08-14-2019, 05:51 PM
Welcome to the forums [member=9459]noweare[/member] !
I also permanently installed Linux on some of my personnal machines when W10 came out.
Frankly, I liked W7 (support ending next january so past tence) and the only two OS from MS I didn't have a "moral" problem recommending were Windows 2000 and W7.
XP, Millenium, Vista and W10 were/are as pleasurable to use and manage as slowly eating a bag of rusted nails.
In reply [member=8170]MS[/member]
I dealt with DELL a lot and still do, like the hardware most of the time.
Manufacturers support though is indeed for the "default" OS that the computer came with and MAYBE the next one.
For a Windows that came with a Brand computer (OEM), you cannot transfer it to another computer either, you need to buy a new "Retail" version. (officialy)
When doing so, the majority of tech guys will tell you, a fresh/clean install is best. Then, the "drivers" fun begins, often searching the internet hours with the "hardware IDs" for those devices with "exclamation marks" of "default MS drivers". Most of the time 4-5 devices, when at 6-8+, you lose some sanity points.
In fact all this is one of the main reasons we stopped (re)installing Windows in the PCs we configure at the help-center I do volunteer work at.
Using Linux, we have a PC up and fully functionning in minutes, not hours. I was so "stuck" in the Windows world for years that the first time I was all done with a Linux Lite PC, I litteraly had to triple-check. My brain just could not grasp that I was done installing AND updating a computer in a so little time. Needless to say, I had a revelation right then and there.
I also permanently installed Linux on some of my personnal machines when W10 came out.
Frankly, I liked W7 (support ending next january so past tence) and the only two OS from MS I didn't have a "moral" problem recommending were Windows 2000 and W7.
XP, Millenium, Vista and W10 were/are as pleasurable to use and manage as slowly eating a bag of rusted nails.
In reply [member=8170]MS[/member]
I dealt with DELL a lot and still do, like the hardware most of the time.
Manufacturers support though is indeed for the "default" OS that the computer came with and MAYBE the next one.
For a Windows that came with a Brand computer (OEM), you cannot transfer it to another computer either, you need to buy a new "Retail" version. (officialy)
When doing so, the majority of tech guys will tell you, a fresh/clean install is best. Then, the "drivers" fun begins, often searching the internet hours with the "hardware IDs" for those devices with "exclamation marks" of "default MS drivers". Most of the time 4-5 devices, when at 6-8+, you lose some sanity points.
In fact all this is one of the main reasons we stopped (re)installing Windows in the PCs we configure at the help-center I do volunteer work at.
Using Linux, we have a PC up and fully functionning in minutes, not hours. I was so "stuck" in the Windows world for years that the first time I was all done with a Linux Lite PC, I litteraly had to triple-check. My brain just could not grasp that I was done installing AND updating a computer in a so little time. Needless to say, I had a revelation right then and there.
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