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Originally Posted by JSWolf
We'll have to agree to disagree. But one thing I will not disagree about is that Gregg needs to upgrade his computer. If he does so by buying a new computer, it will most likely come with Windows 8.1 and I suggest staying with it.
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I'm guessing (by what Gregg has written here) that his upgrade would not be a new computer from Best Buy. I know I wouldn't buy one from a retail store. I'm considering upgrading now -- it'll probably be an Optiplex 755 with a 2.6 or 2.8 Mhz Core 2 Duo CPU. I can pick one up (without a hard drive) for about $45 locally. I'd install Linux Mint 17 and be good to go through 2019 -- and beyond, but I would have to update the OS after April 2019.
But even if I was in the market for a brand-new computer, I wouldn't buy a retail one. I would buy one direct from Dell (an Optiplex, I like the build quality of their corporate computers) and specifically order Windows 7 instead of Windows 8.x. I can't stand the whole concept of big "children's block" tiles. Again, opinions vary, but that's my opinion.
I've always liked to see how much I can do with the least amount of hardware. There's some satisfaction in being able to use hardware that others would consider outdated -- and still get good performance. That's probably a big reason why I like Linux.