full fibre - seem to have an Ethernet restriction

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I run an old Mac 2009 Pro, mostly for downloading and file conversion. It also acts as a server for my Apple TV. I thought I would never do without that Mac everything was done on it then I bought an iPad Air 4. It’s convenient, powerful and does almost everything I did before on the Mac except those few things I’ve listed. If I didn’t need those functions the Mac would be sold or scrapped.

I’m not saying forget about getting a pc you need to look carefully at what you need a computer for before making that decision but sometimes it’s not the obvious ‘get a new machine’ solution.

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@markinwales wrote:

....... Its all a con trick i think ...to make you continuously  upgrade and spend on their products

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But your computer is allegedly over 10 years old and Win 7 was released in 2009. Hardly compatible with 150Mbps FTTP?

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@markinwales 

Costs are what they are I'm afraid.

From what you say LibreOffice should more than suit your needs.

Photoshop7 is no longer supported. Indeed I believe Adobe don't offer any free or retail products - it's all by subscription. I use IrfanView and Paint.Net.

You can download all 3 now (32bit versions where applicable) and see what you think of them. Remember the commands are different so it will take time to figure out how they work.

https://www.libreoffice.org/

https://www.irfanview.com/

https://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Brian

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Libra office does not have an email client.

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As I said in Message 37, Thunderbird is a free open-source email client, (that I use).

https://www.thunderbird.net

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This topic has been moved from Full Fibre to Tech Help as the issue isn't with the Fibre service.

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All adaptors auto-negotiate, 15m patch cable Cat 5e (with connectors) is cheap - maybe £10