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What computer OS system should I purchase within the next 3 months?

Peter Brooks 2 months ago

My home computer is coming to the end of it's useful life. It is a AMD CPU based Tower with Windows 7 OS.

In view of reported technical problems and cost associated with Windows 11, I am reluctant to purchase a new Windows based computer system.

Should I jump to an Apple Mac using MacOS version 14 Sonoma or one of the Linux OS systems that use a AMD CPU?

Peter Brooks

Palm Bay FL

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0 Simon Barker 2 months ago

Windows 11 is highly compatible with Windows 7. Unless you're running ancient applications that Windows 7 only barely supported. Drivers maybe less so if you have old peripherals.
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0 Simon Barker 2 months ago

Windows 11 is highly compatible with Windows 7. Unless you're running ancient applications that Windows 7 only barely supported. Drivers maybe less so if you have old peripherals.
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0 Peter Brooks 2 months ago in reply to Simon Barker

Hello Simon:

I have never liked Microsoft as they are constantly trying to steal/monitor/sell your information and it is getting worse with latest version which snapshots your screen every 3 seconds (Recall/Copilot +).

I have never liked Intel, having had to work with them over my working years.That why I like AMD CPU's.

Peter Brooks

Palm Bay
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0 Simon Barker 2 months ago in reply to Peter Brooks

I don't think anybody actually likes Microsoft. The only real advantage of Windows is that it's Windows-compatible, which means there's endless software out there to run on it.
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0 Mark Tickner 2 months ago in reply to Simon Barker

I don't think people realise that there is a similarly endless list of GPL (and other licences too) software for Linux derived OS's out there as well!
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