SINCE transferring to Hereford in 2017 and turning into an everyday reader of Hereford Occasions, I’ve been amazed on the variety of foodie articles.
Positive for food-on-the-go varieties, I suppose, however what about different trades?
My explicit curiosity right now, particularly as a house laptop consumer, is upgrading PCs on a Microsoft Home windows 10 working system — as are many in public providers. Microsoft says it is going to stop delivering free safety updates for Home windows 10 on October 14, 2025.
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Microsoft is presently providing free improve to Home windows 11 for PCs operating Home windows 10 since 2004 or later, and in any other case advising clients to purchase Home windows 11-ready PCs; however it may be extra environmentally pleasant to improve the prevailing laptop {hardware}.
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Most PCs are bought with much less random entry reminiscence (RAM) than they’ll maintain, and so this ought to be ‘grist for the mill’ for competent laptop technicians, however I’ve discovered that on-line portals for finding trades individuals are unhelpful in that regard.
I wonder if Hereford’s New Mannequin in Know-how and Engineering might assist overview and promote the necessity for laptop technicians in Herefordshire to undertake the mandatory computing upgrades?
In a world the place the place laptop purposes have gotten ever-more ‘useful resource intensive’, such abilities are very important.
ALAN WHEATLEY
Hereford
