DaveDDS wrote on Today, 15:39:

Oh... I doubt I actually NEED it ... I'm sure I could assign IP addresses and block the individual systems on my primary router. […]
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Shagittarius wrote on Today, 14:19:

What is your setup like that you need a separate router to stop internet access ...

Oh... I doubt I actually NEED it ... I'm sure I could assign IP addresses
and block the individual systems on my primary router... I just tend to take
the "easy" way when I can...

On my primary router I can block any traffic from the connection port to the
gateway... makes it easy - and if I'm trying something tricky, I can unplug
one cable to make sure they are disconnected from "the world".

I happen to have a "box" in my basement with probably nearly a dozen
old routers, was very easy to just use one of those, and as most of
my older systems are near each other, also avoided running long cables.

Plus some of my older laptops can't do WPA2 .. so the second router
provides easy wifi access without having to spend days trying to find
(quite probably non-existant) drivers for old hardware.

Thanks for the explanation, I see how the older standards could be of particular use without compromising your main setup.

I stopped using Windows 7 as main OS about 2 years ago when I got a new laptop.

My AM2+ system has Windows 7 on it as well as Windows XP. AM3+ with Vishera will have Windows 10 as it is still a relatively modern system. It will get a better GPU once they drop in price. Eventually it may be replaced with AM4 once it becomes useless.

I consider Windows XP suitable mostly for 2002-2006, Windows Vista for 2007-2009, Windows 7 2010-2012. Because it makes little sense to have 3 OSes, I settled just for Windows XP and 7. Windows 7 covers also Windows Vista era and dx10. If you play a game with dx10 support then it makes little sense to run it on Windows XP. If you play a game with dx9 support only, you can use Windows XP. Windows 7 seems to offer better performance on AM2+ than XP though. I typically look at game release date, and if it's from 2008 or newer it goes to Windows 7.

Windows 7 can handle newer games, newer hardware and GTX 980Ti is somewhat limiting it.

I have one Opteron Build with Win7 as Main OS and currently building an FM2+ Build with Win7 as Main OS as well. It is the Last good "offline" Windows (no SaaS BS), however I May struggle with Steam on the latter one while the opteron Build is just an exotic drive machine and not for Gaming.

I started using Windows 7 before the final version was released, but I was also quick to start experimenting with Win8, though if I recall, I switched sometime after 8.1 was released (to 8.1). I just liked installing the next new thing, Windows 7 wasn't used much even on virtual machine after main OS was switched to 8.1.