Subj : Re: The Chromebook
To   : HOLGER GRANHOLM
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Jan 06 2020 01:05 pm

Holger,

HG>My suggestion would be: Get a second hand PC with a Windows 10pro 32bit
HG>operating system installed or with a Windows 7pro 32bit installed and
HG>upgrade that to Win10 after having first noted the product key.

HG>The reason for a 32bit operating system is that with it you can use all
HG>your old applications. With a 64bit operating system you can't use most
HG>of your old ones.

  That's what I did here. My late Mom's computer, and the BBS computer
have Windows 10 32-bit. I could not get a copy of that to install on an
older laptop (it originally had Windows Vista Basic on it), so I donated
it to a fellow Sysop, who wiped the drive, and put Linux on it for his
use. I bought a Lenovo Laptop with Windows 10 64-bit on it.

  As a side note, I paid $140 at Best Buy for each copy of Windows 10
32-bit...Microsoft wanted $200 per copy. Can you say "corporate greed"??
That's why I don't buy a system right when a new OS comes out. Speaking
of which, I don't see any sign of another OS upgrade from Microsoft
for awhile, which likely disappoints their shareholders. But, I've got
the setups to work the way I want them. A friend of mine hates Windows
10, calling it "Satan's Little Sex Toy". :P But, this month, is the end
of security updates for Windows 7...and that's the only reason I
upgraded. With the Start8Menu utility from IObit (I use several of their
programs), I have the setups looking like Windows 7 instead of Windows
10.

Daryl, WX4QZ


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