MS Edge and Internet Explorer are two completely different things
I had assumed Edge was just a progression. A small overview of your understanding of the difference would be appreciated.
Open Office or indeed Libra are way too complex for my friend. Just the Word part of Works is all he needs.*
The 8.5 installation disc started to run okay, but then made the specific statement that it would be something like, modifying IE. Since I thought Edge was just a new version of IE (I never use either) then I feared for an installation that had taken many, many hours to update to the "Thank you for installing the very latest version of W10" message. Almost those words. I had indeed given up at one stage.
It runs well now - fingers crossed - but I see mixed messages on forums about 8.5 and 9.0 Works with W10 None of the posters mention the 'attack' on the MS's browser.