Recent content by PGHammer

I like stability - especially since my laptop is the platform getting the most use for now.

I am upgrading my laptop as I type this - the desktop has upgraded already. Mom's desktop gets upgraded tomorrow - from the same USB stick I use on my laptop. The stick itself was created using Rufus - using the desktop that I bought for that purpose. The Optiplex 9630 has four USB ports in...

That was one problem. The other issue is there are alternatives to WSA that are not only less piggy, but even still work on Windows . One is Unity - which is cross compatible with game consoles and Android. For non-game usage, you still have DirectX/DirectShow.

I see Surface going after both laptops and AIOs and as alternatives to desktops - my mom has an AIO which is beinng replaced by a laptop . I went the opposite way - replaced a homebuilt desktop with a refurbished older desktop -a refurbished i7 Optiplex 9630 to be precise . Said Optiplex...

It's STILL Outlook for Windows - unmoved despite the improvements in the alternatives - including outlook.com. I said it when I moved to it and it is is stlll reliable like the rain. (If anything - more reliable.)

The Start menu IS extensible - Stardock does it just fine with Start11.

I have it on two as well - Home on laptop, and Pro on the Optiplex.

The same was true of their non-SSD relations a mere decade ago when I and my mom bought identical 4TB Seagate Barracuda SATA drives for all of $99USD each. (Amazon.com). What was a shocker, especially to me, was despite the drive having four times the storage capacity, it was the same physical...

However, the dual core processors from AMD and Intel, and clones thereof, should need nothing more than 24H2 and PowerShell x64 v5 or later and proper graphics support.

HyperV in both cases, desktop intially and laptop later, and currently. In short, old school as it gets. Virtualization in Microsoft operating systems goes back to LAN Manager, OS/2, and Windows NT.

Unsurprising, as Verizon did the same when they acquired TracFone two years back.

Actually you CAN use passkeys in Firefox. I do when using my phone and the Optiplex.

With the advent of Windows Hello and Passkey support, I added both to Mr refurbushed Optiplex 9630, which is driven by an i7. I have Windows Hello via PIN, Windows Hello via USB fingerprint reader, and MSA already had Passkey support.

If you are talking the nonEnvy models, the Envy models I now recommend are replacing one HP inkjets. I recommend the Envy models because they are USB, multifunco, and as reliable as the LaserJet printerd that originally put HP printers in homes and offices from 1985 to 2000.