Posted on 05/15/2023 7:27:58 PM PDT by dayglored
Still running Windows 8 on one machine because it gags on anything higher.
I was reading that Windows 11 is slower than Windows 10 because of the “improvements” they implemented.
If you list some of the other issues maybe we can help with the solution to them.
Thanks for all the info. Lot to go over there, it might take me more than one cup of coffee!
Die hard Win 7 user here.
I have read there are registry hacks that let you get around the bios problem.
Folks, if you’re running MS-windows, it’s not your computer. They don’t even try to hide it anymore. Frankly, I think forced ‘upgrades’ like this ought to be illegal. It is well known that they tend to break things, sometimes very badly.
Linux is the ultimate Windows upgrade
Open Office is a great replacement for all microsoft ‘office’ apps. Why rent, when you can get it for free?
I likes Windows 8 better then 10 to much useless junk kind of like new cars add more flash and make them thing it’s a more for the buck deal.
I’m on Win 10 22H2. My laptop won’t support Windows 11. I’d make the jump if it was compatible.
FWIW, I went from Win7 to Win11, and it was an easy transition. I despised Win10. You can get a couple add-ons to emulate the Win7 interface.
Open Office is a bit of a joke. They haven't made any real improvements to it for years.
Several years ago, a group forked off of Open Office to form Libre Office. It has been continuously improved, and is much more feature rich than OpenOffice now.
I strongly recommend Libre Office to those who want a FOSS office suite.
Good point.
I don’t pay as close attention to the name as I probably should. It’s “open office” in my head, because that’s what it was about a decade ago, even though it’s Libre Office as installed.
Well, based on the usual usual cadence, 12 should be usable.
In my experience, Classic Shell works well in Win10. I don’t think I’d find 10 usable without it. But.....my sole foray into W11, it does install and run, but a lot of the config seems to get lost every boot. I immediately upgraded that one machine from 11 to 10, which is.....acceptable, so long as you have Classic Shell. Not nearly as good as 7.
I was using Open Office as an MS Office replacement for a while but found I missed some convenience features present primarily in Excel. What I found was Softmaker Office from Germany. There are both free and paid (purchase, not rent) versions. I used the free one for years until I needed something that wasn’t in the free version, so I bought the paid one, it was like $50 with free lifetime version upgrades.
I find that I like the spreadsheet from Softmaker (Planmaker), but I prefer Open Office Writer to Textmaker. I do still have a version of Excel around because it does multi-core, and occasionally I get a sheet with tens of thousands of rows with a lot of interlocking calculations, and it just brings Softmaker to its knees while Excel can handle it. Other than that, between those two free/cheap suites, there’s not a thing I miss from Office.
Sounds about right.
I’ll stick with Windows 7. After that it’s Linux.
Yes, and may all be used for what is good in the eyes of God, and to His glory. Which I come short of.
He’s our dearest Father and all it takes to make him smile is our best! :)
Gah.
Wish they’d just leamme be.
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