I've had to deal with this same problem for myself and others. I have a Dell Inspiron ultra-book with a 32GB SSD, and I found that having anything at all installed on the laptop causes "not enough room for update". This includes creating a second user account, installing software on the SSD and the only solution was to remove any and all such "extras".
You also have to run "Disk Cleanup" from File Explorer including cleanup of system files: earlier "Windows.old" folders are the first thing to go... there is no rolling back to the previous version.
I've come to the conclusion that the ACCC here in Australia have missed the opportunity to force all shops to stop selling such crap: the minimum practical SSD would be at least 64GB, preferably 128GB.
"variants like 'Birkenstock,' 'Bierkenstock,' and 'Birkenstok'" That first mis-spelling is "B-R-I-Kenstock". Mind you, you're not the only one, it's taken me 10 minutes to realise what was going on...
And for all those bemoaning it's loss when dealing with screenshots, Windows 10 has "Ink Workspace" that works well for screenshots. Just right click on the Taskbar and "enable Ink Workspace button".
I would like to point out in my defense, I am typing this on a laptop running Xubuntu... I just teach people (as a volunteer) how to deal with Windows 10.
Here in Australia it's called "chop-chop" and a few years ago a van full was stopped on a highway just west of my home town. The driver got 2 years to consider the folly of driving a van full of around a tonne of black market tobacco. But... it was reported at the time that actually spotting one of these vans was difficult.
Australia is a land mass roughly the size of the continental U.S.A. but with a population less than a tenth of U.S.A. Patrolling our borders is done constantly, but there's a hell of a lot of coastline to be covered.
There are also a lot of tobacco farmers way up north who have been put out of business, but know how to grow tobacco really well. The more costly you make the legitimate product, the more tempting a little black market trading becomes.
I'm not really going to argue statistics, but I have Windows 10 installed on 3 different laptops... and all of them dual-boot Xubuntu. So that's 3 less that they can really count on. Then again, dual-boot is not for everyone, even amongst my fellow LUG members. One laptop (ultrabook) in particular has a dual core Celeron chip running at 1.1ghz, and only 2GB of RAM. I'm sure you can guess how well it runs Windows 10. Even when it had only Windows 8.1, it was a little slow. Running Xubuntu it behaves like a normal computer, boots in about 20 seconds, updates when they're available in a matter of seconds like any other of my laptops and performs quite well, even when running a couple of programs simultaneously. I'm typing this on my main laptop, a Core i3 chip + 8GB laptop for which I had no recovery discs when it's HD died : I bought a 1TB spinning platter HD, and installed Xubuntu without a qualm. If I find myself buying a new PC with Windows 10 installed... I might dual-boot... or I might pull the HD out, stick another in and just run Linux!
I forgot to mention, for me it's been the Year of Linux on the Desktop for some time: I'm typing this on a HP Pavilion DV6 running ONLY Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, the HD died and there were no "Recovery Discs" for Windows.
I have 3 laptops with Windows 10 on them: 1 works fine, 1 works... slowly, 1 has just died. All three are dual-boot with either Xubuntu or Lubuntu.
The 1 working laptop is a HP Compaq CQ45 with 6GB RAM and a fast Quad core Celeron chip. I use it to demo Windows 10 which I "voluntarily teach" at the City Library. Whether I boot it to Windows 10, or Lubuntu 14.04.4 LTS it works well.
The 1 that works slowly is a ASUS Ultrabook with a slow Celeron chip (1.1 or 1.2 ghz) and 2GB RAM. It's as slow as it sounds. When I boot it to Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS however, it works much better.
The 1 that has just died on it's Windows 10 install is a ASUS Ultrabook FS502C with a Pentium Dual Core 2117U and 4GB RAM. Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS is running fine on this one too: that's how I identified the chip, with "System Profiler and Benchmark". I have to confess the Windows 10 install is probably a hodge-podge mess, as I had used it for the preview editions, and it took booting with a Win10 1511 DVD to restore it last time it died.
As a volunteer at the City Library, I've encountered many people having problems because their laptop upgraded without them having particularly intended to. Even experienced people have been caught out, and I've taken great delight in sharing GWX Control Panel with those who are horrified by the possibility it will happen "behind their back". I've also made careful note of the mention of Never10 in discussions here:-)
My advice to people is, if you like Windows 7 or 8.1, don't upgrade to 10. The earlier versions will be supported for what will probably by the life of the average laptop (another 4 years or so), and if they then buy a new one, they get Windows 10 by default... hopefully a mature product by then. I have one laptop that has Windows 7 and the afore-mentioned Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS... and I'm guarding Windows 7 like my life depends on it. I have a desktop PC with Windows 8.1: ditto.
Microsoft might be pushing Windows 10 because it will make life easier for them, but the way they're doing it is not making life easier for customers. I acknowledge that ongoing development and security issues change things, which is why I accept the eventual upgrading of my Linux installations from one LTS version to the next, but if I've paid good money for an operating system, I expect to keep it as long as I want to!
I've thought for many years that police should be able to confiscate the phone from a texting driver, stick it under one of the cars wheels, and then wave them on their way. This alone ensures that, at least until they can get to a shop and buy a new phone, the nut holding the wheel can concentrate on driving safely.
Actually, if you had to download Outlook Express, which was the free email program at that time, a free copy of Word came along for the ride because it was actually the editor (in the background) for the purpose of writing / composing emails...
You don't even need to turn Secure Boot off: I have a laptop originally with Windows 7 installed, dual-booting with Lubuntu 14.04, and then did the upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7. No problem, still boots Grub first, then if I select "Windows 7" on the Grub menu, it boots Windows 10.
I also installed Xubuntu on another laptop, which had been running the Windows 10 Technical Preview. All you have to do is use a x86_64 distro, and start it from the update/recovery setup where you can tell it to run a USB or CD... installed no problem at all, since AFAIK Ubuntu variants are properly "signed".
I've been using MalwareBytes (as suggested above) then installing Comodo Internet Security http://comodo.com/ (free for personal use) if needed, and finally CCleaner from Piriform http://piriform.com/ to rescue peoples PCs after disaster has struck. I'm thinking of making it a standard "pack" of software for anyone who asks at the Library where I volunteer.
University of Western Australia was originally slated as the site for the Bjorn Lomborg "think tank" for Climate change denial. It has now decided to hand back the $4m of funding. http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...
Like you I've installed Windows 10 technical preview on a laptop... and then gone on to install Xubuntu alongside it. It worked, with the added bonus that Win 10 actually fixed the borked Win 8 OEM installation in the first place. I didn't know what the problem was with Win 8, I spent a little time trying to fix it, then went and bought my wife another cheap laptop. I've been tinkering with PCs / Laptops for years, but I'm at the opposite end of the scale, a rank amateur. I was as concerned and upset by the concept of being blocked from installing Linux as anyone here : I've dual booted every new PC / Laptop I've bought in the last 5 or 6 years.
The way to install Xubuntu was to get into Win 10 PC Settings / Update and Recovery / Advanced Startup / Use a device, and boot a USB device (in this case a USB DVD). These settings still exist, even in Build 9926, the latest I have downloaded. (Notifications / All Settings / Update and... ) I don't know if this is the "shim" I've seen others here refer to, but it appears Grub takes over and is the first to boot. One of the options in it is to start the Windows boot loader. So, even if it is mandatory, is it that big an issue? I understand many O/Ss don't have a PK, but someone has already suggested using something like a Redhat or Ubuntu kernel to get past secure boot.
I think the point about "only the first year" can be related to two things Microsoft has done in the past:
1. A lot of netbooks were sold with "Windows 7 Starter" early in the life of Windows 7. You got limited functionality, no ability to download and all sorts of other PITA limitations. If you wanted to remove them, you paid for the "full version" of Win7 like any other "Any Time Upgrade". (My solution was to install OpenSUSE)
2. When Windows 8 first came out, I bought an upgrade disc for $58.00 or so. When I later bought a Windows 8.1 disc to install on a friends computer it was priced at $130.00.
Of course, I'm in Australia, YMMV.
I would imagine the "free upgrade" will be a download (difficult to impossible for many on limited connections) for the first year, after that you have to stump up for a disc from the shop, or buy an Activation Code to download.
If I'm so smart, and my cat is so dumb, why am I the one opening a can of tuna every night?... and then putting it on the floor and standing well back, in case her intense gaze and licking-of-lips isn't because I'm holding said can?
I got one call telling me the woman on the phone was calling from Microsoft, and there was a problem with my computer... and I was too tired/bored to bother, so announcted "I use Linux".
Her response was shocking: she apologised for wasting my time and hung up!
Last time, the then Labor government insisted that the two biggest ISPs put blocks in place, even though the legislation didn't get through the parliament. The end result: amongst others, a school tuck-shop (canteen) got blocked. Those nefarious parents were maliciously placing orders for kids lunches online!
And, less than a day after it started, school kids could tell you how to bypass the blocks.
I've never pirated a movie, for the lack of bandwidth, and the lack of desire. I've never pirated music... much the same reasons. I've got a 30GB a month ADSL2+ connection, and better things to do with it.
But I resent the huge amount of bullshit that governments and movie and music companies put out about piracy, to the point where I won't even buy discs of either until they fall off the "peak interest" of being the latest thing out. When it's cheap, I'll think about buying it.
A lot of the time I won't buy it even then as a direct result of the crap that they all spout.
Courtesy for All! My first issue is this phrase: "... to cut off any traffic... ". The idea that one road user is "cutting off" another arises from - one vehicle behind another, in another lane, - approaching at a higher speed and - the vehicle in front changes lanes in front of it Does the vehicle behind not have brakes? Can the driver not use them, if fitted? If the flow of traffic is so tight that there is literally no room for someone to change lanes, everyone is sitting in a traffic jam (rolling or otherwise). If not, all it takes is for the following vehicle to show a little courtesy, a little regard for other road users (including bicycles) and apply the brakes!
Instead we get people sticking their heads out the car window, shrieking "You cut me off, you asshole" right after having run into the other vehicle. I saw a police officer recently say on TV: "Everyone has a duty of care to drive safely". We need a little common courtesy as much as we need observation or enforcement of rights and responsibilities.
I think at least some of what has gone wrong in Math education is that the linguists have infected the teaching of Math with a whole lot of over-descriptive buzz words. One that I recall from my sisters years at primary (elementary) school was the "commutative law of addition". She was 3 years younger than me, and has never really dealt with Math well. I don't think it helps when kids have to learn lots of wordy rules, instead of just getting in and tackling the numbers. Mathematics is a language in it's own right : you don't need to overload it with extras to make it comprehensible.
What I've read in other comments about Common Core Math seems to simply be a different way of breaking down the numbers into easily handled bits. The way I was taught was with simple sums at first: 2 + 3 = 5; 7 - 4 = 3. But our Math books had squares, not just lines, so we were taught to structure the sums to give numbers a proper place to simplify the operations we carried out on them:
2
3 + -----
5
and later
2 3
3 5 + -----
5 8
The significance of the additional columns to the left was that they were 10 times the immediate neighbour to it's right. So, a large subtraction operated by adding 10 (in this case) to the number in the "units column", and 1 to the number at the bottom of the "tens column". Same value (10 units / 1 ten), different number to express it.
[+10]
8 2
3 9 -
[+1]
---------
4 3 So, descriptively it operated as "2 minus 9 won't go, add 10, 12 minus 9 is 3, 1 (to 'put the 10 back') plus 3 is 4, 8 minus 4 is 4". It's an array, with a handy sub-array, to facilitate operations that rely on the relationship of 1 and 10 and 100 (etc.) each in it's proper place.
The operation described in the Common Core examples is linear, they're "climbing a ladder, a step at a time" using addition to find the value between the two numbers. It teaches a linear operation that is more easily described in words, but is less structured in mathematical terms.
Years ago I bought a Dell Latitude C610 laptop from the government department I worked for, on Dell's website it's service tag shows a shipping date of 5/7/2002. The software licensing for the Government here in Australia is such that I could only buy the hardware, the hard-drive was wiped. So, I have installed various Linux versions on it over the years since I got my hands on it... all of which ran fine. It has a "Designed for Windows XP" sticker near the keyboard, but the "licence sticker" underneath says "Windows 2000 Professional"! It has a Pentium III chip, originally 256MB RAM which I upgraded to 512MB... and a whole 16MB of Video RAM. And that wiped hard-drive? 10GB. Needless to say, I'm in two minds whether or not to invest in an upgrade to 40GB, just to return it to usefulness... or to show off my "still working fossil".
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I've had to deal with this same problem for myself and others. I have a Dell Inspiron ultra-book with a 32GB SSD, and I found that having anything at all installed on the laptop causes "not enough room for update". This includes creating a second user account, installing software on the SSD and the only solution was to remove any and all such "extras".
You also have to run "Disk Cleanup" from File Explorer including cleanup of system files: earlier "Windows.old" folders are the first thing to go ... there is no rolling back to the previous version.
I've come to the conclusion that the ACCC here in Australia have missed the opportunity to force all shops to stop selling such crap: the minimum practical SSD would be at least 64GB, preferably 128GB.
They are not fit for purpose!
I don't buy it.
"variants like 'Birkenstock,' 'Bierkenstock,' and 'Birkenstok'" ...
That first mis-spelling is "B-R-I-Kenstock". Mind you, you're not the only one, it's taken me 10 minutes to realise what was going on
Seems it's just being "re-homed" in the Windows Store, and will be available as a free download.
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/...
And for all those bemoaning it's loss when dealing with screenshots, Windows 10 has "Ink Workspace" that works well for screenshots. Just right click on the Taskbar and "enable Ink Workspace button".
I would like to point out in my defense, I am typing this on a laptop running Xubuntu ... I just teach people (as a volunteer) how to deal with Windows 10.
This is also the generation whose VCRs always flashed 00:00.
FTFY
Here in Australia it's called "chop-chop" and a few years ago a van full was stopped on a highway just west of my home town. The driver got 2 years to consider the folly of driving a van full of around a tonne of black market tobacco. But ... it was reported at the time that actually spotting one of these vans was difficult.
Australia is a land mass roughly the size of the continental U.S.A. but with a population less than a tenth of U.S.A. Patrolling our borders is done constantly, but there's a hell of a lot of coastline to be covered.
There are also a lot of tobacco farmers way up north who have been put out of business, but know how to grow tobacco really well. The more costly you make the legitimate product, the more tempting a little black market trading becomes.
http://www.cleveland.com/busin...
I'm not really going to argue statistics, but I have Windows 10 installed on 3 different laptops ... and all of them dual-boot Xubuntu. So that's 3 less that they can really count on. Then again, dual-boot is not for everyone, even amongst my fellow LUG members. ... I might dual-boot ... or I might pull the HD out, stick another in and just run Linux!
One laptop (ultrabook) in particular has a dual core Celeron chip running at 1.1ghz, and only 2GB of RAM. I'm sure you can guess how well it runs Windows 10. Even when it had only Windows 8.1, it was a little slow. Running Xubuntu it behaves like a normal computer, boots in about 20 seconds, updates when they're available in a matter of seconds like any other of my laptops and performs quite well, even when running a couple of programs simultaneously.
I'm typing this on my main laptop, a Core i3 chip + 8GB laptop for which I had no recovery discs when it's HD died : I bought a 1TB spinning platter HD, and installed Xubuntu without a qualm. If I find myself buying a new PC with Windows 10 installed
I forgot to mention, for me it's been the Year of Linux on the Desktop for some time: I'm typing this on a HP Pavilion DV6 running ONLY Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, the HD died and there were no "Recovery Discs" for Windows.
I have 3 laptops with Windows 10 on them: 1 works fine, 1 works ... slowly, 1 has just died.
All three are dual-boot with either Xubuntu or Lubuntu.
The 1 working laptop is a HP Compaq CQ45 with 6GB RAM and a fast Quad core Celeron chip. I use it to demo Windows 10 which I "voluntarily teach" at the City Library. Whether I boot it to Windows 10, or Lubuntu 14.04.4 LTS it works well.
The 1 that works slowly is a ASUS Ultrabook with a slow Celeron chip (1.1 or 1.2 ghz) and 2GB RAM. It's as slow as it sounds. When I boot it to Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS however, it works much better.
The 1 that has just died on it's Windows 10 install is a ASUS Ultrabook FS502C with a Pentium Dual Core 2117U and 4GB RAM. Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS is running fine on this one too: that's how I identified the chip, with "System Profiler and Benchmark". I have to confess the Windows 10 install is probably a hodge-podge mess, as I had used it for the preview editions, and it took booting with a Win10 1511 DVD to restore it last time it died.
As a volunteer at the City Library, I've encountered many people having problems because their laptop upgraded without them having particularly intended to. :-)
Even experienced people have been caught out, and I've taken great delight in sharing GWX Control Panel with those who are horrified by the possibility it will happen "behind their back". I've also made careful note of the mention of Never10 in discussions here
My advice to people is, if you like Windows 7 or 8.1, don't upgrade to 10. The earlier versions will be supported for what will probably by the life of the average laptop (another 4 years or so), and if they then buy a new one, they get Windows 10 by default ... hopefully a mature product by then. I have one laptop that has Windows 7 and the afore-mentioned Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS ... and I'm guarding Windows 7 like my life depends on it. I have a desktop PC with Windows 8.1: ditto.
Microsoft might be pushing Windows 10 because it will make life easier for them, but the way they're doing it is not making life easier for customers.
I acknowledge that ongoing development and security issues change things, which is why I accept the eventual upgrading of my Linux installations from one LTS version to the next, but if I've paid good money for an operating system, I expect to keep it as long as I want to!
I've thought for many years that police should be able to confiscate the phone from a texting driver, stick it under one of the cars wheels, and then wave them on their way. This alone ensures that, at least until they can get to a shop and buy a new phone, the nut holding the wheel can concentrate on driving safely.
Actually, if you had to download Outlook Express, which was the free email program at that time, a free copy of Word came along for the ride because it was actually the editor (in the background) for the purpose of writing / composing emails ...
You don't even need to turn Secure Boot off: I have a laptop originally with Windows 7 installed, dual-booting with Lubuntu 14.04, and then did the upgrade to Windows 10 from within Windows 7. No problem, still boots Grub first, then if I select "Windows 7" on the Grub menu, it boots Windows 10.
I also installed Xubuntu on another laptop, which had been running the Windows 10 Technical Preview. All you have to do is use a x86_64 distro, and start it from the update/recovery setup where you can tell it to run a USB or CD ... installed no problem at all, since AFAIK Ubuntu variants are properly "signed".
I've been using MalwareBytes (as suggested above) then installing Comodo Internet Security http://comodo.com/ (free for personal use) if needed, and finally CCleaner from Piriform http://piriform.com/ to rescue peoples PCs after disaster has struck.
I'm thinking of making it a standard "pack" of software for anyone who asks at the Library where I volunteer.
I told one woman "I use Linux on my computers". ... leaving me flabbergasted.
She apologised for wasting my time and hung up
University of Western Australia was originally slated as the site for the Bjorn Lomborg "think tank" for Climate change denial.
It has now decided to hand back the $4m of funding.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/201...
Like you I've installed Windows 10 technical preview on a laptop ... and then gone on to install Xubuntu alongside it.
It worked, with the added bonus that Win 10 actually fixed the borked Win 8 OEM installation in the first place.
I didn't know what the problem was with Win 8, I spent a little time trying to fix it, then went and bought my wife another cheap laptop.
I've been tinkering with PCs / Laptops for years, but I'm at the opposite end of the scale, a rank amateur.
I was as concerned and upset by the concept of being blocked from installing Linux as anyone here : I've dual booted every new PC / Laptop I've bought in the last 5 or 6 years.
The way to install Xubuntu was to get into Win 10 PC Settings / Update and Recovery / Advanced Startup / Use a device, and boot a USB device (in this case a USB DVD). ... )
These settings still exist, even in Build 9926, the latest I have downloaded. (Notifications / All Settings / Update and
I don't know if this is the "shim" I've seen others here refer to, but it appears Grub takes over and is the first to boot. One of the options in it is to start the Windows boot loader.
So, even if it is mandatory, is it that big an issue? I understand many O/Ss don't have a PK, but someone has already suggested using something like a Redhat or Ubuntu kernel to get past secure boot.
I think the point about "only the first year" can be related to two things Microsoft has done in the past:
1. A lot of netbooks were sold with "Windows 7 Starter" early in the life of Windows 7. You got limited functionality, no ability to download and all sorts of other PITA limitations. If you wanted to remove them, you paid for the "full version" of Win7 like any other "Any Time Upgrade". (My solution was to install OpenSUSE)
2. When Windows 8 first came out, I bought an upgrade disc for $58.00 or so. When I later bought a Windows 8.1 disc to install on a friends computer it was priced at $130.00.
Of course, I'm in Australia, YMMV.
I would imagine the "free upgrade" will be a download (difficult to impossible for many on limited connections) for the first year, after that you have to stump up for a disc from the shop, or buy an Activation Code to download.
I got one of these calls, and when I explained to the woman on the phone "I use Linux" she apologised for wasting my time and hung up!
If I'm so smart, and my cat is so dumb, why am I the one opening a can of tuna every night? ... and then putting it on the floor and standing well back, in case her intense gaze and licking-of-lips isn't because I'm holding said can?
I got one call telling me the woman on the phone was calling from Microsoft, and there was a problem with my computer ... and I was too tired/bored to bother, so announcted "I use Linux".
Her response was shocking: she apologised for wasting my time and hung up!
I was stunned to say the least.
Last time, the then Labor government insisted that the two biggest ISPs put blocks in place, even though the legislation didn't get through the parliament.
The end result: amongst others, a school tuck-shop (canteen) got blocked. Those nefarious parents were maliciously placing orders for kids lunches online!
And, less than a day after it started, school kids could tell you how to bypass the blocks.
I've never pirated a movie, for the lack of bandwidth, and the lack of desire. I've never pirated music ... much the same reasons.
I've got a 30GB a month ADSL2+ connection, and better things to do with it.
But I resent the huge amount of bullshit that governments and movie and music companies put out about piracy, to the point where I won't even buy discs of either until they fall off the "peak interest" of being the latest thing out. When it's cheap, I'll think about buying it.
A lot of the time I won't buy it even then as a direct result of the crap that they all spout.
Courtesy for All! ... to cut off any traffic ... ".
My first issue is this phrase: "
The idea that one road user is "cutting off" another arises from
- one vehicle behind another, in another lane,
- approaching at a higher speed and
- the vehicle in front changes lanes in front of it
Does the vehicle behind not have brakes? Can the driver not use them, if fitted?
If the flow of traffic is so tight that there is literally no room for someone to change lanes, everyone is sitting in a traffic jam (rolling or otherwise).
If not, all it takes is for the following vehicle to show a little courtesy, a little regard for other road users (including bicycles) and apply the brakes!
Instead we get people sticking their heads out the car window, shrieking "You cut me off, you asshole" right after having run into the other vehicle.
I saw a police officer recently say on TV: "Everyone has a duty of care to drive safely". We need a little common courtesy as much as we need observation or enforcement of rights and responsibilities.
I think at least some of what has gone wrong in Math education is that the linguists have infected the teaching of Math with a whole lot of over-descriptive buzz words. One that I recall from my sisters years at primary (elementary) school was the "commutative law of addition". She was 3 years younger than me, and has never really dealt with Math well. I don't think it helps when kids have to learn lots of wordy rules, instead of just getting in and tackling the numbers.
Mathematics is a language in it's own right : you don't need to overload it with extras to make it comprehensible.
What I've read in other comments about Common Core Math seems to simply be a different way of breaking down the numbers into easily handled bits.
The way I was taught was with simple sums at first: 2 + 3 = 5; 7 - 4 = 3. But our Math books had squares, not just lines, so we were taught to structure the sums to give numbers a proper place to simplify the operations we carried out on them:
2
3 +
-----
5
and later
2 3
3 5 +
-----
5 8
The significance of the additional columns to the left was that they were 10 times the immediate neighbour to it's right.
So, a large subtraction operated by adding 10 (in this case) to the number in the "units column", and 1 to the number at the bottom of the "tens column".
Same value (10 units / 1 ten), different number to express it.
[+10]
8 2
3 9 -
[+1]
---------
4 3
So, descriptively it operated as "2 minus 9 won't go, add 10, 12 minus 9 is 3, 1 (to 'put the 10 back') plus 3 is 4, 8 minus 4 is 4".
It's an array, with a handy sub-array, to facilitate operations that rely on the relationship of 1 and 10 and 100 (etc.) each in it's proper place.
The operation described in the Common Core examples is linear, they're "climbing a ladder, a step at a time" using addition to find the value between the two numbers. It teaches a linear operation that is more easily described in words, but is less structured in mathematical terms.
Years ago I bought a Dell Latitude C610 laptop from the government department I worked for, on Dell's website it's service tag shows a shipping date of 5/7/2002. ... all of which ran fine. ... and a whole 16MB of Video RAM. ... or to show off my "still working fossil".
The software licensing for the Government here in Australia is such that I could only buy the hardware, the hard-drive was wiped.
So, I have installed various Linux versions on it over the years since I got my hands on it
It has a "Designed for Windows XP" sticker near the keyboard, but the "licence sticker" underneath says "Windows 2000 Professional"!
It has a Pentium III chip, originally 256MB RAM which I upgraded to 512MB
And that wiped hard-drive? 10GB. Needless to say, I'm in two minds whether or not to invest in an upgrade to 40GB, just to return it to usefulness