Internet Options for my Mom

[ultrarunner]

I still have rotary phones and console TV…

 

[thclimer]

I still have rotary phones and console TV…

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated!

 

[California]

Me, as i get older (even though i grew up around computers and even built my own desktops over the years ) i can keep them running. However im getting sick and tired of them. I dont like the fact that everything wants me to connect it to my phone or have apps. Getting overwhelmed.

Ditto. Had a PC (Trash80) before IBM was selling PC's. And actually used it at work. Then a Sanyo clone with single-sided floppy drive. Built desktops in the 286 era, set up elementary school Apple II lab with networked printing, persuaded employer (branch of a Large Government Agency) that we wanted Ethernet when HQ insisted on TokenRing at 9600 baud between us and HQ. We won. Then I lost control over our little 60 person LAN when HQ hired a 'real' network specialist to replace my part time efforts. Of course I had to teach him everything. Lots of evolutionary experience since then.

But Windows 7 today seems to be all I need for anything I do on a PC. I recognize it's on me to not download viruses and scams since official support has ended. I don't care. That's never been a problem. I'm not interested in whatever Win 11 could do for me and I doubt this 10 year old Pentium 7 desktop, or the similar-spec laptop out at the ranch, would even be suitable. Rip Van Winkle here. Life is good.

 

[grsthegreat]

Ditto. Had a PC (Trash80) before IBM was selling PC's. And actually used it at work. Then a Sanyo clone with single-sided floppy drive. Built desktops in the 286 era, set up elementary school Apple II lab with networked printing, persuaded employer (branch of a Large Government Agency) that we wanted Ethernet when HQ insisted on TokenRing at 9600 baud between us and HQ. We won. Then I lost control over our little 60 person LAN when HQ hired a 'real' network specialist to replace my part time efforts. Of course I had to teach him everything. Lots of evolutionary experience since then.

But Windows 7 today seems to be all I need for anything I do on a PC. I recognize it's on me to not download viruses and scams since official support has ended. I don't care. That's never been a problem. I'm not interested in whatever Win 11 could do for me and I doubt this 10 year old Pentium 7 desktop, or the similar-spec laptop out at the ranch, would even be suitable. Rip Van Winkle here. Life is good.

All my main computers are win7. I have 1 win10 laptop that is the largest piece o crap ive ever owned. After getting that, i kept my win7. There all trouble free. I use a program called Sandboxie that keeps computers safe from viruses.

I do have 3 ipads though, and they’re pretty reliable except for battery times. One of them wont work at all if it gets too cold.

 

[dicktill]

I miss Windows XP, especially the search doggie.

 

[etpm]

I miss Windows XP, especially the search doggie.

I like XP too. I still have one XP machine that I use for two programs that won't run on newer versions of Windows. One is a Cad/Cam program I have used for over 20 years that I really like because it is so intuitive and easy to use and the other program is used to send and receive programs to a couple CNC machines. It's at the computer repair place getting fixed. That's the problem with old computers.
Eric