Advice Wanted
May. 10th, 2016 11:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowI am contemplating taking the plunge on a couple of computer-related items, and I'd appreciate any advice, warnings, cautions, explanations, or whatever anyone reading might care to offer.
1. I have avoided Facebook for a long time. However, the number of people I know who rely on it - and have asked me to come join them - has reached a level that makes me reconsider. Family, former Bujold listies, old friends from high school, the occasional former student... I'm still leery, but I hope that with appropriate precautions I can avoid some of the unpleasantness I've worried about. Does anyone have suggestions as to what precautions are necessary? ("Don't Do It" is, perhaps, a reasonable answer, but it's a bit late for that one.)
2. Windows 10.... I recall hearing that a fair number of the early problems have been worked out, and given the limited-time free installation and the general necessity of keeping up, I'm leaning towards going ahead. I'm a bit bothered by an assertion that W10 won't play shows off DVDs - which capacity I just discovered recently, and I'd dislike losing it - but I do have a DVD player hooked up to my TV, so that's not a deal-breaker. Other than a full backup before installing, what other precautions should I take?
Anybody?
1. I have avoided Facebook for a long time. However, the number of people I know who rely on it - and have asked me to come join them - has reached a level that makes me reconsider. Family, former Bujold listies, old friends from high school, the occasional former student... I'm still leery, but I hope that with appropriate precautions I can avoid some of the unpleasantness I've worried about. Does anyone have suggestions as to what precautions are necessary? ("Don't Do It" is, perhaps, a reasonable answer, but it's a bit late for that one.)
2. Windows 10.... I recall hearing that a fair number of the early problems have been worked out, and given the limited-time free installation and the general necessity of keeping up, I'm leaning towards going ahead. I'm a bit bothered by an assertion that W10 won't play shows off DVDs - which capacity I just discovered recently, and I'd dislike losing it - but I do have a DVD player hooked up to my TV, so that's not a deal-breaker. Other than a full backup before installing, what other precautions should I take?
Anybody?
