I upgraded all 4 of my laptops July 29th, 2 of which had been upgraded from Vista to 7 in 2009. I can’t imagine why anyone wouldn’t want to upgrade to a much better and more secure Windows.
Mary Jo Foley writes:
“For users with automatic updates enabled, the Recommended setting may cause the Windows 10 upgrade to automatically initiate on their devices. However, users will not be upgraded to Windows 10 until they proactively choose to do so, even once it’s pushed as a Recommended Update, Microsoft officials said today.”
Then imagine harder. :-) There are plenty of reasons why a user might not need or want the latest and greatest release of any OS, whether Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.
The Microsoft statement quoted by Mary Jo Foley is technically correct, but disingenuous. The vast majority of Windows users will do as Microsoft says, and accept the installation of Windows 10, without having the foggiest idea what they are in for.
If you think about it, you will realize this is a simple, true, fact. A huge percentage of Windows users don't even know what version of Windows they are running, and don't know how to find out!! Consider that, and you're on your way to understanding why this issue is important.
Yes, Windows 10 is better and more secure. That's not the point here.
Speaking solely for myself, I don't do well with changes. It took me decades to manage to use a mouse with a computer and on my laptop, I don't have to; thank GOD. You do NOT want to hear the horror stories about how and what I messed up when attempting to use a mouse.
I knows/understand how to do everything I do do on my laptop and IF that process were to change, I'd be lost.
I didn't even want to go from 6 to 8,so when I got a new laptop, I got a refurbished old one, that has 7. Ergo, if having Windows 8 was going to throw me, what the bleeding hell do I need the damnedable 10 for ?