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Thanks All
@ Ian, it's a Dell Alienware 15 R2, as for a touch screen, with my disability 'reach' issues I don't benefit much from it's use; my balance sucks, pinch movements are pretty tough with still fingers! The 4K option might be useful but my budget isn't huge and more RAM and an SSD are higher priorities. As are a Canon 6D, 24-70 f4L IS and 100-400 II; perhaps a new printer as well
Alienware has something like a docking station; their graphics accelerator, it will let me setup external monitors and a wireless keyboard/mouse and with a single plug turns the laptop into a semi-desktop With this setup I can later move to dual 4K monitors; touch or not, as features are graphics card based and it can hold two cards; everything is USB 3 or faster on both laptop and GA.
As for the Mac vs. Windows issue, both are great systems, we are a Windows shop; have customer support requirements that drive choice ATM. Our only Apple product to date is an iPhone and it pairs with an Android phone/tablet for support issues, but we are looking at the iPad and iMac; the iPad/iMac when we retire...
@ Jools, with both XP and Win7 laptops/desktops at hand I'm inclined to just bite the bullet and get Windows 10 Pro, try it out, ride out the bug fixes, try MS's 'New Technology' There are will be 'future' customer support issues to manage; they are asking, and it just seems logical to go with a lappy and 10 for portability; although the 15R2 ins't a light weight beast! BTW, there's a 24-70 in my Canon refurb cart, I just have to pull the trigger; things have gotten strange healthwise so I've not emailed you yet, but will soon, apologies
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Thanks folks for your replies, I'll post my experiences; good, bad or fugly with Windows 10
Cheers,
Jerry
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