Looking for a Linux distro to be rid of Windows 7
I bought an HP Mini 210 Netbook because it had a SIM slot but the slot was a dummy! I put the thing away for about a year because I was so vexed. I remembered that the machine was 32 bit and used an Atom processor but false memory made me think that it used to run Windows XP. I kept rolling it back hoping that XP would appear instead of Win 7 Home Premium but there was no such luck. Instead a message appeared "Enter password, hint woof". The seller had left a password on it! It now looked like FORMAT C:/S but then I saw the invitation to "Restore your machine to its out of the box condition." When this was tried Windows 7 Starter replaced Windows 7 Home Premium and in the UK there is a £70 price difference! (about $110 US) With the SIM slot problem, the password problem and now the Win 7 Starter problem I'm extremely vexed.
I just want to stop donating money to Windows programs all of which are tailored to to have a shelf life so that they will not run legacy software.
Any useful advice would be greatly appreciated (the Netbook has hardly been used so it would be a shame to bin it)
I bought an HP Mini 210 Netbook because it had a SIM slot but the slot was a dummy! I put the thing away for about a year because I was so vexed. I remembered that the machine was 32 bit and used an Atom processor but false memory made me think that it used to run Windows XP. I kept rolling it back hoping that XP would appear instead of Win 7 Home Premium but there was no such luck. Instead a message appeared "Enter password, hint woof". The seller had left a password on it! It now looked like FORMAT C:/S but then I saw the invitation to "Restore your machine to its out of the box condition." When this was tried Windows 7 Starter replaced Windows 7 Home Premium and in the UK there is a £70 price difference! (about $110 US) With the SIM slot problem, the password problem and now the Win 7 Starter problem I'm extremely vexed.
I just want to stop donating money to Windows programs all of which are tailored to to have a shelf life so that they will not run legacy software.
Any useful advice would be greatly appreciated (the Netbook has hardly been used so it would be a shame to bin it)
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