I have updated computers that are not critical to my business to Windows 10, so get the "free" operating system. But computers critical to my business stay on Windows 7, for the simple reason that some of the softeare I use to make me efficient at my work do not work on Windows 10 (or even on Windows 8). It makes no sense to "update" when the result is a downgrade..

Typepad HTML Email You are confusing license ownership with software ownership, which surprises me, given that you claim to "work in the channel." It is true that the software company owns the copyright on the software, sand o that is why it offers licenses that govern its use. Here is the difference: A permanent licenses allows the customer to use the software permanently: pay once, use forever (like a book or a car or a dining room table). A subscription limits the time during which the software can be used: fail to pay, don't get to use. This Autodesk policy (as well as other CAD vendors, such as PTC) is particularly nasty: should the licensee come into difficult times and not afford to pay the huge annual fee, he is no longer allowed to work in his field -- at least, not work with software from Autodesk. This is like a landlord kicking out tenants who that month cannot afford to pay the rent after 30 days (Autodesk policy is the same: your're out after 30 days).. Fortunately, alternatives exist.

Typepad HTML Email As you work in the channel, you will be biased in favor of Autodesk policies. You are comparing perm+maint with subs, instead of subs with perm only, as many of Autodesk's competitors offer. Autodesk no longer offers a permanent license, so they are out of the running.

Better than guessing at which WiFi channels are free is to use a WiFi utility on your smartphone, which will tell you which ones are less crowded. I say "less crowded" because there are in apartments and other locations so many WiFi signals that they tend to crowd each other.

While using OpenWRT is a valid solution, it is too technically advanced for most people with WiFi in their home. Note also that the point of my exercise was to get rid of WifI units down to a single, powerful one -- and not have a mesh of them!

ethernet-over-110ac-wiring adapters work poorly -- slow, with too many dropped connections. I've tried two different brands of them. They, in effect, extend the ethernet wiring, not the WiFi range. At the other end, you still need to add a WiFi box, so the problem still is not solved. A commercial grade WiFi indeed does transmit more power than a home-use one, just as a commercial-grade GPS is more accurate than consumer models.