Yesterday I received a message from Micro Soft offering me a reservation for a free windows 10 upgrade July 29th. I'm using Windows 7 presently but I'm taking the free upgrade. My computer guru son is making the move too. How about the rest of you?
Changing operating systems on a several years old computer is silly. Just buy a new one if you want a new OS, it is fairly cheap unless you're a gamer or artist.
Staying with XP on my personal computer. I have a dual boot, but so much doesn't run well or at all on 7. For work I have 7 and it seems ok, but not on my machine with my program usage.
Some of you who are up grading definitely want to check your system resources and software requirements. Every version of Windows has offered new bloat, and resource heavy programs just to boot a PC. I'm on a virtual Win7 thru a Linux system -- go Linux
My laptop crapped out on me a month or 2 ago and I gave it to my bro whom gave it to one of his IT guys at work.
The IT guy was pretty busy and could not find the source of the issue – I'd given my bro my laptop twice b/f and in those instances his IT guy just went ahead and wiped everything and reloaded everything.
This time around he went ahead and wiped out my laptop and reloaded everything again as he'd done in the past but my laptop was still crapping out – he tried reloading Win-7; then Win-8.1; and still laptop no-bueno – he then went ahead and installed Ubuntu Linux and laptop has been working ever since.
The IT guy said it could be something w/ the BIOS but I took that as a shot in the dark.
It seems techies like Linux but I find it a bit odd having to use “Windows like” apps and I'm still getting used to using Linux.
My laptop is for personal use mostly so not having Windows and its apps is not a biggie but still I was used to using Windows and its apps.
Windows is one of the greatest frauds ever committed on American consumers. It's overpriced, underperforming, buggy, unreliable, crash prone, and takes forever to boot up. I switched to a Mac a few years ago, and I will never go back. I greatly regret all the time that I wasted troubleshooting the various windows computers in my previous life. I almost never spend time troubleshooting a Macintosh computer.
i'll stick with osx. windows has been pushing trying to get to 10 as quick as poss so they can seem to be on the same level. if i have a need for windows i'll just launch my dual boot xp system on my macbook pro
Windows 7 until they force me to change.
Millenial = disaster, XP worked ok, Vista was a disaster, Windows 7 works ok, 8 = garbage , maybe 10 might work. Every other release seems to function adequately.
I've had terrible luck upgrading to new OS'es in the past (usually have had to wipe and start over). Definitely not going to be an early adopter. I will wait at least a little bit to see if the launch goes ok or if shit hits the fan.
I'd rater buy a new PC with W10 preloaded over update.... but my current PCs are more than enough for my needs. If work switches to W10, I'd be more inclined to switch too... but I don't see that happening anytime soon. W7 is getting the job done for now, why fix what ain't broke.
I got the offer but I wasn't as brave. I also have Windows 7 and am finally getting used to it after about 12 years on Windows 2000XP. I'm nor ready to change yet. I will try windows 10 when you upgrade to Windows 14 XP Professional !
Windows 9 was in the works but deemed absolute garbage and not willing to put up on the market. Not sure why they didn't rename Windows 10 to 9 but microsoft is weird. Just like they should have kept 8 on the smatphone
All you OSX (Apple) user are giving Apple way too much credit since you're just running a variant of the Open Source Unix-BSD, that Apple straight shamefully took. But because of the Open-Source license they don't have to pay, but they are supposed to contribute any alterations back to the Open-Source community, ya that's never gonna happen...It's embarrassing. Worse than Bill Gates stealing from IBM
I read an article that quoted an actual Microsoft employee, and his response to skipping Windows 9 was something like "Windows 8 was so shitty that we skipped to 10, because the number 9 was too closely associated with 8 and we thought people would automatically assume it was shitty as well." Seriously he said that, but in a more eloquent way
I thought I read the upgrade was only free for a year or some crap like that. Or that support would cost money or somehow they would charge you for the upgrade. I don't trust Microsoft.
Ithink the plan is to automatically install updates on your pc.I hate that idea. The pc reboots or keeps prompting you to reboot to install the updates or the updates are incompatible with an add on. If you're busy using the add on, it screws you over.
I meantwithwin10, plus there will likely be ads popping up or constant reminders to upgrade to something. Although I seem to be already getting nagged to update this or update that.
Shark, for the "Home" versions of Win 10, so called "important" updates will automatically be downloaded and installed without any action on the user's part, and without any option to modify that behaviour. For "Pro" and "Enterprise" versions, the versions most used by businesses where the users themselves aren't actually responsible for the computer, there will be an option to defer the updates.
That kind of makes sense, in away. Consumers who fail to update regularly don't get security patches and driver updates, the latter of which is probably the number one source of people complaining that Windows is crap.
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Man, I HATED windows 8.
Anything has to be an upgrade go that flaming turd of an operating system.
The IT guy was pretty busy and could not find the source of the issue – I'd given my bro my laptop twice b/f and in those instances his IT guy just went ahead and wiped everything and reloaded everything.
This time around he went ahead and wiped out my laptop and reloaded everything again as he'd done in the past but my laptop was still crapping out – he tried reloading Win-7; then Win-8.1; and still laptop no-bueno – he then went ahead and installed Ubuntu Linux and laptop has been working ever since.
The IT guy said it could be something w/ the BIOS but I took that as a shot in the dark.
It seems techies like Linux but I find it a bit odd having to use “Windows like” apps and I'm still getting used to using Linux.
My laptop is for personal use mostly so not having Windows and its apps is not a biggie but still I was used to using Windows and its apps.
Millenial = disaster, XP worked ok, Vista was a disaster, Windows 7 works ok, 8 = garbage , maybe 10 might work. Every other release seems to function adequately.
Just check system requirements before upgrading
I'd rater buy a new PC with W10 preloaded over update.... but my current PCs are more than enough for my needs. If work switches to W10, I'd be more inclined to switch too... but I don't see that happening anytime soon. W7 is getting the job done for now, why fix what ain't broke.
So you're the ONE!
I'll be upgrading, but probably as a dual boot at first.
I read an article that quoted an actual Microsoft employee, and his response to skipping Windows 9 was something like "Windows 8 was so shitty that we skipped to 10, because the number 9 was too closely associated with 8 and we thought people would automatically assume it was shitty as well." Seriously he said that, but in a more eloquent way
Nt4 - good
Win 2000 - skip
XP - good
Vista - skip
Win 7 - good
Win 8 - skip
So it's odd they should go to win 10.
That kind of makes sense, in away. Consumers who fail to update regularly don't get security patches and driver updates, the latter of which is probably the number one source of people complaining that Windows is crap.
But I suspect previous posters have better explanations...
Windows CE, Windows ME, Windows NT and the compilation of those, Windows CEMENT!!!