He was 32 bit with a dying XP OS, both the DVD drives were dead...

[Omaha Steve]

Most of my info is now moved over to my Win 8.1 PC. I knew my old PC backwards & etc. I hated to leave him behind.

Yes the new PC is so much faster. I'm learning Win 8. IF I could I'd still go back. I'd have paid for extended XP support from Microsoft.

(the other) OS

[WillyT]

1. I've Been Told That "extended XP support from Microsoft" Costs $200 Per Month, Per Workstation...

[Omaha Steve]

2. A year?

Too late now. I think Marta avoided telling me about that.

[WillyT]

4. A Month...

We have several machines that will have to be supported in this manner, because by law, they have to be secure, and work...

All our cubicle desktops will go to Windows 7.

[Omaha Steve]

6. Many offices are getting away from desktops

Remote stations or whatever they are called.

A month? NOW I know why Marta didn't mention that.

[chillfactor]

3. my Toshiba laptop died today...

I have a new laptop with a Linux OS....it is way faster than my old laptop and learning a new OS is challenging and exciting

[AverageJoe90]

5. Do you have Ubuntu, by any chance?

It's perhaps the best of all of the Linux projects out there, IMO.

[WillyT]

7. It Used To Take Me From 6 To 10 Hours To Load, Update, Tweek Windows XP...

One time I had to load Unbuntu for a friend...

Took 45 minutes to install... 10 minutes to update...

I like.