In message , Ant
writes:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote:
In message , Bill in Co
writes:
Mike wrote:
On 3/1/2019 12:39 PM, Bill in Co wrote:
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I'm guessing the day will come when I will have no choice but to go to
Windows 7, if for no other reason, due to the browsers not working

Same here, though it'll be 10 (or its successor - though maybe that'll
still be called 10). I'm on 7.

Have you guys considered dropping Windows and going to another OS like
Linux, mac OS, etc.?

Yes, I've considered it. I used to consider it for a few minutes a year;
I think it's now several years since I considered it.

(As another has said - I'm not saying Linux, MacOS, or the other
alternatives are inferior - or superior - to Windows; I just think the
payback time for me learning it/them has now exceeded the time I'm
willing to spend.)
...
I decided long ago, certainly in XP, to use a D: partition for all of my
data, organised completely how _I_ wanted, and to let the OS and
softwares have C: (kept small) for them to play with. I image C:
[Macrium] from time to time against disaster (either software or
hardware), but otherwise rarely look at C: in explorer. (Yes, I do back
up D: [synctoy] too.)

Me too! I don't trust any softwares and hardwares. Things can go bad! I
even use different disk clone softwares!

I have two Macrium boot (mini-)CDs (-:
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

All I ask is to _prove_ that money can't make me happy.