Posted on 05/19/2019 8:56:27 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Windows 7 support will end in January of next year, and that is a huge problem for both business and home users that are still running the aging operating system. Can't these people just upgrade to Windows 10? Well, yeah, but many just don't want to. Windows 10 has extreme telemetry that many people consider to be spying. As a result, they simply don't trust Microsoft's latest operating system. Not to mention, for businesses and organizations with many computers, the upgrade to Windows 10 could prove to be a costly affair.
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I have installed it often for friends and family, most find it easy to make the transition.
A few find it near impossible because of minor compatibility issues with MS software.
Our son the teacher, used it for a few years, but grading papers from MS Word was eating too much of his time dealing with formatting issues. Yes, there is a workaround, he did not want to dedicate his life to the cause.
Probably work as well as it did for Germany.
Just what hardware will need to be upgraded to go from Win7 to Linux?
I’m still using XP. Don’t want to cough up $thousands to upgrade a CAD program. No internet connection on that machine...
Nothing special. Linux will happily run on old hardware so relatively modern hardware will have no problems.
Widows made a lot of things a lot easier but I think they should be replaced by something other simply because they seem to think they can turn out CRAP and get away with it, rather than waiting to get the new iteration RIGHT.
+1.
Germany tried this and failed.
But with more apps being web based it is getting closer to reality. But it’s still not there yet I suspect.
Good catch.
One of the great things about Linux is that system requirements are quite minimal.
One of the three computers I have here at my home desk is more than 20 years old and it runs Linux just fine.
Yes, Lubuntu. and many others work well on older iron?
Many local, plus the federal government of Brazil uses Linux.
ping
I have Windows 7 on the machine I use and Windows 10 on the computer I don’t use.
Why can’t some enterprising company offer to keep Windows 7 ‘safe and supported’ for a small annual fee? Maybe add it on to an anti-virus program? I would pay for it.
Lots of us would pay it...
I bought two Window 10 laptops last year. One for the wife and one for me. I never could get used to mine so it is now a spare for when her computer fails.
Me I have a VISTA desk top and a Window 7 laptop.
They are getting old but as long as they boot up I will use them.
Don’t want to cough up $thousands to upgrade a CAD program. No internet connection on that machine...
I’m NOT a cad jock but did use Autocad often for work, mostly reviewing.
After retiring I used Libre cad occasionally.
The application was surprisingly good!
The documentation, difficult, at best.
But improving every time I look.
For new start from scratch drawings, not bad.
Going from dfx made my brain hurt.
BUT IT IS FREE! And MANY online sources for help.
Autocad can also be difficult, once I simply wanted to change the arrow size locally.
A very bad idea!!! And wasted a lot of time.
That was years back, might be easy now?
I would, also.
MalwareBytes takes care of Win-7 Pro x32/x64 after theMS expiration date, I believe. I hope Norton 360 does too, or I’ll drop it.
Screw the updayes, and I’ll use my 2 identical commercial/industrial HPs until they melt.
Screw MS.
I need XP to run a vehicle diagnostic program using a USB to ALDL car connector.
It can run in a VirtualBox WinXP VM on a linux computer.
Been there, done that...
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