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Windows 10
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DSL is dependent on the distance from the central office to the residence, AND the condition of the copper cable between those points. The bad thing is that if the carrier can get it to work AT ALL, even if it isn't much faster than dialup, you're going to pay full price. And DSL NEVER runs at the advertised price.
Also. The "D" in DSL is misleading as the internet signal is converted to an analog radio wave that travels along the twisted pair telephone wires, which is also why it degrades over distance.
The technology has improved slightly since the bad old days when unless you could throw a rock and hit the local phone switching office you weren't getting it, but even now, you're still out of luck in rural areas.
Another option might be the "hub and spokes" arrangement offered through some of the fiber links being installed by various carriers. They run fiber out from a central point and connect it to a distribution hub for a group of subscribers. The downside is that if they oversell and a given group are heavy users, the connection may bog down.
Currently ATT is offering that under a couple of different names.
Also. The "D" in DSL is misleading as the internet signal is converted to an analog radio wave that travels along the twisted pair telephone wires, which is also why it degrades over distance.
The technology has improved slightly since the bad old days when unless you could throw a rock and hit the local phone switching office you weren't getting it, but even now, you're still out of luck in rural areas.
Another option might be the "hub and spokes" arrangement offered through some of the fiber links being installed by various carriers. They run fiber out from a central point and connect it to a distribution hub for a group of subscribers. The downside is that if they oversell and a given group are heavy users, the connection may bog down.
Currently ATT is offering that under a couple of different names.
Back on topic, my brother just upgraded to 10 because the laptop he'd bought recently with 8 on it was essentially crap.
The version of Windows 8 he had was unstable, and after multiple patches and some time 'behind the wall' at the place where he got it, it wasn't any better.
The upgrade seems to have fixed the problem.
He spent all day yesterday turning off every automatic feature he could find.
As for the 'dual boot', I've seen machines running Linux and Windows at the same time.
How did they do that?
The version of Windows 8 he had was unstable, and after multiple patches and some time 'behind the wall' at the place where he got it, it wasn't any better.
The upgrade seems to have fixed the problem.
He spent all day yesterday turning off every automatic feature he could find.
As for the 'dual boot', I've seen machines running Linux and Windows at the same time.
How did they do that?
Unless it was a virtual machine, I have no idea. I have Linux installed as a virtual machine and can run it on top of Windows 7 at any time I want, so it was probably that.
Given the tech-centric bleeding edge stuff some of them were running.... virtual machine sounds right.
I wouldn't let some of them near my work station because I liked my computer which, by the standards of the office, was an antique.
The day I left, it had been in service over seven years. It had been issued to me in 2006 (replacing an aging and cantankerous legend of a Win 98 'puter with the well earned nickname, "The BEAST"). Instead of reformatting and redeploying it, when I retired, so did it.
I wouldn't let some of them near my work station because I liked my computer which, by the standards of the office, was an antique.
The day I left, it had been in service over seven years. It had been issued to me in 2006 (replacing an aging and cantankerous legend of a Win 98 'puter with the well earned nickname, "The BEAST"). Instead of reformatting and redeploying it, when I retired, so did it.
Same here. Better than 8.1 IMO.
I have windows 10 and like it a lot more than windows 8.1
