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Nov 13, 2015 18:48:04   #
lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)
 
tusketwedge wrote:
had a friend that tried 10 and there's a lot of programs that he had that 10 would not support.One of them was the accounting for his business.Luckily the accounting he got back when he went back to 7 but in the process he lost other programs.Had to go back online and find a lot of drivers etc. He and his wife worked quite a bit to get 7 running back to normal. I myself was thinking Mac.Went shopping in town for one and they do sell them "but" if anything goes wrong with it no repairs can be done here. The shop will not send it. I would have to physically drive to Halifax( 300KM one way 200/m) and deliver it to their repair shop.Leave it and go back to get it when fixed. Guess they don't want to sell to many around this area.
had a friend that tried 10 and there's a lot of pr... (show quote)


Find someone who works on Macs locally.

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Nov 13, 2015 18:59:44   #
tusketwedge Loc: Nova Scotia Canada
 
lightcatcher wrote:
Find someone who works on Macs locally.


If it's a new machine doesn't Apple carry any warranty?

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Nov 13, 2015 19:09:53   #
lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)
 
tusketwedge wrote:
If it's a new machine doesn't Apple carry any warranty?


Sorry not a Mac user. One of our fellow UHH'ers may answer this one.

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Nov 13, 2015 21:26:21   #
AlanJ
 
I think Microsoft's goal is to make the Windows operating system subscription based - think Photoshop CC. No more individual versions of Windows, just a constantly upgraded operating system that you pay a yearly, or monthly, fee. If you don't pay, they will shut your operating system off. Sorry to scare everyone, but that is the only reason I can think of why Microsoft would upgrade everyone for "free".

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Nov 13, 2015 21:32:53   #
AlanJ
 
Sorry, posted to wrong topic. Was responding to question on why Microsoft was giving free upgrade to Windows 10.

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Nov 13, 2015 21:41:45   #
lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)
 
AlanJ wrote:
I think Microsoft's goal is to make the Windows operating system subscription based - think Photoshop CC. No more individual versions of Windows, just a constantly upgraded operating system that you pay a yearly, or monthly, fee. If you don't pay, they will shut your operating system off. Sorry to scare everyone, but that is the only reason I can think of why Microsoft would upgrade everyone for "free".


It's a great possibility that this is the case time will tell.

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Nov 13, 2015 21:42:29   #
lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)
 
AlanJ wrote:
Sorry, posted to wrong topic. Was responding to question on why Microsoft was giving free upgrade to Windows 10.


Not really. Thank you.

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Nov 13, 2015 21:51:37   #
Earworms Loc: Sacramento, California
 
tusketwedge wrote:
had a friend that tried 10 and there's a lot of programs that he had that 10 would not support.One of them was the accounting for his business.Luckily the accounting he got back when he went back to 7 but in the process he lost other programs.Had to go back online and find a lot of drivers etc. He and his wife worked quite a bit to get 7 running back to normal. I myself was thinking Mac.Went shopping in town for one and they do sell them "but" if anything goes wrong with it no repairs can be done here. The shop will not send it. I would have to physically drive to Halifax( 300KM one way 200/m) and deliver it to their repair shop.Leave it and go back to get it when fixed. Guess they don't want to sell to many around this area.
had a friend that tried 10 and there's a lot of pr... (show quote)


The key to getting the most out of any computer, be it PC or Mac, is to educate yourself.

I recently upgraded someone else's DELL laptop which was heavily mucked up, running or should I say crawling on Windows Vista. After consulting with my PC guru friend, I added some RAM and did a fresh install of Windows 7. The laptop runs pretty good most of the time. My only major complaint would be the hundreds and hundreds of Updates that Windows 7 likes to automatically install. Updates seem to take forever and then some.

If you do decide to purchase an Apple/Mac, there is a learning curve, but the reliability of Mac OSX (the operating system software) is superlative. Hardware is hardware regardless be it PC or Mac, it may last forever or it could take a dive at any time. Hardware longevity, reliability is always a big unknown.

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Nov 13, 2015 23:55:22   #
lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)
 
Earworms wrote:
The key to getting the most out of any computer, be it PC or Mac, is to educate yourself.

I recently upgraded someone else's DELL laptop which was heavily mucked up, running or should I say crawling on Windows Vista. After consulting with my PC guru friend, I added some RAM and did a fresh install of Windows 7. The laptop runs pretty good most of the time. My only major complaint would be the hundreds and hundreds of Updates that Windows 7 likes to automatically install. Updates seem to take forever and then some.

If you do decide to purchase an Apple/Mac, there is a learning curve, but the reliability of Mac OSX (the operating system software) is superlative. Hardware is hardware regardless be it PC or Mac, it may last forever or it could take a dive at any time. Hardware longevity, reliability is always a big unknown.
The key to getting the most out of any computer, b... (show quote)


:thumbup: :thumbup:

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Nov 14, 2015 04:50:32   #
Budnjax Loc: NE Florida
 
If Win10 works for you, fine. It doesn't work for me very well. I work in IT and have tried Win10 on 4 of my home computers, doing clean installations on them all. In every case, no browser I've tried works very well...Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox and Chrome all are extremely slow on Win10. I've seem no solution offered by Microsoft including this latest "upgrade."

My advice: if you have Win10 and it works for you, great, stay with it. If you have Win7 or some other operating system and it's working for you then stay with it. I see no reason to "upgrade" to Win10...unless and until Microsoft makes it useable.

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Nov 14, 2015 04:53:50   #
Budnjax Loc: NE Florida
 
Windows10 is going to sell a lot of Apple computers....just like the Windows 8 disaster....many folks have had it with Microsoft and the junk they foster on us, whether we want it or not.

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Nov 14, 2015 23:16:45   #
lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)
 
Budnjax wrote:
If Win10 works for you, fine. It doesn't work for me very well. I work in IT and have tried Win10 on 4 of my home computers, doing clean installations on them all. In every case, no browser I've tried works very well...Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox and Chrome all are extremely slow on Win10. I've seem no solution offered by Microsoft including this latest "upgrade."

My advice: if you have Win10 and it works for you, great, stay with it. If you have Win7 or some other operating system and it's working for you then stay with it. I see no reason to "upgrade" to Win10...unless and until Microsoft makes it useable.
If Win10 works for you, fine. It doesn't work for... (show quote)


If it's not broke don't fix it.

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Nov 14, 2015 23:17:26   #
lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)
 
Budnjax wrote:
Windows10 is going to sell a lot of Apple computers....just like the Windows 8 disaster....many folks have had it with Microsoft and the junk they foster on us, whether we want it or not.


You maybe right on this statement.

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May 13, 2016 17:16:23   #
rpm Loc: Houston, TX
 
I just read that you can go back to your old program only within 1 months time. I'm about to try that because now I cannot find my old pictures on the computer. ARGH. rpm

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May 13, 2016 17:18:10   #
rpm Loc: Houston, TX
 
You can revert back to Windows 7, but only within 1 month of installing windows 10. I'm trying to figure that out now... Thanks, rpm

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