Hi.
Am being offered to buy what seems a tempting good HP 2016 laptop with Win7 installed, as spare,for very low $.
What are the risks to get malware ? Is it a sure thing waiting to happen ? My intention is to remove its hard drive and archive it unaltered for only IF I need Windows some day. Install a new hard drive with Linux for daily everything.
If I use it some day as Windows; will it get infection trouble ? Do some of you use Win7 daily on the web with some security installed ?
Seems in my Windows ignorance that Win7 can be upgraded free to Win10 at Microsoft website. Never done it. (Not used Win since 2005)
Will it be safer that way to avoid malware ? Am I anyway forced to obtain/install antiviral programs ? My main interest is the hardware itself but could be convenient to have a Win machine by just shoveling in its original drive.
Please move to proper "computing" section if any.
Am being offered to buy what seems a tempting good HP 2016 laptop with Win7 installed, as spare,for very low $.
What are the risks to get malware ? Is it a sure thing waiting to happen ? My intention is to remove its hard drive and archive it unaltered for only IF I need Windows some day. Install a new hard drive with Linux for daily everything.
If I use it some day as Windows; will it get infection trouble ? Do some of you use Win7 daily on the web with some security installed ?
Seems in my Windows ignorance that Win7 can be upgraded free to Win10 at Microsoft website. Never done it. (Not used Win since 2005)
Will it be safer that way to avoid malware ? Am I anyway forced to obtain/install antiviral programs ? My main interest is the hardware itself but could be convenient to have a Win machine by just shoveling in its original drive.
Please move to proper "computing" section if any.