I switched to W 10 quite a long time ago, from 7, and am largely satisfied,
some irritants aside. Use it on my PC, then Word allows me to see documents
in full on my iPhone and iPad while away on the boat. To keep this C & C
legal, I use Navionics as a backup on the i devices. Patrick Wesley The
Boat, 24, Sidney BC
On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Jim Watts via CnC-List <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> I'm electing not to go to 10 from my Win 7 installs. I upgraded my wife
> from 8 to 10 because 8 was such a horrible piece of {expletive deleted}.
> I actually tried 10 on my main box, did not like it, and wiped it for a
> clean 7 install.
>
> Jim Watts
> Paradigm Shift
> C&C 35 Mk III
> Victoria, BC
>
> On 29 July 2016 at 12:28, S Thomas via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It is rash I think to believe much of what any company says about
>> perpetual or even long term support for software products.
>> Certain providers of sailboat steering systems come to mind too, but that
>> would be more directly sailing related.
>>
>> I still have a copy of Norton something or other, somewhere around here,
>> that was supposed to include perpetual virus pattern updates.
>> They stopped, no apologies, and that was that, although they did leave a
>> not too hard to find back door open that worked for about 3 years longer.
>>
>> Your mileage may vary,
>>
>> Steve.
>> C&C27 MKIII
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Haughey via CnC-List" <
>> cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
>> Cc: "Danny Haughey" <djhaug...@juno.com>
>> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 14:06
>> Subject: Re: Stus-List [Support] Re: Question on PredictWind.com Windoze
>> 10
>>
>>
>> I thought the point of windows 10 was that it was going to be their last
>>> OS like apple's IOS. That was what all the adds with the babies were
>>> saying. They, the babies, would be using windows 10 forever...
>>>
>>> Danny
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/29/2016 1:35 PM, S Thomas via CnC-List wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with Gary, but would add the following:
>>>>
>>>> Most of the "features" which are privacy issues can be tracked down and
>>>> turned off (they are all turned on by default), but the biggest problem
>>>> that I have with Windows 10 is not something that can be turned off. There
>>>> is no way to stop the operating system from downloading and installing
>>>> updates, which in effect means that the operating system will be whatever
>>>> Microsoft wants it to be in the future, and there is nothing at all that
>>>> you can do about it if you ever want to use the internet. One thing they
>>>> could do, for example, is decide that they are no longer going to offer
>>>> support, and oh by the way for those of you who don't want to buy yet
>>>> another operating system, Windows 10 will stop working altogether on such
>>>> and such a date.
>>>> Yuk.
>>>>
>>>> Steve Thomas
>>>> C&C27 MKIII
>>>> (Former IT guy at Ford Motor Co.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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