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I'm a desktop guy, always have been since the days we built our own (I learned BASIC, COBOL and FORTRAN in high school many moons ago). I ran DOS and did my own programming, but finally gave in to Windows when hardware finally gave us hard drives big enough to actually use it effectively (I think it was Win 3.1 or some such).
I stopped building my own when the market made it so I could get a new "hotrod" factory built cheaper than I could build it (and had a warranty to boot).
These days, it's a Win10 system on a store bought hotrod BUT I run a Win7 emulator program on it, so the computer totally looks and functions like an old Win7 system.
Win10 is fine for pads, phones and such, but it just doesn't work for me on a PC.
We've got laptops and Ipads and such, but I really don't like them much.
Monitor gets a little bigger the older I get (I think this one is like 23"?) and I still use a white keyboard with black letters on it (I can't see the black ones well at all). I have a stash of old white Logitech keyboards and occasionally buy another case of them off eBay upon occasion (I am rough on keyboards - heavy fingers!).
I also use a serious sound system on this thing, always have, in this case a $$$ Bose system. Sounds better than any other computer speaker system I've ever tried.
Yes, I've had cell phones since a former employer issued me one many moons ago. I ran a Windows-based phone until this last go-round, when it became clear support of those was dwindling.
Current animal is a big ol' Motorola Moto Z Force Droid that's big enough for old eyes to use, comes with a 4 year warranty against screen breakage (gorilla glass) and is built like a tank (milspec). Android OS.
OtterBox rubberized case for even more protection (I tend to be a little hard on phones, too).
It's used primarily for work; I'm not one of those folks who play with their phones constantly.
I stopped building my own when the market made it so I could get a new "hotrod" factory built cheaper than I could build it (and had a warranty to boot).
These days, it's a Win10 system on a store bought hotrod BUT I run a Win7 emulator program on it, so the computer totally looks and functions like an old Win7 system.
Win10 is fine for pads, phones and such, but it just doesn't work for me on a PC.
We've got laptops and Ipads and such, but I really don't like them much.
Monitor gets a little bigger the older I get (I think this one is like 23"?) and I still use a white keyboard with black letters on it (I can't see the black ones well at all). I have a stash of old white Logitech keyboards and occasionally buy another case of them off eBay upon occasion (I am rough on keyboards - heavy fingers!).
I also use a serious sound system on this thing, always have, in this case a $$$ Bose system. Sounds better than any other computer speaker system I've ever tried.
Yes, I've had cell phones since a former employer issued me one many moons ago. I ran a Windows-based phone until this last go-round, when it became clear support of those was dwindling.
Current animal is a big ol' Motorola Moto Z Force Droid that's big enough for old eyes to use, comes with a 4 year warranty against screen breakage (gorilla glass) and is built like a tank (milspec). Android OS.
OtterBox rubberized case for even more protection (I tend to be a little hard on phones, too).
It's used primarily for work; I'm not one of those folks who play with their phones constantly.
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