When replacing Windows 7 PC: Should you switch to Windows 10 or Mac?

When 2020 comes, I'll pull the Win 7 computers off the internet as I did with the XP and 2K computers still in the house. We can still do work on each with the version of Office and WordPerfect Suite installed. There are printers attached so they can print anything we need.

The next bit of hardware I buy will be for internet use only. (We're senior citixens so don't have much need to do real work on a computer.) I don't need a Microsoft or Apple product to do that! I been testing a live linux distro called LXLE desktop on two different netbooks. I'll probably install that on one of the netbooks so my husband can surf. It comes with SeaMonkey and since he is used to FF and Palemoon, he won't notice much of a difference using SeaMonkey.

I already own an Android tablet. Surfing on a 7" tablet isn't good for days on end. Hopefully in the next 4 years google will produce a netbook running Android instead of ChromeOS. I might buy one of those.

been reading posts....heres my take: keep win7 and set up a dual boot with linux mint. yeah, i know, linux, bah, humbug... but heres my experience...i love win7 and love my privacy so just dont like the path microsoft is going down. so i downloaded linux mint, burned it and installed it as a dual boot with win7. been slowly playing with it...i use Palemoon browser as i didnt like the ugly interface of the new firefox. palemoon works perfectly in linux mint. and i have it set up to look exactly like windows. it is faster in linux as most things are. but i think the cool thing with linux is that while you are in it, you can go to the files and folders you have in windows easily...open them or copy them...so easy. linux has come a long way and its just as fast and just as easy as windows...just takes a little learning. if you have a question all you do is google it and you have your answer right now. my email works the same, my movie and tv downloads work the same. my stock market stuff works the same..so i will be keeping win7 and playing with and learning linux. i keep my windows updates just turned off..and always run windows sandboxed. i do a macrium backup once a week (5min) and keep three images of it....i am online 7-8 hours a day and do everything and go everywhere...and never have any problems. i am not a nerd and am 72. i still value my privacy but so many younger people just dont think that it matters... good luck to all

just an addition so users dont think i dont update. although i keep updates turned off, i check them at intervals. i look up each update and its reviews to make sure it is not a problem. then i install those that dont intrude on my privacy or are worthless to me as in win10updates or IE, which i havent used for a decade.

UsernameIssues said:

I point users to macs as well, but it is sad how Apple ignores security issues:

iPhone 'cookie theft' flaw took three years to fix, say bug finders

Angered by Apple delay, hacker posts Mac Java attack | JavaWorld

Opinion: Apple’s unforgivable DNS delay | Macworld

----------appreciate the links of information. Have any of these effected you personally?

Thanks for the responses, gives me food for thought! You're all very helpful!