Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Fredxx <fredxx@spam.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.misc,uk.d-i-y
Subject: Re: Laptop replacement
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:14:39 +0000
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 17
Message-ID: <vs3the$jqft$1@dont-email.me>
References: <bq58uj1aej757c1feh8dk7mst37t16bdik@4ax.com>
 <buh*R6q+z@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> <vs1j0f$2co6s$1@dont-email.me>
 <vs2ptj$3jchh$2@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:14:39 +0100 (CET)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2b7db1635349bc5a14b62242b398537e";
	logging-data="649725"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/asEqECc8igjHQuI7LQvyv"
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:ho5Ceb05MNDPICLNnFXGYm/Ttfs=
Content-Language: en-GB
In-Reply-To: <vs2ptj$3jchh$2@dont-email.me>
Bytes: 1748

On 27/03/2025 06:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:02:39 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> Well I have had pretty good results for MY needs with HP laptops BUT
>> anything to run Windows 11 seems very expensive. Like £400
>>
>> Whereas a Windows ten capable refurbished is under £100
> 
> Would you entrust mission-critical business operations to obsolete,
> unsupported software?

Yes, the important aspect of mission-critical business data is to keep 
backups, ideally with some form of versioning.

And I do mean plural of backup(s). Preferably with at least one copy in 
a different location.