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"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano) 01/28/2020 at 15:48 • Filed to: None

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January 13th I learned Windows 10 was free as an upgrade from 7. I spent January 14th (the day windows 7 was no longer supported) backing everything up and slow formatting all the drives. January 15 I installed Windows 7 and upgraded it to 10. Yesterday I installed the same Windows 7 on another drive, cut access to the internet and installed Gimp and SketchUp-like software on it. I have access to everything I need, and Microsoft doesn’t.

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The best part? It didn’t cost a dime. This would have been the first money spent on the computer in 9 years. I hope to get another 4 years out of it .

2010 was a great time to build a machine. There were new processors, SSDs just came to market, Nvidia just released their Quadro cards with DX11, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I went all-out; 10-bit monitor, t wo Quadro cards and 24GB of RAM .   Partially as an experiment to see if I could sidestep obsolescence, but mostly just to build a great machine. The most expensive item was the RAM. Get ready kids...it was an almost unbelievable $1100. I still think it payed off though. I haven’t spent time thinking about it, or spent money on it since.

Note: The only game I play is agar.io.

Homemade gif for your time:

Tripper > Goggles Pizzano 01/28/2020 at 16:10

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You can connect to the internet. Once you’ve upgraded you’re good. Your 7 serial number will always be good too, although you may have to use the phone verification method if you use it a few more times:)

OPPOsaurus WRX > Goggles Pizzano 01/28/2020 at 16:16

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I backed up some files and upgraded, no reformatting or whatever.  Everything so far seems to work fine still although slower.

Goggles Pizzano > Tripper 01/28/2020 at 16:17

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My Windows 10 is square a nd online but my 7 is offline because Windows 7 is no longer supposed by Microsoft . They both have the same W indows 7 serial. :-)x

Goggles Pizzano > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/28/2020 at 16:23

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I just wanted some peace of mind so I formatted. Despite reading my m otherboard isn’t supported by W10 then reading elsewhere it is , everything runs great. Actually better than before, but that may be because it was overdue for a cleanup/ reinstall.

Tripper > Goggles Pizzano 01/28/2020 at 16:25

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Ah Gotcha

Brian McKay > Goggles Pizzano 01/28/2020 at 16:54

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Isdera Imperator ....!

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Goggles Pizzano 01/28/2020 at 17:35

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$1,100 for 24GB of RAM? Ouch. I cringed at paying almost $200 for the 32GB of fast 3600MT/s DDR4 in my new rig.

Goggles Pizzano > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/28/2020 at 17:42

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I know, right? Adjusted for inflation it’s $1300. Newegg has it now for $157 .

Dr_Watson > Goggles Pizzano 01/28/2020 at 19:55

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And now thanks to oversupply in 2019 RAM is the cheapest it's ever been.