Is there really much point in buying a newer system?

Melissa2008B

Distinguished
Apr 28, 2008
119
0
18,690
Hi people,

I'm a former Electronics Research & Development Technician with an ASEET ( Associate in Science in Electronics Engineering Technology - 1969 ). Yeah, THAT old.
;) But still doing martial arts... :p

I'm 67 and am running a part time home business ( About $25k a year, to supplement my SS, so I don't have to eat dog food. ). I'm using Win 7 Home Premium on an Asus ASUS Essentio cg5270 with a: CG5270-BP004 MOTHERBOARD E4576_P5QL-VM EPU, 64 bit OS, with 8 GB RAM, a 551GB drive at 2.5 GHz and VK246H HD monitor and Radeon HD 5670. ( got this in 2009 )

But a client recently put forth a privacy contract that would require encryption of my HD, and this OS doesn't have that. It looks like only future versions like Win 8-10 do.

So I'm debating whether to just do the free upgrade to Win 10 ( which I hear has problems, but what version of Windows doesn't? ) or get a new PC. I guess the newer ones run 3.5 GHz now. Same amount of RAM? Probably a 1 TB HD, at least?

I don't know if I really need all that, though. It doesn't even sound THAT much faster, and I understand that all Microsoft keeps doing is creating bigger "bloated code" that keeps needing bigger and more powerful systems JUST to deal with it, has security problems and has to be constantly patched.

SO I'm debating with myself. Suggestions?

 
Solution

USAFRet

Titan
Moderator


A client requires you to encrypt your hard drive?
No.
For that client and his data, you get an external drive, put his data on it, and encrypt that.

Win 7 vs Win 8.1 vs Win 10?
No major difference. Seriously. 4/5 of my home systems are on Win 10, Upgraded from 8.1 or 7. All work just fine.

New PC or keep the old one? That's a different call.
Your current one is kinda old. A new one would probably run quite a bit better.

(oh, and you're only a very few years older than I am...:wahoo: )
 
Solution

Melissa2008B

Distinguished
Apr 28, 2008
119
0
18,690


Thank you. :) Go USAF!

Oh, my dad was in the U.S. Army Air Corps in WWII, stationed in England as an aircraft mechanic. The things he must have seen!