WordPerfect? Quottro Pro? Are they still around?
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > On 01 March 2018 at 09:40 John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > On 2/28/2018 00:37, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 28 February 2018 at 04:34 John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 2/27/2018 14:28, John Francis wrote: > >>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 02:04:12PM -0500, John wrote: > >>>> My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a > >>>> refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB > >>>> SSD, DVD??RW, Windoze7 PRO 64-bit. > >>>> > >>>> Replaces my 11 year old Toshiba. I expect I'll finally be able > >>>> to run Photoshop CS6 Extended on a laptop. > >>> > >>> This might be a good time to reconsider your position on Windows > >>> 10. You've got two years left before Microsoft drop all support > >>> for W7. That means there won't even be any security updates after > >>> Jan 2020. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> F*** 'em. I'll figure out how to install Linux ... or maybe turn > >> it into a Hackintosh. > > > > UBUNTU is an easy install. Download the file and write it to a DVD - > > maybe a memory stick by now, shove it in the machine and follow > > instructions. Automatically installs Firefox and Thunderbird. > > (Windows) problems fixed, permanently. > > > > For now I'm sticking with Windoze7, at least until Micro$oft murders it. > > But, yes, most likely Ubuntu when my paranoia level at the lack of > security updates after Jan 2020. > > I am pretty much removing ALL of the pre-installed "software" to make > room for the programs *I* use. The trial versions of Word Perfect and > Quatro Pro are going bye-bye; so is "BullGuard". > > Open Office, here I come. > > Antivirus software? How does Windoze Defender compare to aftermarket > products? > > None of the reviews (PC Magazine, PC World, TopTen) even list it. But > I'm not sure how much faith I can put in them, because some of them > rate Norton highest (and the others recommend it highly). > > My previous experience with Norton is why I'm using AVG currently. > Recently AVG has begun exhibiting the same behavior that pissed me off > against Norton. > > Definitely not going with Kaspersky. Maybe Bitdefender or Avast? > > Or is Windoze Defender good enough? > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
