[Leica] OT: Upgrade Win7-10?

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Or, for the truly paranoid you could replace your computer with windows 10
installed.  Discount Electronics stocks Dell 2nds, factory refurbished etc
for very favorable prices: say well under $300 shipped.  As you know Dell
is based in Austin and this small chain is all around Austin.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 10:59 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Since there are many fellow computer mavens on the LUG and Olympus
> lists, let me pose this question.  I am still running Windows 7. The
> COVID-19 situation means a I'm stuck at home, which would seemingly make
> it an ideal time to upgrade. But, if something goes wrong, then I'm
> without everything for which I rely on my computer until I can fix it,
> during a time when support or hardware might not be readily available.
> My concerns includes hardware drivers, and software I use all the time
> (Capture One v. 10, music notation software and ham radio software).  I
> have good backups of all my data, but not full backups of my entire setup.
>
> My computer is a Dell Optiplex 980 tower desktop, about 6 years old,
> with 8GB of RAM, two conventional hard drives, a replacement Dell video
> card and a third-party USB 3.0 card. It is not certified for Win10, but
> perusals of the Dell support site have turned up a significant number of
> remarks that  "the upgrade went fine."
>
> I could upgrade, I could wait until the pandemic is over, or I could
> wait until I need a new computer.  I know "official" support for Win7 is
> over. But I suspect that many corporate setups have stayed on Win7 just
> like they stayed on WinXP earlier.  I don't think Microsoft would let
> them all die if some major Win7 malware appeared.  And I run a good
> virus checker (Trend OfficeScan).
>
> Advice welcome.  Thanks.
> --Peter
>
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