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Jazzgirl

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10. Windows 10 turned my last Windows laptop into a useless brick.

Reply to earthshine (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 16, 2017, 11:25 PM

Oct 2017

It's sitting on a pile of other outdated hardware to be gotten rid of. I totally switched to the Mac platform and refuse to look back. I got so tired of having to configure stuff in Windows and their updates caused more problems than not. Screw Microsoft.

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Edge browser: how can MS improve it ? [View all] steve2470 Oct 2017 OP

I never saw any reason whatsoever to use Edge. earthshine Oct 2017 #1

hmm....good point! nt steve2470 Oct 2017 #2

Me either... Internet Explorer was a POS too, but why did they not improve it instead hlthe2b Oct 2017 #5

from what I've read, it was because the IE brand was forever tarnished steve2470 Oct 2017 #6

Sometimes you have to throw the baby out with the bathwater and make a new baby. earthshine Oct 2017 #7

I still have a windows 7 laptop--infinitely better OS than the new win 10 laptop I am using now... hlthe2b Oct 2017 #8

I've been surprisingly happy with Windows 10 ... I waited til THE LAST DAY for free W10 too mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #9

Windows 10 turned my last Windows laptop into a useless brick. Jazzgirl Oct 2017 #10

Just get rid of it GP6971 Oct 2017 #3

I unpin Edge from the taskbar of every Win 10 installation I do. Just bury it and move on... LuvLoogie Oct 2017 #4

Completing the bookmark support would be nice. ManiacJoe Oct 2017 #11

By removing it Egnever Oct 2017 #12

I tried using it today and it f******g crashed on me steve2470 Oct 2017 #13