Downloading Windows 10 Now!

bethk wrote:I'm on Windows 7.  My computer is old and I'm not having any problems.  I'm afraid if I try to switch to 10 there will be HE*L to pay.  And I do NOT want to purchase a new computer right now.

JanaAZ wrote:Ive got 8.1 on mine, too.  DH has 7.  I'm waiting for the major bugs to get fixed on 10....then I'll download.

I'll be watching for how you like 10.  

One thing I'm not happy about....I paid a lot of $$$ for touchscreen and now, with 10, it won't matter.  Oh well.

BTW---I figured out how to get the start menu on 8.1 so I'm not too unhappy if I have to keep it.

NormM wrote:I have OX Yosemite 10.10.4 on mine.

NormM wrote:I should have said OS X Yosemite.  The things about Mac OS is that they send updates automatically.  You can choose to install them or not but they don't cost more.

cookingirl wrote:I have OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 on my MacBook Pro laptop

Jimmy, It is really easy to use a Mac. Expensive, but so much easier than dealing with a Windows PC.

Automatic updates; which are very easy to install.
lots of times, I just shut it off and they are installed automatically. Other times , I just check for updates and download what I want.

AS someone I know said about her first Apple computer; "It just makes sense"...

I am not certain about their web browser though. It is Safari.

Thinking about getting Firefox or Google Chrome. The good part of having Apple computer and phone is that they are synced together. I can also use my computer as a phone. It is pretty cool.

Jimmy, go to the Apple website. They have many tutorials and can take you on a tour of the operating system.

Yes, they are expensive, but I think worth the investment.
And their technical support is in the United States!!!! Not oversees.
So you can understand them. They are not limited in the amount of time they devote to your issue.

I think Windows is trying to emulate the Apple OS X system.

So true. It's like a showdown.
What makes me mad, is every year, I have to purchase the license to keep Office365 on my computer. All that just to use WORD....which is to compose like letters and etc. My old computer has WORD since I purchased it, and I never have to pay more.

I have Comcast ( Xfinity ) now, as my internet provider. I do use Comcast Mail as my mail server. We have three different accounts ( e-mail addresses )
I have mine...like for my forum stuff and Automotive repairs stuff, and whatever.
Tina has her own, with like Thousands of religious and cooking stuff. OMG

Then we have the General one with all the buying and ebay and amazon stuff, with the jokes we forward. That e-mail address has like 200 hits a day.

The great thing, is we don't store the e-mails on the computer. They are stored on comcasts servers. That way they don't reduce the space of memory on my computers.

Years ago, we only used what they called Windows Mail... Crude, and easy to lose your stuff if you click the wrong things.
At work, they made us use Outlook Express. That way, they could monitor what we did on the computer; as far as work letters sent etc. That way, it was on the big work servers and saved.

I do have a G-mail and a Yahoo account, but I never use it. Them.

NormM wrote:My son used to work at a place that sold both PCs and Apples.  He said the PCs were cheaper but the Apples had about twice the life expectancy.

NormM wrote:I am not sure. I supposed he meant they don't need to be replaced as often.