The Windows 10 that was forced on me is so bloated it has no performance and updates will not work - can I get 8?

Oh dear Janey

I can't believe that somebody would believe that Dell, HP, Lenovo and all the other major suppliers can't "handle the latest developments in computing".

The Asus is way less than 3 years old and is still current. It is one of the few devices that can instantly change between Tablet and Notebook (which, along with the glowing reviews, is why we bought it)

It is interesting that Microsoft's Surface Go brought in to replace the disastrous Surface RT (2012) and Surface 3 (2015), have specified a minimum of 64GB storage. They seem to know something that they havent told Dell or HP or Asus or Lenovo

The sad truth is that Microsoft can no longer handle the latest developments in computing hardware. They are rapidly becoming the OS dinosaur. The Internet runs on Linux, as do most business servers, Android phones, Air traffic control centres, smart vehicles,

This is why they are desperate to phase out Windows in favour of cloud computing and SaaS and why they have just spent $billions on purchasing Github.

Out of interest, we have a 20 year old IBM (now Lenovo) Thinkpad Pentium 233MHz, 32MB SDRAM, 4GB HDD running the very latest version of a Linux distro which is using 256 MB memory and 512MB disk space. This machine is being used to develop very complex spreadsheets

And do try to read the posts properly. At no point did I say Bill Gates is still with Micro$oft. If you have a dictionary, look up 'disciple'

I did contact the 'experts' at Microsoft, but these people are just 18 year olds sitting in an Asian call centre looking up things on a database. They have no knowledge themselves. They are average intelligence school leavers, but so, so, so cheap to employ

It is little wonder that so many business users are ditching Microsoft.

Although you have brightened our days keeping us laughing at your complete and utter misunderstanding of, or knowledge relating to, PC hardware and software, business or economics, we must now respectfully ask you to stop replying on this thread as we are waiting for a Windows expert to try to help with the problem

and a little bit of advice................ don't get involved in discussions where you are way, way, way  out of your depth

Hi again Neil and DP

I am rather hoping that the new collaboration between Microsoft and  Linux will lead to some good things.

It should remembered that, up until a few years ago, Microsoft was Gates' baby.

Now that Gates has jumped ship, Nadella does not have that emotional connection clouding his judgment. He can make decisions that are good for Microsoft stockholders and users

I rather hope that his embracing of Linux will lead to great things, such as a Microsoft operating system for my PC that is Linux based but compatible with applications written for MS only.

He, at least, realises that the days of propitiatory PC operating systems are close to demise and that the future income of Microsoft is in applications and SaaS.

Just about every server, router, Android phone, firewall, smart car, air traffic control centre, bank, nuclear submarine and particle accelerator is run by a Linux system.

Judging by the release of Azure Sphere, it is now pretty much odds on that future Microsoft operating systems will be Linux based .

I might just wait and hope there will be a free replacement of Windows 10 :)

Purchase of Github?    -    Slowly, softly, catchee monkey

My personal prediction is that, given the exponential increase of affordable bandwidth to the user and similar decrease in the cost of storage and computing power to the vendor, we will turn the clocks back to my banking days when I had pretty dumb terminals connected  to my very powerful central processor (IBM mainframe). Bonus to vendor? no user hardware/software support costs.  Those were the days :)

Thanks DP,

I feel really sorry for the people who are at this very moment buying 32GB systems (many models being sold by every single vendor - Dell, Lenovo, HP etc etc), when they realise that Windows will eventually fail to operate properly or update if they have the audacity to load real applications onto their PCs

Thanks for the suggestions I might will try posting the questions I have on to AskWoody

.... and don't apolagise, at least you can appreciate the problem and are not getting wildly sidetracked :)

I was assuming there would be some Windows experts on Microsoft's own 'Answers' site. But apparently not, just disciples of the Gospel according to Bill

Oh well, it was semi-entertaining 

Thanks again DP

Sorry Mike. You could try posting to that thread.