Morgan Pierce,

"I am staying with W7 Ult 64 bit as long as I possibly can..."

Cool, if that's what you want. Windows 7 & 8 aren't going stop running because of an expiration date. Win7 may be more targeted by cybercriminals, as there will be no more patches as of 1/2020, & there will be no reason for manufacturers to issue drivers. But people continue to use XP, so no reason win7 should be any different. However, as with XP, the majority of people will move on, as will sites and companies from GOTD to Amazon -- it makes little sense not to cater to the vast majority of the market. And as with today's XP users, you might find that stuff that works with win7 starts to become increasingly rare. As long as you remember that it's your choice, no reason for anyone to get upset about it.

"two identical Dell T7500 machines; with dual X5690 chips, Samsung SDD and 128 GB ram in each they. are a pleasure to use. Nothing W10 has or will have comes close. "

Later versions of win10 support more, & older xeon CPUs, in case your decision is based on compatibility. Win10's core is very basically an improved version of what's in win7 -- they behave much the same, though win10 is faster -- with the biggest difference being the interface. If your main concern is performance, then like most gamers on Steam, you likely want win10. If you just can't get past the GUI, that's fine too -- it's your PCs, so your choice.

"I am spending a little time each month learning Linux Debian Mint and all the "MS like" applications that work on them.
I expect GAOTD to eventually be offering Linux apps. FWIW"

Nothing wrong with Linux either, but as you become more experienced in the Linux world, you'll find that the amount of non-server related apps cannot compare to the Windows environment. There's simply not enough Linux software for GOTD to feature an app a day, plus lots of [most?] Linux software is open source, so what would be the point?

mike  –  4 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+16)

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TGab, Yes and no, but on the other side your computer is already an open book to Microsoft, Google, Facebook et-al.
But you're right I never trust programs like this one. If necessary I would prefer to run a dedicated computer/network for the task.
On the other side, there are lots of alternatives (free and paid) for audio streaming.

Luis  –  4 years ago  –  War dieser Kommentar hilfreich? Ja | Nein (+7)

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