Hi Bud, There's much I could say about buying a new PC, and this is because I just got a new one a week or so ago. My previous OS was Windows 7 and now I'm using Windows 10, which made sense to me, given that all my hardware is new. It was recommended by my tech person to get a SSD drive, that is, a solid state drive, for the drive where Windows runs and the programs are installed, since these run very fast compared to spinning disks. So, I got a 250 GB drive for the OS and then additional drives to store my media and documents. I got a quad-core processor, again, for speed, and 16 GB RAM in case I want to run virtual machine software like VMWare or Virtual Box. As for Windows 10, I like it a lot, and the only real difference from Windows 7 which is a bit of a pain in the behind is that, like the current modern versions of Office, you have to use a ribbon to do many of the file management configuration operations; however, since this is not normally something you have to do very often, that is, configuring settings, you can live with it. Many of the commands are identical, for example, responding to the U.A.C prompt using Alt-Y. One thing you have to get used to however is that, when you paste a file to a location which already has the same filename present, you will be confronted with two buttons, namely, skip or replace, and I had to arrow between them before I realized that, indeed, they were buttons, and, previously in Windows 7, you could tab between them, and not true in Windows 10. There are many other little peculiarities in Windows 10, but they are pretty minor overall, and, given that you're pretty smart, I don't think you'll have much trouble. Feel free to write off-list as well, if you wish. smile
Good luck, Rod -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:talk-bounces+rod_hutton=hotmail....@lists.window-eyes.com] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab via Talk Sent: August 11, 2015 11:28 AM To: windoweyes <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> Subject: windows 7 or 10? Hi Guys, My windows pc is on it's last leg and I'm going to replace it. I'm wondering from you people who have gone to windows 10 how it's working out. Is it a lot different than windows seven? My 92 year old mind doesn't absorb and comprehend things like it did 20 or so years ago. I nortice most of the new computers out there are loaded with either windows 8 or 10 and I've heard that 8 wasn't very good. I'm using windows 7 64 bit now and am used to that.I'd be interested in your feedback as to how windows 10 works with windoweyes and if it's a lot different to operate. Thanks so much for your comments. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P El Segundo, California _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/rod_hutton%40h otmail.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
