New Computer is in
Got it set up
Got some of the settings adjusted for privacy
started looking for bloatware, not seeing a lot, and pc is moving much quicker than old (8 GB vs 4 GB ram), not a whole lot of difference in processor speed (I bet now if I actually go look it up, it will be significant)
chrome installed
zotero downloaded, and database already moved over...zotero IS significantly faster on this one
got my steemit moved over to this one (but not all the services i used before)
before I start getting work work interface put together I have to mess about with the car (so no email, discord, etc etc)
and the damn thing has already crashed once...right out of the box
hopefully, the car is just something dumb I overlooked; maybe I put the serpentine belt on too tight a coupla weeks ago
anyway, I'm done on the night...copying over all my old files now...gotta install firefox and import old passwords (restore -> firefox, then export to chrome)
Question, what was the model of your old machine's processor and what's the new one? Depending on how old your old machine is, effective processor speed might be much higher on the new one even though the nominal numbers might look comparable. Processors topped out at about 3-4 GHz a decade ago and for power consumption/heat reasons have not increased clock speed at all. The efficiency of these processors per cycle has increased quite a bit though, and this is not to mention newer stuff has more cores per processor usually and depending on which machine you went with, each core may be able to do hyperthreading (AMD Ryzen, Intel i7), effectively turning each core into two. Most software doesn't take full advantage of the parallel processing that these provide, but if you're a multitasker, with lots of RAM consumption, running half a dozen or more programs at once, or tons of browser tabs open, it helps out a ton because it keeps processor resources waiting in the wings for each individual process to take advantage of. Long story short, the new stuff is much better in spite of the fact that they look similar on paper.
good info to know, Thanks for commenting!
I have not kept up with IT developments at all...the only thing that has seemed to keep pace with the possibility of ever expanding horizons has been bloatware ;>