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Good thing I'm using Windows 7 Pro. Cheers

by JaggerFoo 5y ago

qwerty456127 5y ago
You probably have a good firewall, don't you?
- fsflover 5y ago
  And not running JS on the websites.
whatshisface 5y ago
Sadly, support is starting to slip in major applications. For example you can't install Python 3.9 on Windows 7.
- AdamN 5y ago
  I think he was joking. Windows 7 is EOL
  - speeder 5y ago
    Probably he is not. I use Windows 7 myself. I hated Windows 10, the telemetry, ads, candy crush, random reboots, updates that erase settings and so on are just crazy, and then seemly it often goes out of it's way to break important software.
    - fsflover 5y ago
      > I use Windows 7 myself. I hated Windows 10, the telemetry https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-windows-7/ https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-win...
      - sngz 5y ago
        that's why i always disabled auto security updates until I vet all of them
  - curuinor 5y ago
    there are people on this cursed earth who roll with windows 2000 on prod, you know?
    - neilalexander 5y ago
      Probably the last good version of Windows. I have fond memories of Windows 2000. Everything after it, not so much.
      - whatshisface 5y ago
        The last good version of Windows? The last good version of Windows was CP/M.
    - lb1lf 5y ago
      I don't trust those new-fangled operating systems. Until recently, we had a CNC lathe at work powered by a VAXstation 3100 running (if memory serves) VAX/VMS 5.3... (Released in the late eighties)
      - mattowen_uk 5y ago
        If you have a VT420 can I buy it? DM me.
  - nonbirithm 5y ago
    I wanted to keep my riced Windows 7 installation until software incompatibility forced me off of it. I really believe that, UX-wise, Windows 7 was the high point.
    - CRConrad 5y ago
      > I really believe that, UX-wise, Windows 7 was the high point. Yup, definitely.
  - ping_pong 5y ago
    I still use Windows 7 as well.
- JaggerFoo 5y ago
  I run into this a bit - it can be a problem or not depending. I use a Linux laptop for development, and even have a Windows XP virtualbox for a workflow program that I can't get to run on newer Windows OSs - it's needed for legacy apps. Using Windows 7 on a PC I can only use a version 3 series version of GnuCash, not the latest version 4 release, which is available to Windows 10, but my Linux distro (OpenSuse) only has the version 3 series of GnuCash. So I can gpg the GnuCash xml file and share the accounting file across my machines using github. Cheers
  - ping_pong 5y ago
    I use Windows 7 on my 2012 desktop, Mac on my laptops, and Linux for some of my own personal development. At this point, my desktop is a glorified web browser but I still mainly use that because I like it the best. Since I don't play games on my computers, I've yet to find a reason to switch either my hardware or software on my Windows system.
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago
  Is there really a hard incompatibility or are the official binaries just not compiled with Windows 7 as a target? On the Mac side, the official Python 3.9 binaries only support Mavericks and above, but MacPorts has builds for Tiger, which predates Windows Vista. Edit: And for kicks I even just pulled out my Tiger VM to confirm. `python39` builds and runs fine.
sngz 5y ago
wish I could still be using windows 7, I hate windows 10. But my motherboard died and my new motherboard isn't compatible with windows 7. Only found out after the OS install failed for the 3rd time and searching for reasons why.

Good thing I'm using Windows 7 Pro. Cheers

qwerty456127 5y ago

You probably have a good firewall, don't you?

fsflover 5y ago
And not running JS on the websites.

whatshisface 5y ago

Sadly, support is starting to slip in major applications. For example you can't install Python 3.9 on Windows 7.

AdamN 5y ago
I think he was joking. Windows 7 is EOL
- speeder 5y ago
  Probably he is not. I use Windows 7 myself. I hated Windows 10, the telemetry, ads, candy crush, random reboots, updates that erase settings and so on are just crazy, and then seemly it often goes out of it's way to break important software.
  - fsflover 5y ago
    > I use Windows 7 myself. I hated Windows 10, the telemetry https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-windows-7/ https://betanews.com/2019/07/11/microsoft-adds-telemetry-win...
    - sngz 5y ago
      that's why i always disabled auto security updates until I vet all of them
- curuinor 5y ago
  there are people on this cursed earth who roll with windows 2000 on prod, you know?
  - neilalexander 5y ago
    Probably the last good version of Windows. I have fond memories of Windows 2000. Everything after it, not so much.
    - whatshisface 5y ago
      The last good version of Windows? The last good version of Windows was CP/M.
  - lb1lf 5y ago
    I don't trust those new-fangled operating systems. Until recently, we had a CNC lathe at work powered by a VAXstation 3100 running (if memory serves) VAX/VMS 5.3... (Released in the late eighties)
    - mattowen_uk 5y ago
      If you have a VT420 can I buy it? DM me.
- nonbirithm 5y ago
  I wanted to keep my riced Windows 7 installation until software incompatibility forced me off of it. I really believe that, UX-wise, Windows 7 was the high point.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    > I really believe that, UX-wise, Windows 7 was the high point. Yup, definitely.
- ping_pong 5y ago
  I still use Windows 7 as well.
JaggerFoo 5y ago
I run into this a bit - it can be a problem or not depending. I use a Linux laptop for development, and even have a Windows XP virtualbox for a workflow program that I can't get to run on newer Windows OSs - it's needed for legacy apps. Using Windows 7 on a PC I can only use a version 3 series version of GnuCash, not the latest version 4 release, which is available to Windows 10, but my Linux distro (OpenSuse) only has the version 3 series of GnuCash. So I can gpg the GnuCash xml file and share the accounting file across my machines using github. Cheers
- ping_pong 5y ago
  I use Windows 7 on my 2012 desktop, Mac on my laptops, and Linux for some of my own personal development. At this point, my desktop is a glorified web browser but I still mainly use that because I like it the best. Since I don't play games on my computers, I've yet to find a reason to switch either my hardware or software on my Windows system.
Wowfunhappy 5y ago
Is there really a hard incompatibility or are the official binaries just not compiled with Windows 7 as a target? On the Mac side, the official Python 3.9 binaries only support Mavericks and above, but MacPorts has builds for Tiger, which predates Windows Vista. Edit: And for kicks I even just pulled out my Tiger VM to confirm. `python39` builds and runs fine.

sngz 5y ago

wish I could still be using windows 7, I hate windows 10. But my motherboard died and my new motherboard isn't compatible with windows 7. Only found out after the OS install failed for the 3rd time and searching for reasons why.