomly began freezing a few weeks ago! Just browsing or playing stuff on Spotify it just completely stops responding and I have to power off / on. Presumably the result of a Windows update causing a compatibility issue with some driver or other but I haven't been able to work it out.
I'm hoping I get rolled out the Windows 11 update soon and that it resolves the issue.
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Post by fjenkins on Oct 6, 2021 15:28:55 GMT
Well, sports fans are one of the smartest bunch and mostly savvy with tech. Windows 11 releases today.
Just curious, what operating system do you use on your computer (Windows, Mac, Linux, others?), and why? If you use Windows, you do plan upgrade to Windows 11?
For me, I am using Windows 10 in most of my computers. I still have one with WinXP. I am used to Windows. The fact that Windows 11 compatibility requires newer machine technology, I don't think I will be upgrading in the near future.
I refuse to pay, I'm still on Windows 3.1 Yeah, it's super super slow and I can't really use anything outside DOS programs but it's good with usenet and netscape.
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Post by _ on Oct 6, 2021 16:10:57 GMT
I'm on Windows 10 at work, but I use a Chromebook at home on the couch.
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Post by _ on Oct 6, 2021 16:12:34 GMT
Oh, and I put the Yahoo Fantasy app on my tablet and phone!
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2021 19:29:33 GMT
Well, sports fans are one of the smartest bunch and mostly savvy with tech. Windows 11 releases today.
Just curious, what operating system do you use on your computer (Windows, Mac, Linux, others?), and why? If you use Windows, you do plan upgrade to Windows 11?
For me, I am using Windows 10 in most of my computers. I still have one with WinXP. I am used to Windows. The fact that Windows 11 compatibility requires newer machine technology, I don't think I will be upgrading in the near future.
I refuse to pay, I'm still on Windows 3.1 Yeah, it's super super slow and I can't really use anything outside DOS programs but it's good with usenet and netscape. Hope you stopped using this for internet dial up
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2021 19:32:41 GMT
I'm on Windows 10 at work, but I use a Chromebook at home on the couch. Btw, How is Chromebook? Always wonder. My impression is that it is very limited in application use (rely mostly on google stuff) and not great in compatibility with files from other platform, is that true?
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Post by _ on Oct 6, 2021 19:35:39 GMT
I'm on Windows 10 at work, but I use a Chromebook at home on the couch. Btw, How is Chromebook? Always wonder. My impression is that it is very limited in application use (rely mostly on google stuff) and not great in compatibility with files from other platform, is that true? I like it a lot, I really only use it for web surfing, so for me it "does the job" The only files I ever save are pictures, and those seem to work just fine.
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Post by Rufus-T on Oct 6, 2021 19:38:09 GMT
Btw, How is Chromebook? Always wonder. My impression is that it is very limited in application use (rely mostly on google stuff) and not great in compatibility with files from other platform, is that true? I like it a lot, I really only use it for web surfing, so for me it "does the job" The only files I ever save are pictures, and those seem to work just fine. Would you say a Chromebook is basically a Google brand tablet, like Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle Fire?
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