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Greg Anos · 11-14-2015, 06:59 PM

What it really boils down to is - upgrade or no upgrade? - and - internet or no internet?

Personally, I have great problems with an OS that itself is spyware. Not to mention using me as an unpaid beta tester, whether I like it or not. Other people think this is peachy keen.

I have long since come to the conclusion that a new version of software is merely swapping one set of bugs for another set.

To me, the answer is OS segregation. Internet stuff on a box with a working OS that has a minimum spyware profile, and a "clean" box that does everything else. I use a KMV switch to bounce between the two boxes. With computers like the Intel NUCs nowadays, the footprint of such multibox systems is smaller than one medium tower.

A sample would be running Win 10 on your internet box and Win 7 on your clean box. And if you activate your Win 7 box by phone, rather than the internet, there is no way you are going to be affected by Microsoft's push to Win 10. No access.

Or you may substitute a Linux box for Win 10 on the "dirty' Internet box. <shrug>, to taste. I don't see how it is any harder than running a smart phone OS on your phone and a "big" OS on you home computer. . .

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Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,532 Karma: 37057604 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	What it really boils down to is - upgrade or no upgrade? - and - internet or no internet? Personally, I have great problems with an OS that itself is spyware. Not to mention using me as an unpaid beta tester, whether I like it or not. Other people think this is peachy keen. I have long since come to the conclusion that a new version of software is merely swapping one set of bugs for another set. To me, the answer is OS segregation. Internet stuff on a box with a working OS that has a minimum spyware profile, and a "clean" box that does everything else. I use a KMV switch to bounce between the two boxes. With computers like the Intel NUCs nowadays, the footprint of such multibox systems is smaller than one medium tower. A sample would be running Win 10 on your internet box and Win 7 on your clean box. And if you activate your Win 7 box by phone, rather than the internet, there is no way you are going to be affected by Microsoft's push to Win 10. No access. Or you may substitute a Linux box for Win 10 on the "dirty' Internet box. <shrug>, to taste. I don't see how it is any harder than running a smart phone OS on your phone and a "big" OS on you home computer. . . Last edited by Greg Anos; 11-14-2015 at 11:17 PM.