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To be honest ... once my Optiplex 745 craps out (could be any day) I would not go back to XP and would likely be using windows 11 at some point. I look online at computers and everything is so over-priced nowadays - I didn't buy my two computers they were gifts and the association would prefer clients to all be on a phone or tablet but I don't want that for myself. Is ASUS any good? I read good things but I wonder about the proprietary drivers and hardware that is fixed if that makes sense (not sure if that was the right phrasing). I've never done much with the hardware other than just to keep them clean inside and out. I guess I would have to debloate after the fact because that would be far over my head sad to admit. I would likely also be using stock then. Ugh! I guess I'll cross that bridge when I get there. My Dell Dimension 3000 Pentium 4 is useless with only 2GB of ram (can't upgrade) and can't handle the modern web ... it's in very good shape though because it never got much usage after I was gifted the Optiplex 745.

xperceniol_sal wrote: ↑14 Mar 2026, 23:35 I guess I would have to debloate after the fact because that would be far over my head sad to admit.

It's pretty easy and adequately effective, even "after the fact" (ie, do a regular install from regular .iso or using factory "recovery" as starting point).

https://privacy.sexy/ is a good starting point.

MUCH more trustworthy than the very wide range of stuff on GitHub.
With GitHub, you get "professional" *and* you get "amateur high school project" ALL IN ONE PLACE.
Be prepared to reinstall/recover multiple times if trying miscellaneous stuff from GitHub.
You really NEVER KNOW if the uploader is a "professional" or if the uploader is a "amateur high school project".

I imagine this PC still has some life left unless things suddenly change for the worse. The issue with resume used to happen once in a blue moon and I suspect it's a bit more likely to happen with external USB HDD plugged in, though I'm not sure yet. I didn't notice anything else off.

Hardware is overall more expensive due to AI craze and who knows what else. I'd probably try to go with Win10 first if I suddenly ended up with new PC. Probably something pre-built...ASUS doesn't sound bad, but I'm very out of the loop with computer hardware.

I have a Raspberry Pi 5 and I guess I could try that instead, but, it's Linux...and Linux is weird, buggy, fonts don't look nice...

UCyborg wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026, 14:27 Hardware is overall more expensive due to AI craze and who knows what else.

BINGO !!! So DO NOT WAIT, upgrade NOW!

That's why I bought a 9-month old laptop a year ago and a brand-new desktop this past November.
Get the upgrades in place *before* all that ***CRAP HARDWARE*** is in place (and NOW while that ***CRAP HARDWARE*** can still be *DISABLED*).

You wait until your ALREADY-DYING is completely DEAD, then the writing is on the wall on just what type of hardware you're going to end up with a year from now, three years from now, etc.

CRAP HARDWARE as in AI-enabled hardware or such?

I've been looking at new computers couple of months ago. But I thought, do I really need a new computer? I don't even do anything interesting on the old one.

I asked on another forum about this resume from sleep issue, it could be flaky +5V SB (stand-by) rail. Which in theory, could be easily fixed by replacing power supply.

UCyborg wrote: ↑15 Mar 2026, 18:41...But I thought, do I really need a new computer? I don't even do anything interesting on the old one...

This is sort of where I"m at ... I don't do anything important on my computers either other than watching movies and TV. My computer is my only outlet to the outside world and I'm much better online and typing. My communication skills suck.