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   From: jgnewsid@outlook.com   
      
   On 27/03/2025 in message  Lawrence   
   D'Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   >On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:02:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >>Well I have had pretty good results for MY needs with HP laptops BUT   
   >>anything to run Windows 11 seems very expensive. Like £400   
   >>   
   >>Whereas a Windows ten capable refurbished is under £100   
   >   
   >Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to obsolete,   
   >unsupported software?   
      
   I use Windows 8.1 on all my machines that will run it because it allows me   
   to download updates and install them when convenient to me. Why this   
   facility doesn't exit on Win 10 goodness knows.   
      
   I see you've been suckered by MSFT marketing bullshit :-)   
      
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