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intrepidity

(7,275 posts)
5. Boy, can I relate. No advice, no suggestions.
Thu Aug 20, 2020, 02:04 AM
Aug 2020

I have that same battle looming before me.

Sigh. Why do they have to break the good things?

All Good Things Must End... [View all] TygrBright Aug 2020 OP
Do you still have all the original installation disks for the software you own? cayugafalls Aug 2020 #1
Oh, yes, I have all my discs, installation keys, everything. n/t TygrBright Aug 2020 #3
A workaround. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #2
And not a bad idea at all. TygrBright Aug 2020 #4
Well, I missed the video and audio editing, but the laptop will handle the other stuff with ease. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #6
No, that's basically it. TygrBright Aug 2020 #7
Hmm...sounds like you do a lot of heavy lifting (audio and video editing). cayugafalls Aug 2020 #8
This was the original build- TygrBright Aug 2020 #12
Ok, here are some suggestions, cayugafalls Aug 2020 #14
Excellent suggestions, thank you! TygrBright Aug 2020 #15
Yes, the NAS connects to a standard Ethernet hub and you connect to it just like a server. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #16
How would the switch work with the NAS? n/t TygrBright Aug 2020 #17
My bad. A switch is a hub only smarter. NAS will work with either. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #18
I don't have one yet. My esposo has a nice little CalDigit... TygrBright Aug 2020 #19
You are correct. The CalDigit is a Port Extender. It adds additional ports to your device. cayugafalls Aug 2020 #20
I'm going to start pricing and investigating availability... TygrBright Aug 2020 #21
Boy, can I relate. No advice, no suggestions. intrepidity Aug 2020 #5
Sorry to hear it. GB_RN Aug 2020 #9
I bought my first PC (a Laser 128 Apple II clone) in the 80s. I've been through a chain of computers Nitram Aug 2020 #10
You might consider running your Windows 7 stuff on a virtual machine. hunter Aug 2020 #11
The biggest problem with going from WIndows to Linux is the software csziggy Aug 2020 #13
Here's how you might recreate your old computer on Windows 10 Pro using Microsoft Hyper-V: hunter Aug 2020 #24
I usually just move on. csziggy Aug 2020 #25
My wife went through a few years of surgery hell... hunter Aug 2020 #26
Good for your wife! csziggy Aug 2020 #27
Limpet is older than Cruncher canetoad Aug 2020 #22
Thanks! I suspect Limpet was built back when hardware components had to be tough and reliable. TygrBright Aug 2020 #23
I run Linux Mint on a 2009 Vista laptop bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #28
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