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I Finally Got ‘Windows 11’ For My MAIN, Desktop PC.

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by Anura Guruge
on May 9, 2024

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My MAIN desktop PC.

This was a BIG step for I & was nerve wracking. Though it went much better than I had HOPED, I am still ‘in shock’.

I am NOT big into changing my PC OS, i.e., upgrading Windows.

This is ONLY the 3rd Windows upgrade I have done in 15 years!

I kept Windows 7 (Professional) on my previous main PC for 12 years.

I only got Windows 10 when I finally broke down & got a NEW, main PC in November 2021. Today, I upgraded that from Windows 10 to Windows 11 23H2.

OK. I was NOT a total Windows 11 virgin. [I would NOT have upgraded my MAIN PC before I had tried out Windows 11. I am NOT like that.]

Yes, I got a mini PC with Windows 11 as my backup system so I could gain some familiarity with Windows 11. SMILE.

I used the ‘Widows 11 Upgrade Assistant‘ to do the upgrade.

I had thought that this Assistant checked your PC beforehand and kind of took you step-by-step as to the upgrade. Not so. As soon as I clicked ‘Download Now‘ the upgrade started. I wasn’t expecting that.

But, to my immense joy & relief there were NO glitches. Yes, we did about 6 RESTARTS. But, that is par for the course.

The entire upgrade took 53 minutes.

PC + ‘Windows’ Diagnostic Tools — A Handy List Of USEFUL Tools.

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by Anura Guruge
on January 29, 2024

Link to the ‘Giz China’ article — and trust me that it is good.

This article came up this morning on my ‘Google News‘ feed — as one that I might find interesting. I idly clicked on it to see IF there were any that I was NOT familiar with. I was blown away. Lot that I had never heard of.

NO, I have NOT tried any of the new ones. I, however, wanted to PRESERVE this lits — for when I might need to locate a TOOL. This is the BEST way that I can do that — & MOREOVER share this with YOU. I am not selfish. I wanted YOU to have the benefit of this list too. Check it out.

‘Steve Jobs’ (Apple) At The Very End Was Confused & Conflicted About God & Life-After-Death. [A Shame.]

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by Anura Guruge
on July 24, 2023

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Click to ENLARGE. From the ‘Walter Isaacson‘ (2011) book — page 571.

Last week I finally finished reading “Walter Isaacson’s” mammoth biography of ‘Steve Jobs’ — sanctioned (& semi-approved) by Jobs. It too me 5.5 months to read all 600 pages. I had wanted to read it for a long time & I am glad I did.

I had a very strange, complicated relationship with Steve Jobs.

Over the years he made me a LOT OF MONEY with ‘Apple‘ & ‘Pixar’ shares. I owned Pixar from its IPO & have owned Apple shares for close onto 20 years. So, yes, I owe him a huge debt of gratitude.

For 8-years, between 1991 & 1998 YOU would NOT have found a more ardent fan & advocate of Apple Macs than I. I was ALL, 100% Mac — & very gungho about Macs.

In 1998, I had 8 Macs in the house.

In 2000, I had NONE! I had switched, totally & utterly, to PCs & Windows!

Jobs had managed to LOSE ME. That took some doing.

Despite owning AAPL for two decades I stayed away from Apple products. I let others make the money for I. SMILE.

Steve Jobs was, obviously, a brilliant, talented, once-in-a-decade guy. No question about that.

The book confirmed much of what I had known over the years. He was very conflicted — & not that happy.

In many ways he was a sick puppy before he truly became sick.

All that wealth & he STARVED himself.

I found his views on God & life-after-death AMUSING & in the end, emblematic of him.

I on the other hand, have NO DOUBTS. And I thank God for that.

I do NOT believe in God. Never have. Never will.

I also do not believe in life-after-death. That is the biggest consolation in my life. I know that when I die — that is it. The switch is TURNED OFF. Poof. Nothing. What a relief.

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