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Being 100% Mac If I had to use windows then it would be XP. But I'd rather listen to a naim nait

applemarc wrote:Being 100% Mac If I had to use windows then it would be XP. But I'd rather listen to a naim nait

I agree. I've been Mac for 10 years now and recommend it to all my clients, unfortunately some refuse to be converted but Windows 10 is the best so far from Microsoft.

I've got a Google OnHub router coming for a trial in the next few weeks, I generally use Cisco/DrayTek for clients with multi AP networks but for a home system the OnHub on paper looks impressive. https://on.google.com/hub/

I have just switched to fibre fom Virgin, it is fecking up and crashing and going slow every evening. They are now after 6 weeks of complaints sending me new hub.

This month, with sonny-Jim's encouragement, we've come into the 21st century (just) and herself now has a smart phone and I have an early Nexus 7 tablet to get used to. Using touch screens is very different, but one is so easily sucked in to spend too much time learning how to use it Anyway, the main issue I had with Windows 10 is an email client - I've been using Windows Live Mail and find it fine for my needs. Windows 10 doesn't appear to use this (unless I'm mistaken). My Office setup is still '2003' with add-ons for later compatibility and of course, this has now reached its end as well.

So, it looks as if I need Office 2010 at least (that's ok, I used it at work) and then go over to a more current MS Outlook for emails. Once this is done, I think Windows 10 would be fine for me. I like the Android/Apple Mobile approach of downloading only the apps you need, rather than have a whole bloated stodge running all the time as Windows OS is prone to.

Does that make sense?

They normally use netgear routers so a standard item it should not be a problem, hopefully the replacement will be fine

For Office I'd recommend moving to Office 365 it's cheap and means you're always on latest version. You also get the benefit of cloud storage for important files.

The worst routers I've come across recently are BT Homehubs, the way they handle 2.4ghz and 5ghz networks and ssid's is mental and so flaky.

I don't think it is the router, some one on my circuit to the box at the end the street is either using up all the line or fecking it up with stuff being injected back up the line. It wouldn't be intermittent otherwise. It is consistent with someone using gaming or something as when it starts it does it for hours, it started 6.31pm yesterday (I am keeping a log) and the last crash was at 12.30am. Today up until now it has been fine, no problem. It does it just about every day and at weekends it can be in the morning. A couple of days ago it didn't start until 10pm. As I say it is consistent with one person coming home from work or school and doing something, but after hanging on over 30 mins everytime to talk to someone (mostly India ) they wont listen too me, and sods law says everytime they check the line it isn't happening, as it is intermittent.

It is so feckin' frustrating, especially after they cocked up the installation and it took me days to get them to come back and re-do it. Sometimes it just hangs and loads as slowly as if I was still on dial-up. I thought fibre was supposed to be better and faster.

The joys of the internet

Here we go again 6.20pm and it just crashed for 10 secs and then came back on.