Why Windows 10 Pro?
- It's what most users are familiar with;
- Webcam support;
- Scanner support;
- Support for advanced video cards;
- Support for multiple video displays;
- Support for multiple users and multiple levels of
magnification;
- Built in
screen reader;
- Hardware drivers for printers that the manufacturer
no longer makes available;
- Support for add-on cards for wifi, networking,
USB, etc.;
- Support for DVD and BlueRay burners;
- Support for Games;
- Easy access to your phone's stored photos via
USB cable;
- Included programs for photo editing, web browsing,
mail, etc.;
- Help available from knowledgable family, friends,
or neighbours;
- Lots of software;
- You can buy a computer with Windows pre-installed.
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Why Not An Apple?
- Much smaller user base means most people aren't
familiar with it;
- Limited hardware expandability;
- More expensive;
- More limited software selection;
- Far less game support;
- Less support available from family, friends, and
neighbours because of a smaller user base;
Why Not Linux Or BSD?
- Hardware support is an ongoing problem
(though that is now a problem with Windows 11 as well);
- Far smaller user base;
- Inability to run must-have software
(though if you're just editing documents,
doing Zoom, email, etc., it's "good enough");
- Pore game suppport
;
- Far less support available from family, friends,
and neighbours because of a very small user base;
- In the case of Linux, far too many distributions,
each with their own way of doing things and their own
problems;
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The situation is in flux, so the advice to use Windows is
definitely going to be a problem once Windows 10 goes out of
support in October of 2025.
Keeping this in mind, already migrated the original (2022)
Windows box to be a linux server. As a server, "it just works".
Some essential programs already have Linux support:
- Video chat: Zoom is available on Linux, Android, and
Amazon Fire tablets;
- Email: There are plenty of email programs for Linux.
The Amazon Fire email app can handle more than half a dozen
different email accounts; There are also numberous web-mail
programs.
- OneNote: Due to synchronization problems causing loss of
data, I've switched from OneNote to just using email with
multiple recipients;
- Browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Edge are all available on
Linux.
- Graphics editing: GIMP is available for both Windows
and Linux;
- Media Players: LVC is available for both Windows and Linux;
- Document Editing: LibreOffice is available for both Windows
and Linux;
- Web, FTP, and Database Servers: Linux has far superior
support running these servers on a Windows box.
The conclusion is a no-brainer. For most people, for many
reasons, a PC is a computer that runs Windows 10 today,
but not necessarily in 2025.
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