On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 15:12:10 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 4:32:48 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:19:22 -0400, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >Your OS is too old and no longer being fully supported, not much to be
>> >done... time you moved to Win 10. That's why I bought a new W 10 PC,
>> >I was having problems with Win 7.
>>
>> More people have problems with Win 10 than Win 7, and by a very wide
>> margin, too.
>>
>I took the free upgrade to W-10 last year and I've found it's
>a memory hog. My laptop has 4 gigs of memory but who knows what
>all Microsoft has loaded extra into that free upgrade?

That's the thing - Win 10 does use more of your computer's resources,
and yet there isn't a whole lot in Win 10 that isn't already in Win 7,
aside from that horrible Win 10 GUI. Most people upgrading from Win 7
won't see any benefits.

>> >You can still purchase new PCs
>> >loaded with Win 7 or pay to upgrade your old PC but that would be
>> >dumb.
>>
>I *think* they are still offering the free upgrade to W-7 users
>but not for too much longer.
>>
>> >you'll need to obtain a
>> >Win 10 PC within months anyway
>>
>> More complete bullshit.
>>
>W-7 will have support for 5 more years if Gary decides to
>stay with it.

Yes. 5 years is a long time, IMO.

>I chose to go with the free W-10 upgrade as they
>offered 10 years free support. I'm glad I did but eh, it
>was a bit of aggravation at first.

I can't get past the GUI, unfortunately. I just don't like it and I
never will like it. That said, it can be changed with 'Classic shell'
http://www.classicshell.net/

>> Win 7 is the best choice in this situation, especially for someone
>> like Gary who is still using Win 98.

I still use XP on one machine here that runs my security cameras
around the property. Then again, I still have some 386 machines
running Win 3.11 (and earlier). I fire them up occasionally and go
online, just for fun.