Take the plunge to 10?
 

My Win 7 laptop downloaded the free upgrade to Win 10 a couple of months
ago but I haven't installed it. Figured I give it a while
to see what problems (if any) surfaced.

Every once in a while I get a popup reminder that I haven't installed
Win 10 yet. The latest included a wide ranging positive response by
CNN and other reviewers.

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?

Take the plunge to 10?
 

I'm getting lots of pop up reminders that my year old HP notebook with Windows 8 is eligible for the Win 10 upgrade.
My tech person ( no 2 son) says I can put it off until the spring......should be plenty of time to get reviews. He said something about Microsoft trading free installs for a better capability to track our movements. Hopefully info on whether this is true will pop up over the next few months.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:03:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?

===

I will be the last man standing on Win 7 until I hear hundreds of
enthusiastic reviews and find some compelling reason to convert. I'm
very negative on the way Microsoft is trying to push this upgrade on
to people, and I deeply resent their changes to the desktop interface.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

On 11/28/2015 7:05 PM, True North wrote:

I'm getting lots of pop up reminders that my year old HP notebook with Windows 8 is eligible for the Win 10 upgrade.
My tech person ( no 2 son) says I can put it off until the spring......should be plenty of time to get reviews. He said something about Microsoft trading free installs for a better capability to track our movements. Hopefully info on whether this is true will pop up over the next few months.



I read a recent article about that. Apparently Windows 10 is far more
invasive in terms of what type of data it can automatically
retrieve from your computer (aka "spying") but I've also read that the
privacy levels are selectable and what Google captures from your
computer is worse.

Jury still out.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

On 11/28/2015 7:11 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:03:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?

===

I will be the last man standing on Win 7 until I hear hundreds of
enthusiastic reviews and find some compelling reason to convert. I'm
very negative on the way Microsoft is trying to push this upgrade on
to people, and I deeply resent their changes to the desktop interface.



I am pretty much in agreement with you but I also recognize that
eventually the change will *have* to be made.

Microsoft is really pushing this upgrade, even to Win 7 users (like us)
who have no complaints or issues. I wonder why.

I agree about the desktop interface. I dislike Win 8 and it's revisions
primarily due to this. I am not a tablet user nor much of a
smart phone user, so the "swiping" of stuff on a computer screen annoys
me. Much more of a point and "click" type.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

On 11/28/2015 6:03 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
My Win 7 laptop downloaded the free upgrade to Win 10 a couple of months
ago but I haven't installed it. Figured I give it a while
to see what problems (if any) surfaced.

Every once in a while I get a popup reminder that I haven't installed
Win 10 yet. The latest included a wide ranging positive response by
CNN and other reviewers.

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?


I've done both. No problems with either.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

In article ,
says...

On 11/28/2015 7:11 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:03:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?

===

I will be the last man standing on Win 7 until I hear hundreds of
enthusiastic reviews and find some compelling reason to convert. I'm
very negative on the way Microsoft is trying to push this upgrade on
to people, and I deeply resent their changes to the desktop interface.



I am pretty much in agreement with you but I also recognize that
eventually the change will *have* to be made.

Microsoft is really pushing this upgrade, even to Win 7 users (like us)
who have no complaints or issues. I wonder why.

I agree about the desktop interface. I dislike Win 8 and it's revisions
primarily due to this. I am not a tablet user nor much of a
smart phone user, so the "swiping" of stuff on a computer screen annoys
me. Much more of a point and "click" type.

My Win10 desktop looks like Win7 which looked like XP.
Except for colorized app title bars, which I haven't
bothered to change.
There's some work involved. I'm happy with Win10, though
if you want "privacy" - whatever that means - you have to
disable certain switches.
If you like Win7, stay with it. Stability is about equal.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

On 11/28/2015 8:14 PM, Boating All Out wrote:
In article ,
says...

On 11/28/2015 7:11 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:03:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?

===

I will be the last man standing on Win 7 until I hear hundreds of
enthusiastic reviews and find some compelling reason to convert. I'm
very negative on the way Microsoft is trying to push this upgrade on
to people, and I deeply resent their changes to the desktop interface.



I am pretty much in agreement with you but I also recognize that
eventually the change will *have* to be made.

Microsoft is really pushing this upgrade, even to Win 7 users (like us)
who have no complaints or issues. I wonder why.

I agree about the desktop interface. I dislike Win 8 and it's revisions
primarily due to this. I am not a tablet user nor much of a
smart phone user, so the "swiping" of stuff on a computer screen annoys
me. Much more of a point and "click" type.

My Win10 desktop looks like Win7 which looked like XP.
Except for colorized app title bars, which I haven't
bothered to change.
There's some work involved. I'm happy with Win10, though
if you want "privacy" - whatever that means - you have to
disable certain switches.
If you like Win7, stay with it. Stability is about equal.



Thanks. Good input and advice.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:11:44 -0500,
wrote:

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:03:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?

===

I will be the last man standing on Win 7 until I hear hundreds of
enthusiastic reviews and find some compelling reason to convert. I'm
very negative on the way Microsoft is trying to push this upgrade on
to people, and I deeply resent their changes to the desktop interface.

Still on XP here. My wife's machine is running 7 and I still have not
seen a compelling reason to change mine. 8 and above are aimed at
touch screens and "swipe apps". Why would I want that bloat if I have
no interest in the apps? I couldn't touch the monitor I am using here
with a yardstick.

Take the plunge to 10?
 

On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 19:28:12 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/28/2015 7:11 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:03:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Has anyone here upgraded from Win 7 or Win 8 and, if so, what do you think?

===

I will be the last man standing on Win 7 until I hear hundreds of
enthusiastic reviews and find some compelling reason to convert. I'm
very negative on the way Microsoft is trying to push this upgrade on
to people, and I deeply resent their changes to the desktop interface.



I am pretty much in agreement with you but I also recognize that
eventually the change will *have* to be made.

Microsoft is really pushing this upgrade, even to Win 7 users (like us)
who have no complaints or issues. I wonder why.

I agree about the desktop interface. I dislike Win 8 and it's revisions
primarily due to this. I am not a tablet user nor much of a
smart phone user, so the "swiping" of stuff on a computer screen annoys
me. Much more of a point and "click" type.

It is all about the money and I bet the follow on to the "free" 10 is
going to some kind of subscription basis. MS is really running out of
stuff to sell.
They want a recurring revenue stream.