I wouldn't go the monthly fee route. If Word doesn't install from your disk, I would either look for a sale on MS Office 2021 (it's a one time fee) or try Libre Office, which is open source freeware.
Good advice. Thank you. I wonder if my Word docs can be converted to Libre Office. Or will be compatible with MS Office 2021. ????
Both MS Office 2021 and Libre Office will work with your older Word and Excel files. Newer versions of the applications always can open and modify files from older versions. Libre Office recognizes all the MS Office file formats. You can even save your documents in those same formats instead of converting to the app's native format. That's what I always have done with Open Office in order to maintain compatibility between applications.
The power supply should have a Dell part number on it. Get it and do a search on eBay for "Dell #". Lots of new or open box PS there.
Frankly, I'm worried, going from Windows 8.1 to Windows 11 is quite a jump.I am very much anticipating the..."this is great! I don't know why I didn't do it sooner" post.
Hope all goes well with the transition, Robert.
For day to day use, the change shouldn't be significant. Your biggest potential issues will be incompatibility of hardware peripherals or applications. Since you are having Micro Center do the migration for you, they should be able to work through most of the issues for you. Just be prepared for the chance that something will not work under Windows 11 and may need to be replaced or upgraded.
Robert, we have not got much snow, either -- the grass is covered, but the high winds have kept most of the snow off our side street and sidewalks. I would say only a couple of inches of snow, at the most. We have not been out today to see how the main roads are. I am not planning on going out until tomorrow afternoon to pick up my mother (she spends the night with us on Christmas Eve). Roads should be fine by then. It's bitter cold, though, at 3 degrees F and a wind chill of about -20 F.
I like their gear but Canon is crappy about keeping drivers updated. I had to buy a new multifunction printer since my old one wouldn't work with Win 7 back then. (Big change in design from XP to Win 7.) With Win 10 they posted a few mickey-mouse drivers that would stop working after monthly MS updates. A year or two ago they finally posted quality drivers, which fortunately kept working when I upgraded to Win 11.
I had a couple of different Canon scanners over the years. The best thing I can say about them is that they were inexpensive and a small footprint on my desk. They were okay for document scanning, but not great for photo scans. And there were the driver issues you mentioned. I now have an Epson V600 photo scanner. It's a beast size-wise, but it's great for scanning photos.
Tell me more... I have all my parent's old photos and slides and am wanting to digitize them. Everything I research seems to point to that specific scanner as the best for the job. I purchased a stand-alone slide/negative scanner but am not that impressed with its overall quality (it's not bad, just not as good as I'd like - a Kodak slide scanner that had some of the best reviews), plus I've come across some 4"x3" 120 negatives it can't handle.
I started a very detailed thread in the Photography section of the forum when I was doing this. You can find lots of details there, and feel free to post any questions in that thread. That way we will not clutter up Crawdaddy's thread.
