On 3/2/2019 1:23 PM, Ant wrote:
"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.?

My first home desktop computer was a UNIX system.
I've got a stack of linux PC install disks back to the days when there
was no GUI.
It's a great hobby if that's your thing.
It's a great appliance if you need only what's in the distro.
It's a great server or supercomputer appliance managed by gurus.
It's a great tablet/phone OS.
It is not a windows alternative single-user desktop computing platform
installed, maintained by an ordinary human with other life objectives.

The linux biosphere is (UN)managed by people who think that if you're
too stupid to learn the command line, good riddance. And we complied
by continuing to use windows.

I have had a few Apple computers over the years. I'm glad they were free
because they were too restrained by Apple. The notable exception is
that iPhones make great music players.


...
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!