--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@...> wrote: > > On 07/24/2013 06:38 AM, j_alexander_stanley wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > >> > >> > >> --- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote: > >>> Thanks, Nabby, you've inadvertently answered a long held question > >>> of mine: could I get Win7 on a new computer? > >> This is how Microsoft use their muscles in Europe, I don't know > >> about across the water where they developed this nonsense. Even here > >> you could get WIN7 on a new PC if you buy an outgoing model. > > > > > > With laptops, you're usually dealing with a big company that's strongly > > tied into MSFT. With specialty vendors of desktop systems, you're more > > likely to find flexibility in choice in OS. The company I buy my desktop > > systems from, > > > > http://www.endpcnoise.com/ > > > > is still offering Win 7, along with Win 8, Linux, or no OS. > > > > If you want to go to the trouble and expense, you might be able to buy a > > copy of Win 7, wipe your hard drive, and install Win 7 on your new laptop. > > However, laptops tend to have proprietary hardware, and there's the > > possibility that it needs drivers that are only available under Win 8. > > You can wipe the laptop and put Linux
Kinda bitter sweet, that Nokia, born de facto in my home town (Tampere) was "killed", at least as a cell phone maker, by a guy (Linus Torvalds, "father" of Linux, and thus, godfather of Android?) from Hellsinki, or thereabouts... Well, during its almost 150 years of history, Nokia has manufactured many kinds of things. Perhaps it should seriously consider starting to make cameras! :D
