Subj : building PC's
To   : Rob Mccart
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jun 08 2025 21:53:00

Hello Rob!

** On Sunday 08.06.25 - 01:05, Rob Mccart wrote to ARELOR:

 RM> Eventually the big problem was hardware that can only run
 RM> up to certain versions of Windows and then you may have a
 RM> working system but it can't access most web pages or run
 RM> up to date eMail programs.

 RM> That's where I am now with my Win7 Laptop. I am pretty
 RM> much out of browser update options that will still run on
 RM> it and that's starting to cause problems. The newest
 RM> browser did its final update in late 2023, which was not
 RM> bad I guess for a system built in 2011.

I'm with Win7 max on two systems myself - a laptop at home, and  
a desktop at my bookshop. They work great. I don't need to  
visit sites willy nilly, and sofar there have been no issues  
with my usual suspects (suppliers, b2b systems, etc).

I use Firefox on both.

Desktop uses FF 115.24 esr 32-bit.  I could have stayed with  
64-bit, but I find that it has some kind of slow memory leak  
that eventually hogs up the cpu and ram.

Laptop uses 115.24 esr, 64 bit.. and I run into Windows  
reporting "uses too many resources.. please close down some  
programs.."


 RM> Eventually I'll have to break down and start using an ASUS
 RM> Laptop I got a couple of years ago which is ready for a
 RM> free upgrade to Windows 11 once I get to it. But when
 RM> you've used a computer for 10 or 15 years it's a bit of a
 RM> shock to start over with a new one.

Not ready to consider Win11 here.

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