Posted on 08/01/2015 2:27:53 PM PDT by RBStealth
When I first upgraded to Windows 7 back in 2009, I was shocked. Microsoft had somehow recovered from the mediocrity of Windows Vista and built an operating system that felt like the natural progression from Windows XP. It was clean, it ran better and most importantly, it didn’t try to fix what wasn’t broken.
Then Windows 8 happened.
I was smart/fortunate enough to avoid Windows 8 altogether, but as a fan of new technology, I couldn’t help but feel a little left out. I wanted the latest and greatest, and now, nearly three years later, it has arrived in the form of Windows 10.
Having spent a full day with Windows 10, my first takeaway is that Windows 10 is a sequel to Windows 7 in the same way that 7 was a sequel to XP. All the best elements are still here — the Start menu, the taskbar, the easy-to-use File Explorer — but they’ve been altered just enough to warrant a full-scale upgrade.
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That’s the kind of answer I’d expect from a Linux snob. Why don’t you go be a jerk somewhere else, and leave the grown ups alone?
I’ve done two Win8.1 machines and I am waiting on my Win 7 machine to get notice. The Win 7 was a Vista Basic computer when new. I moved it up to Vista Premium, then 64bit Win 7.
Should be ok.
People talk bad about Vista, but, I never had an issue with it, nor have I had one with 8.1. It worked and worked well on my machines.
The main thing is to look at the suggested requirements, not, the minimum requirements, to see if your system can handle it.
Does W10 make my PC more or less personal than XP?
Bill Gate$ can now control your personal security and make you vote for H->.
I’ve put it on two notebooks - Dell Latitude E6500 and E6400 - they are pretty old, but work well - came with Vista, upgraded to Win 7 64, now Win 10. Works fine.
I’ve also updated my XPS 8700 (i7, 16GB ram, SSD, 4GB Nvidia) it was running 8.1 and I’m glad to see that gone, but it really was not an issue as I booted to desktop.
I’ve also updated my older XPS 430 (bought with Vista, took it to Win 7 64) and that runs great too.
The only issue I’ve run into - the PDF printer in Relux no longer worked - uninstall/re-install fixed that.
I have another E6400 that I used to run the previews on and that one has turned out to be somewhat of a pain to get to the released version. It only had an 80GB HDD, so I swapped in a 250GB and had to re-install win7 so I can take the update path - it has a Vista COA and Win10 won’t take it - all my surviving notebooks (all Dell Latitudes) are from the Vista era.
So far I’m quite happy with it. It’s what win 8 should have been.
Wowww...TWO University degrees....no wonder you look down at me...WWJD....Ask? Seek? Just another chest thumping Free Republic jerk. Thanks for your precious time.
got Win10 on Thursday...so far i like it
telling someone to look it up is not an offense, especially when I already supplied you the answer.
So quit getting irritated and expect people to do your simple homework for you.
Alright...thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
It is free if you are using a system newer than XP - at least that is what I have heard. You can try it and see. Just back up the system first and if they ask you to pay then stop and restore.
I am trying to find Notepad, but no luck so far
I run several old XP utilities that I had to jerry-rig to work under Win7. I doubt they will work at all under Win10.
One set requires IE9 or older. They would not work under IE10.
The aggravating thing is that newer versions of those utilities never came about. In some cases, the individual or company that created them moved on. In some cases, the programmer is deceased.
To me, the utilities are more important than a new glitzy UI and no comparable utilities seem to exist.
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I also have some hardware that would probably be defunct under Win10. One it a USB PCTV program that runs with Media Center. I read that Media Center was removed from Win10.
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I will read the reviews, etc., to see how Win10 holds up. I have already read of some auto-updates (which cannot be turned off) have caused serious problems during some of the ‘beta’ testing.
MS has a history of releasing updates that lock up desktops and/or laptops, or otherwise create havoc when installed.
That would be the 32 bit version.
Does Win 10 make my PC look fat?
Because I had Windows 7 my upgrade was free for one year the way I understood
I swear *rme*
You can bypass the ‘notice’ and go straight to the MS webpage to download the 32-bit or 64-bit installation part. It is about 18Mb.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10
Once you can navigate the interface it’s subject to the pc on performance. I’m not overly impressed yet but over time I may find what benefits me in the upgrade.
The devil made me install Windows 10. However, it seems to work OK but with some small issues. I had a driver problem and ended up doing a reinstall that removed some programs. I have reinstalled the programs and things are working OK. I am finding a lot to like about Windows 10. If I were to do this again, I would do a clean install. Overall, Windows 10 is quite likeable and a vast improvement over the abomination of Windows 8
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