On Tue, 3 Feb 2015, RussellMc wrote:

>>
>>> - Windows 10 will run on it(!)
>>
>
> I (sincerely) hope that W10 will run better on it than W8.1 does on a
> typical HP netbook with 1 GB of RAM.
>

I heard somewhere that W10 was going to be subscription only (no buying
outright).

God the idea of windows on a RPi makes me very uneasy.

Anyway, I thought the whole point of the RPi was to enable kids to learn=20
the basics of programming. I can't see that happening if they have the=20
option of point and click to turn a lamp on and off.

> I have 3 netbooks with XP Pro, Win 7, Win 8.1
>
> Each came with that OS installed.
> I do not recall what processor each has, but the W8.1 version is the
> newest, and makes treacle look fast.
> I keep thinking I should try readyboost (so easy to do or downgrade the O=
S
> but neither has happened so far.

Or you could upgrade and go with Linux or FreeBSD :-)

Regards
Sergio
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