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Not sure how you work that out - included Linux also.Originally posted by BR14 View Postah, - another windoze afficionado. sad person
Windows 7 is fine, hate Windows 10 with a vengeance
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sorry , it was the 'going back' bit.Originally posted by Dark Black View PostNot sure how you work that out - included Linux also.
Windows 7 is fine, hate Windows 10 with a vengeance
Win 10 is ok when you switch most of it off (all the annoying spyware etc) but yeh, 7 was fine.Comment
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Windows 10 is fine, unless you're clueless. The first couple of years of Win7 also had many people who claimed to be experts saying it was useless. 10 is streets ahead of 8, but it has many failings.
Go back to NT3.51 if you want better.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Out of interest what do you mean by this?Originally posted by BR14 View Postsorry , it was the 'going back' bit.
Win 10 is ok when you switch most of it off (all the annoying spyware etc) but yeh, 7 was fine.Comment
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No no no; it's good, but it's not VMS goodOriginally posted by WTFH View PostWindows 10 is fine, unless you're clueless. The first couple of years of Win7 also had many people who claimed to be experts saying it was useless. 10 is streets ahead of 8, but it has many failings.
Go back to NT3.51 if you want better.
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Originally posted by Big Blue Plymouth View PostAnyone else experiencing this sort of thing or is it time for a new machine?
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i'm not a small systems expert, - they're a necessary evil allowing me to connect to proper systems :-)Originally posted by WTFH View PostWindows 10 is fine, unless you're clueless. The first couple of years of Win7 also had many people who claimed to be experts saying it was useless. 10 is streets ahead of 8, but it has many failings.
Go back to NT3.51 if you want better.
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