I went over to the dark side (Apple/Mac) about five years ago and never looked back and have no regrets whatsoever.
I am holding onto Win 7 until January, 2020 when MS will no longer offer security updates. My DGF has Win 10 (because her Win 7 machine had to be replaced) and she very much prefers good old Win 7. I have an iPhone and iPad but still Windows out of habit and familiarity.
BTW, ImOlder.... when did you move to Peru? Permanent?
Rich
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Just to add one more grumpy gripe. How is it that every website automatically assumes that EVERYONE has a smartphone, and no longer gives general instructions for those who only use desktops or laptops.
So, my next main system is going to be Linux. At least with that I have more control of what I want and not feel like someone with looking over my shoulder.
I've been meaning to do the same thing for a while now. Which distro are you thinking about? I had been leaning towards Ubuntu...
Re Win 10. Guess I'm in the minority, but it seems to be working better than the Win 8 that came with my laptop (which I bought 5 years ago when I was FIRE'd). I don't use Edge, just Chrome and have been moving more and more to the Google world with less and less Windows traditional applications in my life. The Google system was the best compromise with my mobile transition (Android phone and tablet).
I've been meaning to do the same thing for a while now. Which distro are you thinking about? I had been leaning towards Ubuntu...
Re Win 10. Guess I'm in the minority, but it seems to be working better than the Win 8 that came with my laptop (which I bought 5 years ago when I was FIRE'd). I don't use Edge, just Chrome and have been moving more and more to the Google world with less and less Windows traditional applications in my life. The Google system was the best compromise with my mobile transition (Android phone and tablet).
I am not too crazy about the constant adds for Microsoft Edge every time I sign in the the Win 10 desktop.
Moved from XP to 7 to 10 pretty seamlessly. The way I use windows, I really haven't noticed a huge difference in anything I do (including look and feel), with the exception of Edge. Works fine normally, but there are some web pages that are awfully darned slow to load (like Morningstar)...
I recently saw this with Morningstar on my iPad running Safari. The fix was to clear the cache. Unfortunately I don't recall the exact clicks to do this. But maybe there is a similar way to do this on the Edge browser.