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Old March 8th 19, 11:46 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mayayana
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Default Reason *TO* pick on Windows 10

"T" wrote

| As far as I can tell, you can run 16 bit on w10-32 bit,
| but not on w10-64 bit.
|

Yes. That's been discussed several times. Microsoft
builds in a "shim". They did it for Win16 when they
moved to Win32. They also did it for Win32 when they
moved to 64. The shim is a translator that handles
the transition. But there's no shim for 16 to 64.

| Oh my goodness the things new version of Windows breaks!
| My experience is the opposite of yours.
|
You keep saying that, but what specifically broke?
Most software should run fine on different Windows
versions.

| If you are having trouble running Linux, you could always ping me.
| I will help if I can. Lord know I own you a bunch of favors anyway.
|

Thanks, but the times I've tried Linux I didn't really
have trouble so much as I didn't like it. I had a few
basic requirements:

* To be able to do what I need without opening console
windows to type command lines. Life is too short for
command line and there's just no excuse for needing it.
It's a symptom of lazy programmers who can't bother
to finish their software properly.

* To have a simple, easy firewall that will block outgoing
processes as well as inbound, and let me choose to
enable only specific processes to go out.

Linux has completely failed at those two simple
requirements -- for decades. Then of course there's
the glaring problem of no software. (No, GIMP is
not adequate.)

If I needed to set up servers it would be worth it to
me to figure it out. But I want a desktop. And Linux
is simply not a good desktop system. I used to have
it in a dual boot setup but I just had no use for it.

| And Apple deliberately
| breaks things to force people to buy new. It's 3
| different markets: business, geek, retail consumer.
|
| I call it the Apple Straight Jacket. The mommy state
| gone berserk.

Yes. Even down to the cutesy icons that look like a
12-year-old girl drew them. But they do make pretty
stuff and most of it is very stable. Some people don't
care what it costs to get that convenience.


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