Labarum wrote: > That is my experience too. Now, though, my PC is 15 years old and has > run out of steam, and even with an SSD installed to try to speed it up > it is no longer fit for purpose. Windows on an inadequate machine was > causing me problems, not LMS on Windows; so last week I jumped ship to a > Raspberry Pi 4 to run LMS. It uses a lot less power than a PC and costs > a lot less to buy! I will keep the old PC for now and wind it up only > when I must use Windows - that will not be often, says he typing on one > of the latest Chromebooks.
For reasons not to do with LMS, I update my assorted Windows machine every, say, 3 years. So I've never really been subject to elderly machines huffing and puffing........ I did fire up a 12 year old (spare) PC desktop a few months ago, just to keep it more-or-less updated - and it was like wading through treacle! LMS 8.2.1 - 1628023316 Win10 Control: Web GUI; sometimes OrangeSqueeze on Android phones / pads Machines / devices are in France, in two locations. a) Livebox 4 Internal HDD (FLAC music; mp3 voice), LAN Desktop 3 x Touch - 1 wireless, 2 LAN. (8.0.1-r16855) 2 x SB Radios [wireless] (8.0.1-r16855) 2 x SqueezeAmps b) Freebox External SSD, WiFi Laptop 1 x Touch LAN (Firmware:7.8.0-r16754) 2 x SB Radios, Wireless (7.7.3-r16676) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ agbagb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7034 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115782 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
