[NFBCS] Windows 7 vs Windows 10

[David Andrews]

My new machine has a SD, and it boots up in less 
than 30 seconds, including entering my pass code.

Dave

At 12:23 PM 2/19/2020, you wrote:
>Tracy Have discovered that HP is one of the best 
>machines you can buy. Get i7, min. 16 GB RAM and 
>SSD and your husband will be very happy and you 
>will most likely want to use his machine. What 
>Curtis is saying is how my HP works also--in 
>less than 2 min I am running my machine and it 
>is loaded * Dr Denise M Robinson* *Denise M 
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>thinking we used when we created them.” 
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>changed through technology” "While they were 
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>was done." --Helen Keller On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 
>at 10:28 AM Curtis Chong via NFBCS 
><nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote: > Tracy: > > I 
>purchased an HP ProBook 650 with an SSD flash 
>drive. The drive has no > moving parts. I boot 
>up in two minutes with Windows 10. I think 
>something > else is going on with your system 
>that needs looking in to. > > Sorry. > > 
>Cordially, > > Curtis Chong > > -----Original 
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><nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy 
>Carcione via > NFBCS > Sent: Wednesday, February 
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>Carcione <carcione at access.net> > Subject: 
>[NFBCS] Windows 7 vs Windows 10 > > Curtis 
>recommends buying a new Windows 10 laptop, and 
>says it will be > faster > than an old Windows 7 
>machine. > > This has not been my experience at 
>all.  I bought a Dell laptop a few > months > 
>ago, running Win10, and it is ridiculously slow, 
>much slower than my old > Windows7 desktop.  I 
>even took it to the Microsoft store to see if it 
>was > set up wrong, but it wasn't.  The store 
>that sold me the laptop said it has > good 
>memory and would be reasonably quick, but it's 
>totally not.  I don't > know if it's because of 
>Windows 10, or some other problem, but it's a > 
>bitter > disappointment to me.  Now my husband 
>needs a new computer, too, but I'm > afraid 
>he'll be as irritated and disappointed as I 
>am. > > Just saying. > > Tracy > > > > 
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