[johniegrad]

Lou, if you can afford it, toss it and buy a new Mac. I did this years ago and haven't looked back. The issue for me at the time was that an HP running Windows XP became infected by a virus that required reinstalling the operating system. I was in a rural area at the time and was using dial-up (it was a while ago). When I reinstalled XP, I had to download all the updates to it, again on dial-up. The amount of time this took was simply not worth it to me. I decided to switch and am happy I did.

People may have problems with Apple's politics or prices or whatever. But for me, my time was too valuable to waste correcting all of Microsoft's deficiencies. And XP was one of their better products.

[takebackaustin]

Look on balance I prefer Apple. But they have corrupted Unix to invade your user space with swap and icloud file cacheing so every time you free up space on your files, they will eventually hog it. So in effect MacOS does the same thing, and it isn’t just one program, it is the OS. A cynic/realist would say it sells new computers and icloud space.

[wafflehouse]

if you are going to re-learn the operating system, just put linux on it. its free and will run on anything. no need to pay a crappy company a crapload of money

[arthurus]

I still have a box with W7 on it. I maintain it because it has an original MGI photo program which does the few things I do to photos with no long paths and without having to change screens with every operation. Nothing past W7 can handle it. When I get the photos like I want them I transfer them to my W10. I will not go to W11. Linux is my next step, probably Mint.