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[The Question]

 

[The Question]

Ditch Windows.

 

[Alticus]

WOW Time passes so quickly in life.

 

[Joe]

Im still using Windows 7 & 10 @The Question

Do you think its still a good choice?

Installed Visio 2010 & it worked just fine.

as good as or better than Office 365.

Missing AI features tho

Seems Adobe never really got any better after after CS6 & Office still about the same as office 2016.

Only those versions never expire

essentially the same products

I guess when a user is as unsophisticated as myself caint tell the difference between old 'n new. lol

 

[The Question]

Im still using Windows 7 & 10 @The Question

Do you think its still a good choice?

No. Here's why:

Microsoft Windows remains the most heavily-targeted OS family for malware and viruses. Windows 7/10* are no longer patched against those attacks. *10 may still be if you're on ESR, but -- generally speaking -- that may or may not be sufficient.

Moreover, even when it isn't compromised by third-party bad actors, it's just a subpar product compromised by Microsoft themselves, and that's getting worse all the time. Adobe is just as predatory and user-hostile as Microsoft is, last I heard.

Unless you're in a profession which absolutely locks you into a piece of software, odds are high and getting higher than you don't have to stay locked inside Microsoft's corral to do basically anything you want to do on a computer.

 

[The Question]

 

[Joe]

No. Here's why:

Microsoft Windows remains the most heavily-targeted OS family for malware and viruses. Windows 7/10* are no longer patched against those attacks. *10 may still be if you're on ESR, but -- generally speaking -- that may or may not be sufficient.

Moreover, even when it isn't compromised by third-party bad actors, it's just a subpar product compromised by Microsoft themselves, and that's getting worse all the time. Adobe is just as predatory and user-hostile as Microsoft is, last I heard.

Unless you're in a profession which absolutely locks you into a piece of software, odds are high and getting higher than you don't have to stay locked inside Microsoft's corral to do basically anything you want to do on a computer.

What I do with Windows 7 is just operate all the software/computer offline. For some reason W7 never required an Internet connection to use most conventional software. Nor to even activate it it. Back then a person either phoned or just entered a serial number and that wss it. So I don't try to surf the Internet at all with it. It's always in offline mode.

So I suppose with that method it can never get hacked if it's never online? Guess it's best to kerp it that way, eh?

 

[The Question]

What I do with Windows 7 is just operate all the software/computer offline. For some reason W7 never required an Internet connection to use most conventional software. Nor to even activate it it. Back then a person either phoned or just entered a serial number and that wss it. So I don't try to surf the Internet at all with it. It's always in offline mode.

So I suppose with that method it can never get hacked if it's never online? Guess it's best to kerp it that way, eh?

Yeah, if it does what you want it to do, offline, then it sounds like you're set.

 

[Breakfall]

Wow….where’s the fat? Another woeful thread title. OP is such a Mr Bean. Viking heritage!!! Hahahahahahaaaaaaa

 

[The Question]

While Windows is stuck lookin' like homemade ass, I'm diggin' this glassy Plasma style:

 

[wizer]

What happened to "Windows 10 is going to be the last version after that it will just be upgrades".

That's what I want to know.

 

[The Question]

 

[Joe]

What happened to "Windows 10 is going to be the last version after that it will just be upgrades".

That's what I want to know.

I use Windows & Mac, but even Apple is turning into shit @wizer.

Theyve added so much junk to these operating systems & apps that they eventually become unusable.

Just use something 10 or even 15 years old & it pretty much gives the user 90% if not everything they need...and probably will for the rest of their life.

So it seems there's little point in upgrading anymore unless something completely different comes along which displaces today's pc's.

Maybe 3D holographic imaging? 3D theatres in your living room?

 

[MANCID RILKO]

What happened to "Windows 10 is going to be the last version after that it will just be upgrades".

That's what I want to know.

Well, that shows us how much trust we should be putting in these companies

At least they're starting to admit the truth

Of course, it took a wave of hatred, hundreds of millions going to Linux or Apple for them to finally say something

 

[The Prowler]

The latest version of Intuit TurboTax says it requires Windows 11...you can install it on Windows 10, but you have to agree to a bunch of terms that basically says there is no security and your data is at risk.

 

[MANCID RILKO]

The latest version of Intuit TurboTax says it requires Windows 11...you can install it on Windows 10, but you have to agree to a bunch of terms that basically says there is no security and your data is at risk.

I'm seriously thinking about giving a try to the IoT version of W11

I'm using W11 Pro install, but I used some debloating tools on it and now it doesn't update and some things are not working, like the USB creation tool

Microsoft will have to understand that they'll keep bleeding users as long as they keep keep pushing all the spying and AI crap

 

[The Prowler]

I'm seriously thinking about giving a try to the IoT version of W11

I'm using W11 Pro install, but I used some debloating tools on it and now it doesn't update and some things are not working, like the USB creation tool

Microsoft will have to understand that they'll keep bleeding users as long as they keep keep pushing all the spying and AI crap

I have Windows 11 on my gaming laptop which I only use while on vacation.

I have not have troubles so far...

 

[MANCID RILKO]

I have Windows 11 on my gaming laptop which I only use while on vacation.

I have not have troubles so far...

You're just using the OOBE?

 

[The Prowler]

You're just using the OOBE?

Yeah.

 

[MANCID RILKO]

Yeah.

I assume you opted out of the ad tracking and the invasive stuff

But open your Task Manager and see if Edge is constantly running

It usually is and it's basically spying on you

You can't simply force uninstall Edge without breaking other functionalities in W11, but I managed to keep it if from opening by itself on background

 

[The Prowler]

I assume you opted out of the ad tracking and the invasive stuff

But open your Task Manager and see if Edge is constantly running

It usually is and it's basically spying on you

You can't simply force uninstall Edge without breaking other functionalities in W11, but I managed to keep it if from opening by itself on background

No Processes or Windows Processes listed as Edge or Microsoft Edge or Windows Edge....

I could not see anything that looked Edge-related...

Yeah, I opt out of everything. I do not use them for backup or any other convenience tools...