[Wildcat Stevens]

I recently got a new laptop with Windows 8.1, which sucks (crashes, hardware incompatibility, etc). My last two had 7, which worked great. Now I’m constantly getting messages to do the free Windows 10 update and wondering about the cons-whether it could be worse than 8? What are the downsides to 10?

[paladinan]

A kind fellow on the internet steered me to this:

http://blog.ultimateoutsider.com/2015/08/using-gwx-stopper-to-permanently-remove.html

It's a small program (available with installer, or as stand-alone executable) to wipe out all of the Windows 10 "nag-ware"...

[Pearls Before Swine]

I know I’m in the minority here, but I think W10 is great, especially on hardware that can handle it (think of 8 GB memory as a comfortable minimum).

Of course it defaults to vacuuming information about you, but there are many articles out there about what privacy settings to change, and they are easy to find in the operating system.

I bought a computer that came with 8.1 last summer, knowing that 10 was on the way. I didn’t like the interface on 8.1, but it was stable. 10 fixes the interface problem.

[nascarnation]

I found no downside and the conversion from 7 was seamless.
I was SHOCKED, yes.