[ExCTCitizen]

Windows 8 not only failed to provide a positive boost, but also appears to have slowed the market.

I'm keeping my Windows XP computer and I'm going to build a new PC with Linux.

I'm old school,,,I still have a TRS-80, C-64 and KAYPRO (a portable computer, the size of a briefcase) around.

along with a picture next to an IBM computer circa 1958.

[Squantos]

We do same with older cpu’s etc ...... Took an old HP laptop, replaced the HD with a SSD and loaded Peppermint 3 on it.... Screaming fast net surfing tool !

.... Old hardware isn’t bad if ya change its diaper once in a while .....:o)