Upgrade to Windows 10?

[480sparky]

This is the reason I'm not planning on any camera, software or OS upgrades in the forseeable future. My current bodies raw files are recognized by the software I have running. The software I have running works just fine with my OS.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I'm sure there will be a day of reckoning. I'll be forced into a newer camera, or updating software, or a new OS. Which in turn will require the acquisition of new gear, new software and/or a new OS. Then comes the learning curve of it all.

But there's no way I can prepare for it as I do not know when it will come, nor what will be available when it does. My plan is to keep the stuff I have, be happy with it, and know that it all works to my complete satisfaction.

 

[table1349]

Dude.............. you just killed the entire sense of adventure for me.

There are bold nerds and old nerds, but there are no Bold Old Nerds.

The hell you say! I would beg to differ.

 

[bratkinson]

So it was the size of the school bus, and not the entire school?

It was only a 360/40 installation in a pure research and development environment. It even had four, very expensive, then state of the art graphics terminals that I was told cost $500,000 each...and that was in 1969 dollars! As far as total 'footprint' size...maybe 6 school busses side by side. My $19 Timex watch today likely has a more sophisticated and considerably faster processor than that computer did!

 

[unpopular]

My grandfather tells of having to go to "the computer" to have hs dissertation data tabulated and analyzed. It was a city-block sized building in Cambridge and took weeks for the results to come back. Probably today it would be a matter of a few days of data entry, an hour or two at most setting up SSPS and a couple minutes of actual compute time - all from one desktop.

 

[unpopular]

Dude.............. you just killed the entire sense of adventure for me.

There are bold nerds and old nerds, but there are no Bold Old Nerds.

The hell you say! I would beg to differ.

They also say if youra nerd who is under 30 and dont upgrade you have no heart, and if youre nerd over 30 and do upgrade you have no brain.

 

[table1349]

Dude.............. you just killed the entire sense of adventure for me.

There are bold nerds and old nerds, but there are no Bold Old Nerds.

The hell you say! I would beg to differ.

They also say if youra nerd who is under 30 and dont upgrade you have no heart, and if youre nerd over 30 and do upgrade you have no brain.

And if you are thirty and you upgrade and it does no good your dead. You can't live with out the heard and the brain. Notice I said heart and brain. Some of the threads in this forum prove that some people can live without a brain.

 

[astroNikon]

I'm waiting for Windows 11
I heard that it was going to be a killer OS that supports the future fingernail screens.

 

[table1349]

Well I'm getting Windows Saturday. Two of them actually along with a new French Door Patio door to lead out to the deck.

 

[unpopular]

[QUOTE unpopular, post: 3503102, member: 94254"]

Dude.............. you just killed the entire sense of adventure for me.

There are bold nerds and old nerds, but there are no Bold Old Nerds.

The hell you say! I would beg to differ.

They also say if youra nerd who is under 30 and dont upgrade you have no heart, and if youre nerd over 30 and do upgrade you have no brain.

And if you are thirty and you upgrade and it does no good your dead. You can't live with out the heard and the brain. Notice I said heart and brain. Some of the threads in this forum prove that some people can live without a brain. [/QUOTE]

Actually, you said heard. And for us millenials, thats probably pretty accurate.

 

[bratkinson]

WHAT????

Let me put my hearing aids in... (I'm not fooling! I got one in each ear.)

 

[astroNikon]

a heard of what ?
or is that herd ?

what haven't I herd ?
or is that like a herd of gold ?

 

[bratkinson]

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!

Free Windows 10 Now Looks A Terrible Deal

As explained in the article, Windows 10 will be free for a year, then it's pay every year for 'maintenance'.

 

[table1349]

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!

Free Windows 10 Now Looks A Terrible Deal

As explained in the article, Windows 10 will be free for a year, then it's pay every year for 'maintenance'.

Especially with Windows. They give it to you for free, but evey fix will cost you $9.99. While that does not sound like much, sit back and consider how many updates you are supposed to do every month.

Well there is always that part time job down at the Quickie Mart to pay for the fixes.

 

[PWhite214]

I am running the windows 10 Preview Evaluation on my Samsung Laptop. I have not had any problems with any of the software, including Lightroom.

What if Windows 10 is a disaster? I installed the preview on a new 1 TB hard drive, the original 500 GB drive with Windows 8 is intact. A simple swap restores the OS and programs.

Phil

 

[annamaria]

.......... as for windiws 10, its either upgade or linux. Uncertain whch yet.

Why not both? I'll probably dual-boot Win 10 and maybe Mint or Ubuntu. I'll do the free upgrade the first day it's available. Danger is my business!

I'll leave the danger zone to you [emoji6]