Why should I want Windows 10 that MS wants to give me for free?

[AustinN4]

I am still on Windows 7 and it works for me. I keep hearing that 8.1 was a disaster for some people. Why should I care about 10?

 

[Vaquero]

Our IT sent out an email requesting that W10 not be installed.
All I need to know.

 

[orbitup]

I have 8.1 and will be upgrading. I would go back to XP to get rid of 8.1.

 

[Vaquero]

We're still using W7.

 

[Mike1234567]

I tried it and didn't like it... too similar to that horrible failure, Win 8. I downgraded to Win 7 and like it much better.

 

[AustinN4]

I tried it and didn't like it... too similar to that horrible failure, Win 8. I downgraded to Win 7 and like it much better.

How did you try it already? I didn't think it was released yet (but soon). Also, if I try it, how do I downgrade back to 7 if I don't like 10?

 

[BRD@66]

I have 8.1 and .... I would go back to XP to get rid of 8.1.

^this.

 

[Mike1234567]

How did you try it already? I didn't think it was released yet (but soon). Also, if I try it, how do I downgrade back to 7 if I don't like 10?

It was a Win 10 'Technical Review' version. I don't know about the final release but the version I tried had a 'revert' feature.

 

[AustinN4]

It was a Win 10 'Technical Review' version. I don't know about the final release but the version I tried had a 'revert' feature.

Thanks. What didn't you like about it?

 

[mitchntx]

Win7 user ... I have the upgrade icon sitting in my try. Still not convinced I need it.

On another tech related board I visit, it was posted that W10 for free is a marketing attempt to gain back customers and developers the Vista -W8, etc. debacle ran off.
W10 is supposed to be very Surface-like.

A page taken from Apple ... see OSX ...

 

[Mike1234567]

Thanks. What didn't you like about it?

Much of the GUI was too similar to Win 8 which I HATE.

 

[AustinN4]

Much of the GUI was too similar to Win 8 which I HATE.

Got it, thanks!

 

[rushthezeppelin]

I NEVER update to new SPs or new versions of Windows until they have been out and debugged for 2-3+ years.


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[peeps]

Win7 user ... I have the upgrade icon sitting in my try. Still not convinced I need it.

On another tech related board I visit, it was posted that W10 for free is a marketing attempt to gain back customers and developers the Vista -W8, etc. debacle ran off.
W10 is supposed to be very Surface-like.

A page taken from Apple ... see OSX ...

I figured it was the interface that lost a lot of people...if it's like Surface, I don't want it. Why make the PC similar to mobile??

 

[Mike1234567]

I figured it was the interface that lost a lot of people...if it's like Surface, I don't want it. Why make the PC similar to mobile??

RIGHT!! Win 10 is supposed to backtrack a bit to remove some the navigation that works so very well with touch screen devices but sucks with mice and keyboards. But in the short time I tried it... it still sucked.

 

[karlac]

Will run W7 until it is no longer supported with security updates.
Will then take the box offline and continue to use it with a local "cloud" setup.

I do have Win 8.1 on an older laptop.
Too radical a change for this old Win3.0 beta tester.

 

[TX69]

Our IT sent out an email requesting that W10 not be installed.
All I need to know.

There only having you do that to give other software a chance to catch up.

 

[jpfabricator]

I have 8.1 and will be upgrading. I would go back to XP to get rid of 8.1.

+1

Sent from somewhere in East Texas Jake Parker

 

[PBR]

took me awhile before even deciding to try windows 7 -- newer versions to me unless using touch screen are just worthless and more pain in the butt

 

[Flyingswords]

I got Win 7 Pro 64bit on this machine. I love it. But I wont install 10 unless I can keep the programs I already have on it. Namely my games.....Skyrim (all DLCs included), Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil HD Remastered, Ys Origins, Ys Oath in Felgana, Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2 (Zaeed Massani and Kasumi Goto DLCs), Mass Effect 3 (all DLCs included), Final Fantasy III (NES remake), Final Fantasy VIII, Dragon Age Origins (exp pack and DLCs included), & Dragon Age II. Would be a pain in the butt to have to redownload them all.