Subj : Your current version of Windows
To   : August Abolins
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Dec 02 2019 08:17 pm

On 01/12/2019 8:32 p.m., August Abolins wrote to E Sullens:

> [4]
>     Win7, HP Slim 100B tower/desktop 4GB (more details later if interested)

Additional details:

     Win7/64 AMD E-350 1.6GHz, 230GB HDD


> [5]
>     Win7, Dell (more details later if interested)

Not a Dell..

     Win7/32 eMachines T6528, AMD Athlon 3500+ 2.21Ghz, 160GB HDD

I like [5] pc better than the [3] Thinkcentre, but [3] has the more modern SATA 
for HDD and [5] is the older EIDE.

I used [5] to explore various linux distros to replace the original XP on it.  
Lubuntu/LXDE was the simplest one that supported the NVIDIA card without 
tearing. Networking with other Win pcs worked well.

Then, Manjaro/Xfce was a very nice performer and supported NVIDIA right out of 
the box.  But, then I encountered SAMBA problems with networking to existing 
Win machines.

Lubuntu was quite fine for my friend. The pc was a smooth operator with the /64 
version and utilized the full 4GB ram.  But.. they wanted their legacy HP 
printer to work. We encountered a problem that required re-activating the 
drivers after each reboot. Not good.  Friend ended up with a donated W10 pc 
from a neighbour, and I ended up with the eMachine with Manjaro at the time.

I wasn't interested in re-installed and doing all the work tweeking Lubuntu, so 
I just purchased Win7/32 ..and everything works.

The stories our pcs could tell, eh?

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