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Does that include the operator?

Certainly not the replacement for your old XP Dick. BTW...What did you get?

We got a rebuilt DELL with Windows 7 and it seems to be working fine. Just couldn't go the price of a new one and don't need anything fancy anyhow. It is just good to be back up and running again.
It was one of the fans in the old one that had been down for some time and I could see where the mother board had been to hot. Also the fan for the CPU had broken off the mount and wasn't working either.

That's what I have right now Dick.

Dell Inspiron Desktop
Model: 1560-4000NBK
Processor: Intel Core2 Duo E7500
Hard Drive Size: 1TB (Terabyte/1000GB)
System Memory (RAM): 8GB (Gigabyte)
Operating System: Windows 7 - Home Premium (64 Bit)

It did take me a while figuring out how to find things and how things work on Windows7. It sure was a learning experience from XP to Windows7. I am very happy with my Windows7.

Keep at it Dick you'll get there.

I went from XP to 7 and did not find it difficult, but when I bought 8.1 laptop

I quickly passed it on to one of my grandsons. And went back to the desk top 7. I'll leave the new ones to you confuzzer geniuses. Like new cars, more things I don't have a need for, want, use, or care to figure out how to use.
I used to be able to type with all fingers, not fast but good enough. Now I have to use the old 4 finger typing and a keyboard with space between the raised keys. The modern flat touch boards I can't feel anything [but pain], I hit keys with out knowing I am hitting them and unless I pound the key I don't know I hit them. Old and beat-up is great, beats the alternative.

Going from XP to 7 wasn't too difficult it was trying to find things.

Finding things on Windows7 was a trip until you figured out where everything is and how to get there. Example...

One of the first things I tried moving to Windws7 via a thumb drive with some XP photos (645 of them). I was still trying to figure out where things were and how to get there. SO I decided to select "ONE" photo to move to Windws7 and see where it goes to. Well, Windows7 transferred it alright along with the other 644 all at once in less then 10 seconds. WHAT!!! Now where did they go??? I did track them down thought it took me a little while to find out where they were.

Has anyone read up on the new Windows 10 ?????

MS is offering a W10 upgrade free. I'd like to give it a try but I don't want to get bombed with new-level bugs.

Yep, I signed up to get mine today. My understanding is that MS is using...

... Windows 7 as the platform to design Win10. That would mean the horribly troublesome Windows 8 has been rejected as the base platform. Since Win7 Operating System is pretty darn good, I'm betting that 10 should be a winner. Best thing is that it's free so if I don't like it, and it doesn't work out, I can always reinstall my Win7 OS.

Apparently they've made it more user-friendly than Windows 8 and there area host of improvements.

There's an option to make it look like 7, but 8 had that option as well. It wasn't terrible easy to find, but it was there. There's an all new browser to replace Internet Explorer.

The free download and install can be a little tricky depending on how your drives are set up. I've been trying to get mine installed for a few days and am having a problem with partitioning my SSD drive correctly. Some folks have had a few compatibility issues, nothing great. Unless you're a seasoned user, the general rule of thumb on any new Windows release is to wait a little while before upgrading.

The big change on 10 is the free upgrade and constant updates from there on. So, we may see daily updates, bug fixes and improvements instead of new service packs and versions, the way they did previous releases.

WIndows 10 is a free download for a year. So what's the hurry?

From what I've read about Windows 10 it has some bugs especially with the new browser. So I'm going to wait until month 10 then decide. By then the bugs should be fixed. I just don't wish to be a test monkey.

My thoughts too.