XPost: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general   
   From: unlisted@nomale.com   
      
   On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:21:41 -0300, Shadow  wrote:   
      
   >On Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:13:52 +0200, Steve Hayes   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:39:21 +0200, "s|b"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>On Thu, 07 Sep 2017 02:08:58 -0400, Jerome Tews wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>  Either I buy a   
   >>>> new computer with Win7 already installed, or I wont be buying a NEW   
   >>>> computer, and will instead buy a used one with Win7 installed.   
   >>>   
   >>>Or you go a decent shop, choose the (hardware) parts that you want and   
   >>>have them installed. (I'm talking about a tower/case, not some laptop).   
   >>>Then you can install the OS you want.   
   >>   
   >>Aye, but he's talking about a laptop.   
   >>   
   >>A desktop is easy -- I bought a ready built one without OS, and   
   >>restored my Acronis XP backups on to it, downloaded a couple of new   
   >>drivers and was ready to go -- no reinstalling programs, hunting for   
   >>installation disks, and all that hassle.   
   >>   
   >>But laptops often have specialist drivers, designed for the   
   >>pre-installed OS, which won't work with another OS.   
   >   
   >	Intel has dropped the Skylake line of processors. It announced   
   >the new line will ONLY support Win 10. No, not even Win 7 or 8.   
   >	A M$ lockout.   
   >	Desktop or not, you will be looking for second hand/old stock   
   >processors. Motherboards ditto.   
   >	Not sure what the game is with AMD. Win 7, 8 and XP still have   
   >over 60% of the market., despite M$'s inflated claims.   
   >	[]'s   
      
   There are plenty of old computers around, to run Windows XP or Win7.   
   Or even Win8.x if someone is inclined to use that piece of crap. But I   
   can guarantee you that I wont run Win10. Not even if MS paid me to use   
   it. If it came to that, I'll buy a Macintosh computer or get an   
   Android tablet. Microsoft has buried themselves by forcing their Win10   
   on everyone. I hope they file for bankruptcy as a result. There is no   
   reason they could not have continued to support XP or Win7. If they   
   had any common sense at all, they would be supporting TWO operating   
   systems. Their complicated data mining 10 shit, and a simple version   
   of Windows (like XP) for people who dont want their bloatware. But its   
   apparent, MS only wants to make money, and dont give a flying f**k   
   about what their customers want.   
      
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