Posts by CAPS LOCK 1164 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Mar 2012
Hmmm, on the face of it I would say that the 'old Dell' wasn't quite as perfectly serviceable as you were lead to believe. My experience with a considerable number of systems, of various vintages, has been that older systems work BETTER under Mint than under Windows.
Give it another chance. I'd be more than a little surprised if the system, barring any hardware issues, doesn't get a new lease of life.
... such a refreshing change from the fiasco Windows has become.
And before the Microsoft Online Reputation Managers come in I want to point out that:
1. Mint has worked with ALL my hardware with NO recourse to file editing or the CLI.
2. I have been able to find open source software to replace ALL the Windows programs I used.
3. The user interface is so similar to 2000/XP that there has been no 'retraining' required in my business.
tl;dr? Here's an executive summary: 'Easier, better, cheaper'
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