On 29/12/2018 09.20, Mike Scott wrote:
On 28/12/2018 22:31, Nomen Nescio wrote:
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**I will not go beyond Windows 7.* ....


Unfortunately, some organizations seem to think they don't need to
support anything else. Two come instantly to mind that cause me some
grief. Supply your own company names :-)

Car GPS unit updates require windows - they don't even support vista
now. Fortunately I have an old laptop that sits in the cupboard, but its
time is running out.

My old TomTom device refuses to connect to the computer now. I replaced
the battery this year, did a map update, but now it doesn't connect at
all to the computer, it does not put up the USB interface. I guess they
intentionally bricked it remotely to force people purchase new units.

I considered getting another brand, but they didn't convince me either.

So the new TomTom I got gets updates via WiFi instead, without needing a
computer. And has maps free for life, where life=5 years. That's
probably acceptable, seems cheaper than the previous state.

Its USB is seen by Linux, it is recognized. So maybe in Windows it can
be used for something, but doing updates via WiFI will allow me not to
boot Windows for that. Improvement :-)

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Cheers, Carlos.