You can consider whether upgrading to a newer PC makes sense for other reasons as well. Or if you’re technically confident, you can look into whether your motherboard BIOS has a community-supported update path, though we wouldn’t recommend it.
Or one can install Linux and be free of Microsoft Slop. I installed Linux Mint on my father’s laptop and now he no longer calls me for support He likes it a hell lot more than Windows.
Yes I got my parents moved over in the last couple of years as well. Overall there have been basically no issues with Linux itself. I used to get calls all the time why isn’t the Wi-Fi working. Why isn’t the printer working. Windows is asking me if I want blank do I want blank? The only calls I get now is why is the printer such a piece of shit? To which we jokingly both respond because printers are designed to be pieces of shit and modern-day torture devices.
Fortunately they don’t fall in the general category of people Reliance on any sort of proprietary software. They just want to watch Netflix browse websites and check email generally. So they were easy to cover.
Or one can install Linux and be free of Microsoft Slop. I installed Linux Mint on my father’s laptop and now he no longer calls me for support He likes it a hell lot more than Windows.
Yes I got my parents moved over in the last couple of years as well. Overall there have been basically no issues with Linux itself. I used to get calls all the time why isn’t the Wi-Fi working. Why isn’t the printer working. Windows is asking me if I want blank do I want blank? The only calls I get now is why is the printer such a piece of shit? To which we jokingly both respond because printers are designed to be pieces of shit and modern-day torture devices.
Fortunately they don’t fall in the general category of people Reliance on any sort of proprietary software. They just want to watch Netflix browse websites and check email generally. So they were easy to cover.
“No, don’t call mereo, last time I asked for help getting to my email and they put this crazy penguin on my PC and now I can’t talk to Cortana”