MickaC
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I have that size of monitor as well........excellent viewing.Exactly Rosemarie. My monitor is 27 inches wide..it's like looking at a TV screen, and for photographic purposes it's marvellous
I have that size of monitor as well........excellent viewing.Exactly Rosemarie. My monitor is 27 inches wide..it's like looking at a TV screen, and for photographic purposes it's marvellous
Same here except we have Samsung tablets and Android phones. Our laptops are primarily for travel - which we used to do quite frequently pre-2020.No need to go on for me Iris. I'm long sold.... we have the same set-up...2 desktops.. 2 laptops..and both of us have Ipads and Iphones
The term desktop can be confusing.
Are we talking about what I call a tower underneath the desk? (A huge thing).
I'm still using mine with a monitor and a keyboard on the top of the desk.
It's obsolete now because it won't run Windows 10 and I can't upgrade it so I would need to buy a new one. But I continue to use it and I'm still running Windows XP and I'm typing this on it right now. I just love a full size keyboard and mouse.
I can still use it for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. That's critical for me.
There are programs on it that are so functional. There are things I can do on it that I can't do with Chromebook.
I have all kinds of apps on my cell phone and tablets that are free. I have an I pad given to me and an RCA tablet.
So what I have done recently is that I bought a 7 inch tablet at Walmart on sale for $50.00.
It can run just about anything I need to do, even print on my wireless printer.
Simply amazing technology.
One of the most useful apps I have on it is Google where I tell it to "ring my phone" and then I start looking under the cushions for my cell phone.
The Ipad is now obsolete because I can't upgrade the software (IOS) and the battery won't hold a charge so I have to keep it plugged in. But it still works well.
I agree with all you said.A desktop computer generally is that which is not a smart phone, tablet, or laptop. So a desktop could be an all-in-one that just looks like a large monitor with a keyboard and mouse attached, or any size of stand-alone computer with a monitor/keyboard/mouse attached. It doesn't matter whether the thing sits on the desk, next to it, or under it.
To me, the primary concern of running an older OS from Microsoft would be security, since they are always sending out security patches for the current OS (Windows 10). If you are not using that computer on the internet, it shouldn't matter.
When a discussion about this particular area comes up, there are folks who will tell you they never use anti-virus and similar software, and have never had a problem. That can certainly be true, so I tend to suggest that we think of such software as much like car insurance. Many people are paying their insurance premiums and have never had an accident. Many (maybe all?) states have a law requiring drivers to have car insurance, so that is certainly different from using anti-virus type software. But the concept of why we need it remains the same.
This post is very short, and folks reading it can certainly question much of what I have said, and be correct. If I were to discuss this in detail, it would be LENGHTY, and I doubt that anyone would want to read through it any more than I would care to write all of that. So please, when reading this, just take what you need and leave the rest. I just briefly skimmed what the subject matter for consideration is rather than covering all the holes that could be discussed.
Tony
If you wait a few years the cycle will return to a newer version of the desktop. It's like the hem of a woman's skirt. Up and down depending on the whim of the fashion police and need to sell. The dumb terminal has returned to accomodate the cloud, so everybody can allow Google/Amazon/MS/Facebook to store everything making tracking easier.
As I've always said 'It's all about money, the rest is just window dressing'.
That's kind of weird. I remember the first desktop computers from Radio Shack had the keyboard, monitor and main components as one piece. Of cousre, they were much larger than today's version of the Macs.Not mine. I have a brand new Mac desktop... for the uninitiated Mac desktops need no towers.. they're set all in one with the monitor
I can transfer photos from my camera to the desktop but not to the Chromebook. I presume I need some sort of software or app in order to do it.Why can't you???
I think you can upload the photos to the Google cloud and then download them on your Chromebook. You can open an account.I can transfer photos from my camera to the desktop but not to the Chromebook. I presume I need some sort of software or app in order to do it.
This is exactly what I don't want to do. Nothing is private on the internet.I think you can upload the photos to the Google cloud and then download them on your Chromebook. You can open an account.
Do you realize how many are checking you out right now on the internet? Right now there are 7 on my Firefox plug in showing.This is exactly what I don't want to do. Nothing is private on the internet.
A desktop computer generally is that which is not a smart phone, tablet, or laptop. So a desktop could be an all-in-one that just looks like a large monitor with a keyboard and mouse attached, or any size of stand-alone computer with a monitor/keyboard/mouse attached. It doesn't matter whether the thing sits on the desk, next to it, or under it.
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"To me, the primary concern of running an older OS from Microsoft would be security, since they are always sending out security patches for the current OS (Windows 10). If you are not using that computer on the internet, it shouldn't matter."
I am using the computer on the internet. I really don't care if it's not secure. There's nothing there to steal. I don't do online banking anymore. I learned my lesson. I don't have any anti virus software .
"When a discussion about this particular area comes up, there are folks who will tell you they never use anti-virus and similar software, and have never had a problem. That can certainly be true, so I tend to suggest that we think of such software as much like car insurance. Many people are paying their insurance premiums and have never had an accident. Many (maybe all?) states have a law requiring drivers to have car insurance, so that is certainly different from using anti-virus type software. But the concept of why we need it remains the same."
Unless you buy software that picks up the virus or whatever before it gets installed, the software is useless. If the virus software is not up to date what's the point of fixing it after it has been installed on your system.
In fact I started a thread on it that inquired about how many virus incidents have you had in your lifetime of computing. I was surprised. It was a rare occurrence. I have only had one bad one in about 30 years. I took home one of those 2 1/4 disks from our golf course computer.
When I put it in my computer it wiped out the operating system.
That wasn't fatal however, because I just reinstalled the operating system.
That was in the good old days before the internet surfaced.
We used to calculate the handicaps on the golf course computer.
I can load my pictures from my camera to my laptop, you should be able to also..(???)I can transfer photos from my camera to the desktop but not to the Chromebook. I presume I need some sort of software or app in order to do it.
I have a desktop computer and I like it a lot and I use it just as often as I use my phone for computer things. I have about a 27 inch screen and Windows 10 so I'm all set. So to me a desktop computer is not obsolete but I think it is valued by many and I can see that in the replies in this thread too.
A Chromebook is much more basic than a laptop. There is probably an app that does it, but whenever I need a photo on the Chromebook I e-mail the pic to myself and then download it. Very roundabout way of doing things!I can load my pictures from my camera to my laptop, you should be able to also..(???)