Let’s face the fact that Windows 7, as well as 8 and 8.1, are just less functional that Win 10. Just turn off all the spyware in Win 10 after installing it.
1. No, a lot of folks, myself included, find Win7 MORE functional than Win10 by a fair stretch.
2. No, you must not have seen this yet:
Microsoft Admits Windows 10 Automatic Spying Cannot Be StoppedOr did you just forget your "/sarc" tag?
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3355985/posts)
Just read an article posted earlier today on FR that you can’t turn the spyware off.
I’m not going to change from 7 to 10 unless and until I have absolutely no other choice. Some of us just get tired of having upgrades shoved upon us when there is absolutely nothing wrong with what we have. In the meantime, color me confused.
These are retail sales. Microsoft will do whatever it needs to do to keep huge enterprise customers with hundreds of thousands of licenses. They still support Win XP for them.
[[Just turn off all the spyware in Win 10 after installing it.]]
Impossible to do so- Your windows 10 phones home on you and there’s nothing that can be done about it because of automatic updates which can’t be turned off
For those that are satisfied, with W7, why should they care if W7 is less functional? W7 meets and exceeds my expectations. I’m happy with it?
This would be like me knowing our new Subaru is more functional than our neighbors 5 year old Ford, and poking at him all the time because he does not upgrade. IT’S NONE OF MY BUSINESS!
By what measure?
Newer doesn't always mean 'better'. Especially in the age of computing.
I personally found Windows XP to be, far and away, much more than I needed in an operating system. Then Windows 7 came along (after the failures of Win ME, Vista, and Win 2000) which has been even more stable and user friendly to me than XP was.
The common sentiment among ordinary users has been that, Windows 7 is practically all one needs in an operating system, and darn near a digital nirvana, in that regard.
Show me where the public was clamoring for a new MS operating system. You can't, because they haven't been. The entire push toward these 'upgraded' systems has been from the manufacturer, and no where else. Naturally, that's because they don't eat if they don't sell new operating systems.
And now, Redmond has come up with the ultimate solution to pushing out new (and unwanted) software, which is to change the basic relationship between themselves and their customers. No longer will you own the operating system you purchase - you will now rent your OS from the Mothership.
It's all about the almighty buck, and nothing more. You think Windows 10 is "better"? By what measure, I ask again.
Trust me, if only we non-geeks coule, we surely would!
I am a long time user of Windows, but this 8.1/10 CF is the total opposite of "intuitive."
After three months, I still haven't figured out the random dynamically changing file structure.
And I am not aware of any source of an explanation.