When the laptop arrived, it booted right up and I was able to quickly access the internet through my router, but, in playing around with WIN 2010, I decided I didn't like it at all. For one thing, you cannot do anything with it without having a MS email account, which I have never had and did not want, but the bizarre thing was that my other computers could no longer access the internet through my wireless network! A you might imagine, my husband was NOT happy!
The next day, I called the IT department at the community college where I work. The techs had not seen this happen before, but one did mention that he had heard WIN 2010 was not compatible with some routers. I decided to just replace it with 2007, and, as soon as I did, my husband could access the internet. His laptop is a Dell and my others are Compacts. Although they did not immediately start working, the tech said to try deleting my home network from the laptop and allowing it to "find" the network again which worked perfectly.
Someone who is less technologically challenged than I would probably love 2010, but, my brief experience with it was not a good one!
I like windows 7 just fine. The only downside is when will Microsoft stop issuing security patches for it? Probably January 14, 2020
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UPDATED: Windows 7-— Microsoft has promised to provide security patches even after it ends mainstream support, through 2020. What is ending is design changes, warranty claims and no-charge incident support.
This move will mostly affect consumers. Businesses get extended support and will get all updates for another five years, until January 14, 2020.
http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-will-end-windows-7-support-2014-7