My wife had a Win 8 laptop that was chock full of viruses. I gave her my iPad and took hers. Cleaned up the viruses and installed a dual-boot with Ubuntu. Haven’t bothered with the Windows since. Ubuntu works fine for me.
I’d say “No” on the first question, to be honest.
I don’t know about the Windows. I’m happy with my Windows 7. But one thing I’ll tell you about the Bride [:0)] Do WHATEVER you think will make her happy. Have fun guy.
1 - Just say no.
2 - Is the movie on your wife’s wish list? If yes, then take her. If no, then take her out to eat. Actually, take her out to eat either way.
Yes, No (In no particular order).
Yes to both.
1. No. If you must, run it in a VM.
2. No. Watch the original instead. :D
Hoss
I liked Windows 10 better than 8 or 8.1, but 7 better than 10.
I tried it and it is like Windows 7.
I only had one problem. No drivers for my RAID.
Other than that it’s like Windows 7.
Don’t know about Windows 10. If you do install, recommend paying attention to privacy issues/settings.
Do not recommend the new Star Wars movie. Saw it yesterday and was not impressed. It basically recycles the original movie revising it as a chick flick. Erratic pacing prevented any audience enthusiasm from developing. Would only go if no other movie interested you.
Fair winds...
I was very pleasantly surprised at how fast and painless the initial upgrade went. You do need to take some care in setting up all of the permissions. Take your time doing this and use one of the numerous guides to preserve some semblance of your privacy.
Be aware that there is one major update that will NOT complete until AFTER the end of the rollback period.
As for Star Wars, I gave up on that decades ago. Star Wars is science fantasy, not science fiction.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Have you looked at a Mac ?
Check compatibility first ,, my video doesn’t have a win10 driver... staying with w7...
Go see The Big Short...
no and no.
2)No
Merry Christmas To You
(Put W10 on my notebook. Worse thing I ever did doing that. Took days to get it working properly again and third party software wouldn't work anymore)
I have Windows 10 on two laptops now and it’s working fine.
I saw Star Wars several days ago. Good, entertaining, well made film with a tinge of sadness for those of us old enough to have fallen in love with the original characters in the 1970s and early 1980s.
I have mixed feelings about this except to say someday you’ll likely be stuck with it anyway. My bigger problem is with MS and their embedding crap, which occurs in spades w/ Win10.
Funny story......... I had to resort to MS tech support to solve a problem. Poor little gal in New Delhi had to resort to google to solve my problem. If her superiors knew this, she’d have been fired I’m sure.
Windows 10 will not be complete until some time in 2016. I’ve had a laptop with Win10 for a week or two. Not long enough to give a real review. I like it better than 8.1 for usability. I use machines with Linux variants for OS as well as all the Windows server OS and Window 7 and 8.1.
Double check hardware and software compatibility with the vendor NOT with Microsoft.
Retail vendors are selling laptops that they have upgraded to 10 by someone other than the original manufacturer. Several of our customers have experienced serious issues with driver compatibility. The upgrade does not always get it right.
Hope y’all had enough for ‘you n ‘em’, and that the gifts made folks happy.
Now!
1. Is Windows 10 worth the download and OS Change?
ANSWER: expletive NO!!
AND 2. Should I Take my Bride to see the new Star Wars Movie tomorrow?
ANSWER: Ambivalent. a/ it’s disney, not 21 Century Fox.
b/ read all the storylines and subplots when paperbacks were published in the 1990’s, amid all the other 230 books of the subject. No amount of crash, bam, boom on the screen in regular or hidef can replace what the human mind can generate when given the picture to create for itself.
My oldest son and I are going to see Star Wars VII this afternoon. I can still remember when I took both of my sons to see the first one. Damn I’m getting old...and so are they!
IF you do W-10, you might want to heed some of the things in this article:
I did install it on a troublesome mini laptop we have and it cleared up the previous issues that were occurring. As usual, users preference but from things I’ve read it can be very intrusive if you don’t actively protect your privacy as much as you can. Still, if they want it, they’ll get it.
Star wars? Haven’t gone yet but once school is back in session, we may go forth.
Star Wars - yes
Windows 10 - no or at least not without turning off the spy-ware included.