[Swordmaker]

So much of the PC market is a commodity and throw away if it acts up. I am tossing out a great printer because the crappy plastic gears are not replaceable. I really hate the disposable nature of personal computer hardware these days.

That's one of the reasons we like Apple hardware. . . very little of it is disposable.

[doorgunner69]

If the supposed free upgrade to Win 10 for my wife's laptop does not make it more accesible to me to "help" her with, I may well say to hell with MS and give the Apple OS a try, at least for her. Getting sick of her yelling to come and look at some damn thing all the time.

Too often I just say: "I duuno, must be that POS Win 8"? I eventually fix it, but why be bothered having to go do a search for the issue?

There are people like her and her sister that just cannot and do not want to deal with the little bullshiite quirks, I am coming to understand that the more I have to help her.

Being an old electrical engineer married to a former hairdresser, you learn to deal with those with different mental abilities.

FWIW, my "hate", if it is there, is more for the "iProduct" frenzy, not the Apple PC line.

I understand your updates on the OS and this product support issues. Why I did not join in on the gang bang.