Decided to turn on the Win 10 computer (AMD A10, so not slow) to check, on security cameras, whether cat has brought a mouse in - he was sniffing around the corners of the bedroom and lounge, which is unusual activity for our cat.

Win 10 has decided to update itself, 15mins has now passed, and it has got to 14%.

I didn't tell it to update!!

Grrrrr!!

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Forty two minutes.

Now it has reloaded all the things I previously told it I didn't want and I will have to now go through all the settings again.

Do that later.

Good thing though, the cat had an empty mouth when he came in!!

Re Grrrrrrrr
 

To really enjoy your self, try altering the battery power conservation settings - Make your carefully considered changes e.g. prevent it shutting off yor hard disk every 20 minutes (reducing its working life) Save and re boot. !!

Result Arrgh yep a whole new set of changed that Windows 8.1 thinks you were trying to make.

Commiserations from a Fellow Windoze User

CAT III

Windows after Win7 really does seem to have reached its peak in terms of usefulness and user friendliness. Versions after that just seem to have poor user interface (8), only be half decent on a touch screen as they were designed for a (now non-existent) phone (8.1) and/or a naked attempt to steal user data and monetize it (10) whilst playing catch-up to Apple /Android with the apps (which won't happen at this rate).
Win 7 just works, why upgrade to something worse?
To be honest, if your laptop is only ever used for surfing and office work, Linux Mint will do just as well if not better, especially on older hardware. Windows is in real danger of disappearing up its own fundamental, and if they get the corporate version of W10 wrong....... it will.

Tried Windows 10, decided it was not a patch on earlier versions and went out and bought a MacBook Pro.

BRILLIANT, it does what says on the box, very stable and the Complete Idiot's Guide to MacBook Pro keeps me out of trouble.

The help line is excellent, easy to contact and easy to understand. They work through any problem you have at your pace. Mine were self-inflicted as I'm not a natural techie

MP

Already a thread running on this.

Windows 10 (allegedly) does what hackers have been trying to do for years - disable machines on a mass scale.

I know a few who would tick the "strongly agree" box to that statement ....

And I confirm just how good is Linux Mint . :ok:

Windows Updates
 

There are some work-arounds that perhaps may help _ https://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/stop-...ating-your-pc/

I was going for a W10 machine to try it out (at present W7) but after the above was wondering about a MacBook.
However I am worried as I have all records in Office 2007.

There is a Mac Version of MS Office. Files are compatible with PC versions, with the exception that not all fonts are on both versions. There is also Outlook for Mac, but I don't know anyone that's ever used it. YMMV.

The free office suite on Macs (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) will read/write files in MS format.

Thanks. Sounds interesting. Will investigate next time at the local apple store.
Mike

Next day: I must get out more. I understand Microsoft Office is available to put in the apple machine. I haven't tried it yet but am assured by the apple people I will be able to use all my past MS Office stuff.
Mike

A few months ago, I took my computor to the repair shop for an upgrade to WIN 10, but the guy refused to give it to me stating it was too troublesome; so I'm still with WIN 7, and after reading this, I'm glad I am.

Another one hating the Mic corporations. Switch to GNU project if you can

The Microsoft corporate philosophy helped me in my decision to purchase of a Macbook Pro.
2 years later turns out it was a very good move.

I was thinking just last week that my MBP could do with an update, and they've only gone and produced (what looks like) an extremely nice new bit of kit....
MacBook Pro - Apple (UK)

Mike,
I use Office (mainly Excel) on a daily basis on both platforms and frequently transfer files between them, with no problems. However, the menus are different and it can be very frustrating, trying to find menu items on the version you are not familiar with.

I've been a Mac user from choice for over 20 years. I also use Windows and Linux at work. These days, for personal use, a Mac is clearly superior to a Windows machine. I have a Windows partition on my MBP in order to use a couple of specialist Windows-only programs, but it runs W7 and I have no plans to ever upgrade!

Moateair,

Yes, the new MBP looks very nice and I might be tempted. However I would miss the matte 17" screen on my 2011 model.

Precisely, it wasn't broke, so why fix it ?

I was even happy with Win 95 !

I wonder what 'Mixture' would have made of all this? I do miss his advice on here. I learnt a lot from him.

"The day Microsoft market a vacuum cleaner will be the day Microsoft produce something that doesn't suck..." anon

My trusty Windows XP laptop is getting close to the end of it's days. Reading this thread is scaring me. What do I do.....? :-(