Philip Lewis 3 Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Windows has bit defender built in, anyone who is paying for an Antivirus is simply (in my opinion) wasting their money, there are plenty of free antivirus programmes around, of which AVG and Avast are just two. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ace Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Right.so my annual subscription says family version, Office 365. Word, Excel etc. Do I need to keep paying this ?? Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Not if you’re an occasional user of Office 365 and download Office Libre - you’ll hardly notice any difference between it and Office 365… https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download-libreoffice/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 No subscriptions for the Windows Operating System. You pay a subscription for Office 365. As Martin says, there are many free alternatives available. And you can get full versions of Office online for a pittance (one off charge) if you don't mind using an older version. I think I paid about £10 for an install on a single computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Squirrel Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 As GG says, you can get office (ie, word, excel, outlook etc)for minimal cost for a perpetual license, none of this subscription lark. Windows it's self is a one of cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dorricott 1 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) Zorin Linux easy install looks familiar to windows users and you are not making Bill Gates anymore money . You can even dual boot it on a big harddrive best of both worlds . Edited May 8 by Brian Dorricott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 I'm not convinced the OP is computer literate enough to install and maintain dual-boot capability, or sort out any Linux issues.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dorricott 1 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Your probably right GrumpyGnome I always assume everyone is on a par ( or more knowledgeable ) with myself but they are much easier to install from a USB stick/cd compared with years ago . As long as beginners stay away from command line stuff they should find it quite straightforward to get going . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted May 9 Author Share Posted May 9 GG is correct 👍 - KISS with simple compatible plug and play software. Once a little fettling is required then out of my comfort zone/knowledge. Not dissimilar to early open source TX software where I suspect early adopters were the same people who use Linux etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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