Sad Farewell to Vista

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Vista has been my favorite OS for the past year or so, after I was breaking in a new hard drive, and installed Vista so I could then install a W7 upgrade. But I decided to fully update Vista just for fun, and rediscovered what a great OS it is. I never did the W7 upgrade (although I had it on the original drive, on the verge of failing). Then disaster struck: while installing Linux Zorin, I was careless and installed it to the Vista drive. It's now gone. I thought I had an image, but couldn't find it. So, I installed the image of W7 from the original drive. That's what I'm using now, until 2020, when I will probably permanently switch to Linux. There's little point in installing Vista again and doing all the updates and service packs, with it going the way of the dinosaurs in 2017. Although it would be fun, and if I get bored...you may see me back here!
 

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I'm looking at Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon as a replacement for Windows
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo Thinkpad T400
    CPU
    Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53GHz
    Motherboard
    LENOVO 64734VM
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 531MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family
    Sound Card
    Conexant 20561 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15 inch
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 800
    Hard Drives
    1x 180GB Intel 530 series SSD 1 x 120GB Hitachi 5400rmp 1 x 650GB Western Digital Elements 5400rpm 1x 1Tb Western Digital Elements 5400rpm
    Internet Speed
    Medium for New Zealand
    Other Info
    Weakest part of my computer is the graphics chipset. Only ever used a laptop. Also use USB Freeview TV Card Lenovo Docking Station External Speakers Other bits a pieces as needed
I haven't seen the latest Mint version, but I'm currently running Ubuntu 14.04 and Zorin 9, and they are both fantastic. I ran Mint 17 a couple of years ago. By comparison with Ubuntu and Zorin, I find it a bit awkward to navigate. But as I said, I haven't seen the latest version. It may be smoother. (By awkward I mean that the taskbar was too small, things like that - which may be able to be changed anyway). Ubuntu takes some getting used to, but that's not too difficult. Zorin is so similar to Seven that you can just take off running with it. Can't decide between Ubuntu and Zorin, so I use them both!
 

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