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Which version of windows?

Infidel
Infidel Posts: 1,226 Forumite
edited 13 July 2016 at 6:37PM in Techie Stuff
So i have to do a complete os install.

Assuming the awful Windows 10 is off the agenda. Which Windows os version would you reccomend? I know that some are universally known as being terrible.

I also heard a rumour that some of them are free these days. Is that true? A quick price check suggests that they vary massively. ..ie i saw windows 7 for both 20 € and 130 €
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  • RumRat
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    Why do you think W10 is awful?
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  • JJ_Egan
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    Windows 10 is the only one i would recommend .
    Must be nearly a year of usage and i see no problems from a clean install .
  • Big_Graeme
    Big_Graeme Posts: 3,220 Forumite
    JJ_Egan wrote: »
    Windows 10 is the only one i would recommend .
    Must be nearly a year of usage and i see no problems from a clean install .

    Pretty much agree, I used Start10 to get the start button and bar in order and turned off the spyware, as stable as Windows 7 if there are the drivers for your gear.
  • hollie.weimeraner
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    Big_Graeme wrote: »
    Pretty much agree, I used Start10 to get the start button and bar in order and turned off the spyware, as stable as Windows 7 if there are the drivers for your gear.

    Likewise here. I reverted to Windows 7 from Windows 8 which was awful but had regular issues with it for as long as it was installed.

    I did a clean install of Windows 10 just after it was released and not had a single issue since.
  • Infidel
    Infidel Posts: 1,226 Forumite
    So windows 7 it is.
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  • pappa_golf
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    Infidel wrote: »
    So windows 7 it is.




    I would suggest windows 3.11 ,
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  • agrinnall
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    Infidel wrote: »
    So windows 7 it is.

    Nothing posted by anyone else on this thread could lead you to that conclusion. I recommend that you don't bother with Windows at all if you're not willing to use W10, how about MVS/SP, I think I've got a reference book for it in a box somewhere?
  • Cardew
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    I have just installed Win 10 on my desktop and daughter's 6 year old cheap laptop and we are both impressed(and surprised).

    Undoubtedly both machines are faster.
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    Hi

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  • Infidel
    Infidel Posts: 1,226 Forumite
    RumRat wrote: »
    Why do you think W10 is awful?
    Spyware, keyloggers....not to mention the start up menu...or lack of it. May as well have been using a completely different system. W10 is the new W Millenium.

    They do say there's no such thing as a free lunch. No wonder Microsoft are trying to force everyone to upgrade to that crap.
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