Question about delaying 2004 upgrade

On 2020-06-23 19:56:34 +0000, Dex said:

On 23/06/2020 19:32, Paul wrote:
Dex wrote:
On 23/06/2020 15:14, KenW wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2020 07:53:11 -0400, Big Al wrote:

I've heard and read the stories about the bugs in the 2004
upgrade/update. I've now been offered the update and of course I
have the
option of not loading it.

Question is, is there any merit to waiting? If I wait, won't the
update still be the same old code full of bugs? I guess the only
benefit
will be that there may be more patches to fix the bugs right?

Al

No problems on 4 computers. What I do is get the iso and install that
way. I don't let MS check what I have before it installs an upgrade.
The iso contains everything and not what MS wants.


KenW


Tried that when I first installed Win10, but no drivers available for
the onboard graphics card (Radeon 3000) of this old machine. Upgrading
allowed the use of the Win7 driver, so upgrade or nothing.

I really need to buy a new PC, but keep putting it off as I'm
overwhelmed by the myriad of choices. Barebones would do, but need a
minimum of 2 year warranty and not end up with a massive paperweight
in the next ~5 years.

Just find some old cruft :-)

https://www.staples.com/refurbished-...roduct_2431148



Only 4GB RAM, which I currently have and USB 2.0. :-(


That would be about the same price as I paid for an Optiplex 780,
and it only had a dual core processor.

The Optiplex 790, may have this processor in it. Since the advert
lacks precision, that's not a guarantee what's in there. Some of the
refurbs have had excellent hardware descriptions so you know what is
in there.

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us...-3-40-ghz.html



"graphics processing circuitry integrated into the processor" :-(


When you buy through Staples, the seller can be a third-party. In
my case, a small computer shop in the downtown of my own city happened
to be the seller. And I could cut Staples out of the transaction
entirely, no shipping charges or anything. I even got install media
from the seller (something today you don't get with a refurb). This is
holographic media from Microsoft (pretty... but pointless).

Sure, there's no guarantee these work, or that they're "A Grade"
cabinets. Mine was a little scuffed up and would normally be
a "B Grade", but I'll survive.

Paul

Both in the USA. Shoulda said I'm in the UK and not looking for
something normally seen in a office.

Bit like
https://www.awd-it.co.uk/awd-vengean...gaming-pc.html
but without the monstrosity of a light show.

For refurbs in the UK Tier1 are great
https://www.tier1online.com/refurbis...rt=bestselling

Or for new go with Scan or Overclockers for configuring your own with warrenty
https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/custom/home-and-office/pc
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-sy...d-small-office