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I reinstalled Windows on the Acer computer. As expected, what installed was Windows 10, not Windows 8.1. Then I installed Google Chrome and made it the default browser, removed MS Edge from the desktop, installed AVG Antivirus, installed AVG Secure Browser, installed the Classic Start Menu (to make the system look like Windows 7), installed uBlock Origin on Chrome, installed Lazarus Pascal and, finally, installed Office 2007 (thanks micro!).

Now for the next computer. At the same sale the Acer came from, I bought an emachines EL1358G-51w, again for $5. It's another small form factor desktop. The specs are:

• AMD Athlon II X2 220 / 2.8 GHz processor, dual core, 64-bit
• NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE chipset
• 3GB DDR3 SDRAM
• 1TB hard drive
• 3 GB DDR3 memory
• DVD-Super Multi drive
• Multi-in-1 Media Card Reader.

This computer dates from 2012 when it was $310. Tomorrow I'll give it the same treatment as the Acer and hopefully wind up with a nearly identical machine. I'm a little concerned that with just 3GB of RAM, it might struggle with Windoze 10. The machine can be upgraded to 8GB of RAM, and I wouldn't expect DDR3 to be too expensive. (Looks like 8GB runs $40 on Amazon).




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Re: Garage Sales - Acer computer
By: Decomposed
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Sun, 23 May 21 3:40 AM
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Re: “I still use Windows media player for playing music . . . Is there something really and truly better?”
For what I want to do, absolutely there is. I want to be able to add comments to my music files, to rank them (1 to 5 stars), to classify them as country, 60s rock, etc., to randomly play songs with certain qualities (such as my 5 star songs), to display an album cover while playing the music, and more. There's free software that does all this but I don't remember its name. I've got it installed on a laptop that I've got boxed up and housed at the barn...





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