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  • 136 points ryukazar_6

    If you have a VM, why not

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  • 124 points malici606

    Fuck that packaging reminds me of back when I did not hurting every time I moved

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    41 points Mr_YUP

    Stretch and go for walks daily. It’ll make a big difference 

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    40 points malici606

    Oh my friend, I hurt because I walk.... a lot (tele therapist who hikes when they work)

    https://preview.redd.it/y8lk3b12dr9g1.png?width=1343&format=png&auto=webp&s=6734891e0262cb358f78b674d41be85114ac0457

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    8 points Mr_YUP

    What’s your recovery like? Do you do that much daily? You might be able to do an ultra if that’s your baseline 

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    13 points malici606

    Typically I rest on the weekends and try to keep it under 5 miles. (I also avoid any other workouts during the weekend). I also rely on Indiana's weather to remind me to rest lol.

    Most days I walk 10-13 miles but I think my top was 25miles ish.

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    5 points Mr_YUP

    Are you getting new shows often enough? Do you wear the same ones everyday? Rotating through two, or even three pairs given your mileage, might be a good idea. 

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    8 points malici606

    I rotate when possible, during an Indiana winter it can be more difficult...unless you want to buy a bunch of boots.

    Typically I replace a pair within 3 months....it's still cheaper than ram lol.

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    3 points AL-SHEDFI

    I struggle with 10,000 steps... what you're doing is excellent.

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    2 points ShadowRL7666

    Plantar fasciitis has come into chat. Holy I could never my feet are killing me at 20 working at a restaurant doing three doubles in a row and some other work. Finally got some money thought to get good shoes.

    Been trying to stretch and rest but man my calves are just so tight.

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    2 points malici606

    That was about 6 years ago for me when I started walking. Shoe inserts saved me...and massage balls.

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    5 points ShadowRL7666

    Will look into it thanks. Yeah it just recently came back as a problem. I’m a runner and only had it during track I would heal strike.

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    1 points Previous-Camera9004

    Dude holy shit how are you so fucking chill?

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    2 points malici606

    Because I walk a lot, shoot pictures, and commit acts of unspeakable violence in Night City.

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    1 points random_reddit_user31

    https://preview.redd.it/6nusqcqc5u9g1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af1278214380a41e9909c2e503713f6d50cb8ea3

    I hold my head in shame

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    11 points gambeta1337

    Had a stroke reading this

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    5 points malici606

    Lol I could have done a better job writing that, but I'll need more coffee.

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  • 64 points MatikBlend

    In terms of security, this system today is as leaky as a sieve, in every aspect, even in the local network. If you are connected to internet or you connect to external network, avoid 7 at all cost. For example very dangerous methods like reverse shell (taking over your computer remotely) can be done with 7 without problem. I suppose you will have also problems with outdated root SSL certificates.

    If you have very old rig, install linux with GUI instead 7.

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    7 points SethR_Winesburg

    While I haven't run it, KDE Neon is good, and it has KDE Plasma which is such a close match for Windows 7. But there are other options for other distros, some more a theme, some with apps as well.

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    4 points 0x507

    Linux Mint is fairly similar as well.

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    20 points Unumbotte

    Whereas modern Windows only leaks to Microsoft Approved Data Gatherers.

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    16 points MatikBlend

    What is the purpose of such comment. Almost everything send some data, windows 7 wasnt exception. Your mobile phone with software or IoT, TV, streaming platforms send also huge amount of your data. What is most funny is that people complaining about windows gathering data are at the same time so lazy, they don't even bother to buy firewall or at least be interested in DNS protection which could block most tracking/personal data.

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    4 points coldblade2000

    If you have evidence of Microsoft being able to open a reverse shell to Windows 11 machines, you should probably hit up Reuters or something

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    -16 points whowouldtry

    thats just bs. i used windows 7 some years ago and connected to the internet. nothing happened

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    20 points Zn_G_

    I also had unprotected sex a bunch and didnt get an STI.

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    12 points Trollensky17

    What a smooth brain fucking comment lmao

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  • 18 points Zealousideal_Meat297

    Ultimate Edition ftw

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    9 points PurpleGuy197

    hop on purble place

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  • 10 points Kirmes1

    Yeah, it is a nice playthrough and guides are available, too.

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  • 5 points HeidenShadows

    I enjoy tinkering my Windows 7 rigs from time to time. I even had a stardock skin that made Windows 11 look like Windows 7.

    It seems like modern skins feel better with dark mode, while classic operating systems seem to feel better with light mode in mind. Probably from the older monitor technologies being darker.

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    2 points Holiday-Honeydew-384

    Where do you find old drivers? 

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    2 points HeidenShadows

    I had good luck with "driverscollection" for my old HP laptops. They had all the CTO drivers I needed to even get my old HDX 9000 going.

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    2 points Holiday-Honeydew-384

    Will check. Thanks.

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  • 4 points 53180083211

    That awkward time when we still kinda needed the motherboard driver CD to install network drivers so we could go on the internet, but many PCs started shipping without optical drives 😂

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  • 26 points flow1972

    Hell no! And if you do, DON'T CONNECT TO THE INTERNET!

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    21 points spiritofniter

    Reading this feels like (previously it was Windows XP who had that warning):

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    14 points 8CoreGamer

    It won't be that bad.

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    9 points Incid3nt

    I mean it is insecure but its not like your PC will blow up if you connect it to the internet, assuming you immediately download any modern sandboxed browser to do your web surfing, dont host as a server connected to the internet, and dont do anything sketchy.

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    -6 points flow1972

    Maybe you should Google that before your PC starts distributing malware.

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    5 points Incid3nt

    Maybe you should. How's it going to distribute malware if I just turn it on and go to trusted websites? Outside of a very small risk of compromise via some other means.

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    7 points UOLZEPHYR

    I ran win 7 for almost 2 or 3 years iirc after support ended. Gmail, reddit, news, steam.

    Comments like above just show how paranoid some are - stay off prons and stop downloading stupid shit and you'll be fine.

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    2 points whowouldtry

    why not?

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    2 points bangtheorem

    It's only dangerous if you're hosting a public server which exposes you to anyone searching for hardware to exploit.

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    -7 points flow1972

    You PC will get infected after seconds! 10 minutes, and you have a collection of viruses and Trojans.

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    4 points Incid3nt

    You should educate yourself a bit on the topic, this is very wrong. You dont just get hacked immediately unless its a publicly exposed server, or you're doing something sketchy/using outdated browsers as well. With a modern browser, its sandboxed and you can't typically execute commands on a system without a vulnerability in the browser, which are rare but often are immediately patched. Even then, it'd have to get past AV.

    Regarding just putting it on the internet, you dont just hack a computer doing nothing other than being on unless the firewall has been opened a bit and its publicly hosting something on the vulnerable OS, which isn't something a normal user tends to do unless they know what they're doing. You have to pivot through the router, firewall, VPN, or whatever the network edge is. The only real threat with what you mentioned is drive by compromise using a very outdated browsers with updates turned off, and visiting untrusted sites.

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    3 points PopsGaming

    Lol, I have been running win7 ultimate on my pentium pc for around a decade. No signs of virus and trojans. Usually play nfsmw or minecraft on it these days. Earlier used to do game dev on unity5.

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    4 points whowouldtry

    not true. i used windows 7 before 2022 and it never gotten a virus without downloading questionable software

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  • 5 points Germacide

    I'm technically still running Win7 pro. With the free Win10 pro update

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    4 points comox

    Me too!

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    1 points XIENVYIX

    I remember beta testing Windows 7. After beta, was gifted 7 Ultimate, Win10 Pro free upgrade, in turn free Win11 upgrade.

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  • 2 points ChrisNH

    I recently installed on an older box to run sagetv, it works great but the registration servers are no longer available so always that annoying pop up about genuine windows.

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  • 2 points TadaMomo

    Window 3.1 is more stable.

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  • 2 points Rudokhvist

    Sadly, activation servers are down, so you would have to use crack for this(

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  • 3 points Notoriously_So

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  • 2 points IcyCow5880

    That would be a bad choice. Like the choice to actually pay for their software in the first place

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  • 3 points JohnSnowHenry

    Classic is Windows 3.1 :)

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  • 5 points ComedianForsaken9062

    Absolutely

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  • 2 points iso-joe

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  • 2 points chwastox

    Best operating system ever. Really good times in every aspect. Now Win11 with every update is worse and worse. Last time I’ve painfully found out that there is a Windows 11S. A wet dream of MS. Awful.

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  • 1 points Sir-madDoc

    😂 I was playing on this last night. Went over to my mothers house for Christmas abd she found her laptop and it was rocking win 7. Not sure ic it’s something windows update has done her laptop had nothing on it I open up to check the fan which was clean for thermal control and the laptop was unusable it was click something and effect would happen up to 10 seconds after.

    I was telling her that window 7 was the best back in the day it was insane going on it again. Plus I don’t know building PCs around this time and pre 7 like XP or ME a windows offical license used to cost like nearly £200 so buying all the parts in pc world back in the day a good chunck of the build budget needed to include windows. Unless you had them old programs that were called keygen 😜

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  • 1 points ottereckhart

    first alt+f4 your underwear, control alt delete your immune system

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  • 1 points VAVA_Mk2

    Has not had updates for years so I would not recommend outside of a VM.

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  • 1 points andoke

    I think you can upgrade that license to Windows 11.

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  • 1 points bombocladius

    Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark...

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  • 1 points Ok-Bid2454

    windows 7

    classic

    damn...

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  • 1 points Nitrotechgarage

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  • 1 points thisisjustascreename

    In a VM, perhaps

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  • 1 points Ekra_Fleetfoot

    Sure. 

    Just... make sure to leave an air gap.

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  • 1 points jcpham

    Not if you like browsing the internet, nope, nuh uh

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  • 1 points BuffaloBuffalo13

    As long as you stay offline, go for it.

    Never, ever connect it to the internet.

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  • 1 points Visara57

    Yes but keep internet off

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  • 1 points LastBossTV

    Don't do it with an Internet connection, unless you have a Wireshark probe setup to watch the show

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  • 1 points papwned

    Would your hardware even be able to run it?

    I wanted to go with windows 7 for my PC when I built it like 10 years ago and Windows 7 was told old even then.

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  • 1 points Felinomancy

    I remember when my PC was running W7 when I went to bed, and woke up with it running W10.

    I was so confused and a bit pissed off 😂

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  • 1 points fadedspades1

    I thought about doing the same with my copy of Vista ultimate but quickly realized my 64bit disc was cooked. 11 is just fine, sadly enough. It's optimized so much better then 10 but difficult to compare to 7 being so outdated already. Modern games requiring 11 and it's security features is shit though.

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  • 1 points Specialist_Web7115

    Malwarebytes still offers full protection for Windows 7. I'd use that.

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  • 1 points KalElReturns89

    No sir. Lol

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  • 1 points Suspicious_Cap2670

    go for it i still use a old win7 laptop just for email but it works

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  • 1 points IncomeLongjumping401

    I mean, you have it so why not just do it for the heck of it

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  • 1 points Skyyblaze

    Even in a VM on a SSD the UI of Windows 7 feels faster and more responsive than the XAML parts of Windows 11.

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  • 1 points bushwickhero

    Sure, just don’t connect to the internet.

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  • 1 points Shadowfaax

    No you shouldn’t

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  • -1 points Zman1917

    Probably still runs games designed for win11 better than win11

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    6 points Xzenor

    No it won't

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    -1 points Zman1917

    Its a joke (on the internet mb)

    Windows 11 does suck mega balls tho

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    2 points Xzenor

    I don't have a lot of issues with it. Everything works..

    But it's also my work so I adapt.. it is getting worse quickly now though, with pushing copilot down my throat..

    It's not like I have a real choice anyway. A lot of my software is windows or Mac only (and no way I'm going for Mac) so Linux isn't an option yet. Steam is helping its popularity immensely though so who knows.. hopefully soon I can migrate to Linux.

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  • -3 points johnfkngzoidberg

    Best one, go for it.

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  • -1 points PPSSPPGamer

    Never Again

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    0 points prashinar_89

    Why?

    I mean it wasn't really stabile, but it worked like a charm.

    I like GUI and many tweak i had, but man how easy was to fuck it up, it was enough that power went out during some kernel background process and it was done for, reinstall or recovery

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  • 0 points shompthedev

    lol he bought Windows

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  • 0 points Electric-Tango6655

    Any reason why the packaging is green it should be blue as it's everywhere in win 7

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    3 points filip89

    i think home edition was always green, and pro was blue, and ultimate was black? could be wrong tho.

    Edit : confirmed with google https://img.hexus.net/v2/news/microsoft/windows7-boxes-2.jpg

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