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I seem to have missed the upgrade window. .......woe is me.

Also, they can(and will) be wirelessly hacked and whoever is on the other end will see everything you see. Or worse, they could make you go blind.

Real Player still exists? Why?

I do cut Windows 10 down a lot(which it usually deserves), though driver issues on old computers is understandable. Even if it was like the next Windows XP, no spyware, no BS, I still wouldn't recommend it to a customer with a computer from, say, 2005. It's just not in Microsoft's best...

Arch or Slackware would be the best ways to go.

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Just to strike paranoia into everybody's mind.... What makes anybody think that changing your privacy settings to not send any information to Microsoft actually does anything? :3

They want all your real info, because there's a buttload of money to be made in selling it to third parties. Of course they'll say "Yeah, we're so not going to sell your information," and then turn around and do it anyway. This is why my "social media" consists of the telephone, the message...

I quit using their antivirus a few years ago because it was so bloated and slow. That, and it didn't seem to actually catch anything. I near soiled myself after I ran Malwarebytes the first time. Can't say I'm surprised they're doing this. I guess they had to find some way to bolster their...

Windows 3.1 is where it's at, man.

I've been a Firefox-head for years now. It does have a very slight memory leak nowadays, but it takes a day or two to get up to 1GB of usage for me, nowhere near as bad as Chrome. Here is an illustration. :D I'm definitely with you on Chrome's interface; it's downright anorexic compared to...

You misunderstood me. I meant that you can actually customize a PC to your liking cheaply and easily.

Trying to leave it in would be pointless. Attempting such a thing would send their PR(not to mention market share) into the toilet. Plus hackers would find it easily.

The keylogger is for the Technical Preview, and isn't going to be part of the final product. It's intended to see what Windows 10 features will be used the most, how it will be used, what sorts of programs are being run, very useful information to have when you're designing an operating system. :3

Ah, anybody can build a computer. The parts to build a PC have become very standardized over the years. All you really have to worry about is matching your processor with the motherboard socket(which is listed on both, so no big deal), and get a decent power supply. And of course check the...

You can build a more capable PC for much less than the equivalent Mac, and have the ability to actually do stuff to it. :D

Not gonna happen....

Unfortunately, they'll never be as powerful or as easy to work with as a full-size tower. Advancements in miniaturization are slowing down and will eventually stop in a few years, perhaps a decade, as it becomes physically impossible to make a transistor any smaller. Hardware will have to...

I believe he was referring to the fact that anonymity does not exist any longer. The feds can find you any time they feel like it. And they seem to have a habit of busting people for things that wouldn't have caused a stir twenty years ago.

Well, you could just pop the wax off. Worst thing that could happen is that one won't work either. I'd be concerned about the video chip on the board if it was bad. That could mean it was exposed to too much current, which could damage other things.