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kmoorevs wrote: The display is a whopping 17.3''
Must be quite heavy. Do they still call them laptops'?
Well, my laptop is not as big, and may not be as heavy, but still a pain to carry everyday from office to home and back.
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Having battled for almost a week to get Windows 10 installed on my system (I had to download the .iso and do it the hard way), I have decided to go back to 7. Some of my most important and useful apps will not run on 10, owing to the fact that Microsoft, in their wisdom, decided to make sure there were lots of incompatibilities. So, thanks Microsoft, for wasting my time and using up almost a month's download bandwidth. 
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Some of my most important and useful apps will not run on 10,
The only report of incompatibility I've read about so far is one of their own, Microsoft Money, because it relies on IE6 components that have finally been trashed.
What are those apps you have that won't run?
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If I'm honest, that's the only one so far. But there are a few other issues that I find put me off. Chances are, that once I have a replacement money program I will come back and try again.
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Oh, are you saying it turns out this is the incompatible software you're trying to use? 
See my reply to Rage below.
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Yes, my original comment was born out of the frustration of spending a week, and most of my monthly download allowance, trying to get Windows 10 installed. For some reason the auto installer would not work, and it took quite a few attempts before I got the .iso file downloaded safely. Whereas, upgrading my wife's Windows 8.1 system was automatic, and took less than an hour. So I had one good experience and two bad: a third system is still not able to run the auto updater, and I need a different (32-bit) iso to do it.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: and most of my monthly download allowance
What is a download allowance?
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I don't have a download allowance. I can download as much as I want. This is the reason why I ask.
I can only assume that your internet vendor has you on a restricted contract for how much you can download per month, which is just silly, to me. Sorry.
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No. I don't.
I pay more for speed, but not for volume/amount. I can download till the cows come home and I don't pay extra for that. This must be for wireless perhaps? A UK thing? I don't know. 
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It just depends how the ISP charges for their service. And wireless has nothing to do with it, that is just local in your home. My package limits me to 20Gb per month during "charging hours", which leaves some freedom for dowloading overnight. In general this is more than enough, but a few failed downloads of the Windows 10 images soon ate into it.
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20Gb? I can do that on a Monday. Might one suggest that you first priority should be a new ISP?
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Why? I don't spend my life downloading; 20Gb is more than enough for an average month.
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dandy72 wrote: Microsoft Money
WOw wow wow. I had the upgrade going on tonight, and did not know about that. That would be _really_ annoying, if money would not work anymore.
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Google around - some people claim that a registry tweak is enough to fool it into running.
I can't say I've tried it myself though, as I use Money in a VM running 7, which I'm not planning on upgrading.
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Yeah, what apps don't work?
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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i too would like to know what apps dont work - fill us in old chap
enquiring minds want to know
Bryce
Sometimes in life we need a hand.[^]
MCAD
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modified 9-Aug-15 22:49pm.
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I have some WPF apps which won't work - the issue seems to be an older version of the Xceed grid
also the apps using the MS ribbon control have very goofy chrome
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RugbyLeague wrote: the issue seems to be an older version of the Xceed grid
Which version? I've got WPF apps still using v5, and they don't appear to have any problems.
If you haven't still got a subscription, would the community edition[^] work?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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V4
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Oh, I hope Office 2003 still works.
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Yes, it does, my wife uses it regularly.
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