I am holding out for the possibility that all Windows 10 devices are ticking time-bombs.
Having Windows 7, with updates disabled, might just mean I'll be the only one who can use a PC when they pull the plug. No Internet, sure, but I can still print off signs and memes to hand out to people the old-fashioned way.
What has keeping me back is that not all the programs I run will run on Linux, so I need to figure out how to properly allocate RAM and HardDrive space to a virtual machine running Windows.
I did that before in the past using virtual box, but the memory allocation process is completely foreign to me on Linux systems (as if I even managed to understand it on Windows when I got it to work there.)
Yeah I see. I'd imagine you only need to allocate 2 or 3 gigs to run a lite version of Linux. Then you just gonna make a decision on what's more important to you. Security vs ease of access to same programs. Shouldn't be a tradeoff but it is
Windows 7 is extremely outdated
I know.
I am holding out for the possibility that all Windows 10 devices are ticking time-bombs.
Having Windows 7, with updates disabled, might just mean I'll be the only one who can use a PC when they pull the plug. No Internet, sure, but I can still print off signs and memes to hand out to people the old-fashioned way.
Linux my friend. It's actually not anywhere near as hard. Google ubuntu and install on your laptop. It's the only way
I've been heavily considering it.
What has keeping me back is that not all the programs I run will run on Linux, so I need to figure out how to properly allocate RAM and HardDrive space to a virtual machine running Windows.
I did that before in the past using virtual box, but the memory allocation process is completely foreign to me on Linux systems (as if I even managed to understand it on Windows when I got it to work there.)
Yeah I see. I'd imagine you only need to allocate 2 or 3 gigs to run a lite version of Linux. Then you just gonna make a decision on what's more important to you. Security vs ease of access to same programs. Shouldn't be a tradeoff but it is
Windows 7 works for absolutely everything I want to do. Why on earth would I want to upgrade? My "outdated" software does not need improving.
Just keep it away from any internet and probably any USB drives that connect to any other computer.