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I’m looking for a new laptop and currently comparing options. The last time I bought a laptop, windows 10 was fairly new and people seemed to be reporting a lot of problems with it.
Iirc the small place where I purchased my last laptop loaded a ‘skin’ for me (don’t know if that’s the right term) that enabled a more familiar windows 7 look even thought the functionality was version 10. I have no idea whether any of that makes sense.
I opted to purchase a laptop from a local dealer, obtain a service for pre-loading the system and software I needed and using them for queries, repairs etc - although the need for that was zero to nil and I moved to the other side of the country anyway so had no reason to use them.
So any advice on which windows version would be best? I want something that’s reasonably familiar to me in look and feel, to avoid having to relearn all the navigation around my files and folders I’ve become fairly used to. But if there’s something I need to avoid, simply for the sake of that familiarity I want to know about it.
I use Outlook for email, Explorer for surfing, online shopping etc. I do internet banking, use Word for (creative) writing, iTunes for music, ( I enjoy ‘owning’ the actual music files and creating playlists - plus I tend to enjoy sorting and cataloguing the files etc using iTunes to access them. I’m sad like that. Calibre used for cataloguing ebooks etc. The basic Microsoft image fiddling stuff for editing photos, I tend to do a bit of sorting files and folders and saving music, films, books etc. I always used a lot of PowerPoint for work but anticipate I’ll use less if they at home now I’m retiring - shame coz I got pretty good with it. Same with Excel. Same with pdf editing software.
I’m kind of enjoying getting used to One Note at work atm. But I don’t think I’ll necessarily use it as much on my personal laptop when I retire.
I use malwarebytes for virus protection but I’m not even sure I need that.
I don’t do gaming and I tend not to stream stuff on the laptop. I do my telly watching on the telly. Never really had any success with streaming or mirroring laptop to tv monitor so I don’t do it.
So any advice of best Office software for me too.
I’ve been prevaricating about the best laptop for me for ages so it’s enabled me to save a few quid to get the right one. I still haven’t decided. I want to get this right and not regret buying the wrong stuff out of ignorance. I might also buy a tablet too - probably an iPad coz I’m familiar with the iPhone. But the laptop is the priority.
Sorry for waffling. It’s nearly 4am and I couldn’t sleep
Iirc the small place where I purchased my last laptop loaded a ‘skin’ for me (don’t know if that’s the right term) that enabled a more familiar windows 7 look even thought the functionality was version 10. I have no idea whether any of that makes sense.
I opted to purchase a laptop from a local dealer, obtain a service for pre-loading the system and software I needed and using them for queries, repairs etc - although the need for that was zero to nil and I moved to the other side of the country anyway so had no reason to use them.
So any advice on which windows version would be best? I want something that’s reasonably familiar to me in look and feel, to avoid having to relearn all the navigation around my files and folders I’ve become fairly used to. But if there’s something I need to avoid, simply for the sake of that familiarity I want to know about it.
I use Outlook for email, Explorer for surfing, online shopping etc. I do internet banking, use Word for (creative) writing, iTunes for music, ( I enjoy ‘owning’ the actual music files and creating playlists - plus I tend to enjoy sorting and cataloguing the files etc using iTunes to access them. I’m sad like that. Calibre used for cataloguing ebooks etc. The basic Microsoft image fiddling stuff for editing photos, I tend to do a bit of sorting files and folders and saving music, films, books etc. I always used a lot of PowerPoint for work but anticipate I’ll use less if they at home now I’m retiring - shame coz I got pretty good with it. Same with Excel. Same with pdf editing software.
I’m kind of enjoying getting used to One Note at work atm. But I don’t think I’ll necessarily use it as much on my personal laptop when I retire.
I use malwarebytes for virus protection but I’m not even sure I need that.
I don’t do gaming and I tend not to stream stuff on the laptop. I do my telly watching on the telly. Never really had any success with streaming or mirroring laptop to tv monitor so I don’t do it.
So any advice of best Office software for me too.
I’ve been prevaricating about the best laptop for me for ages so it’s enabled me to save a few quid to get the right one. I still haven’t decided. I want to get this right and not regret buying the wrong stuff out of ignorance. I might also buy a tablet too - probably an iPad coz I’m familiar with the iPhone. But the laptop is the priority.
Sorry for waffling. It’s nearly 4am and I couldn’t sleep