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Monty

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I would like to hear you opinion of Win 10, especially if you upgraded from Win 7. What do you like / dislike about it? Do you find it easy it use and navigate? Or did you like your old version better?
 
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Dont upgrade yet ... wait for the bugs to get worked out first ... it'll be a few months!


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That's mainly a discussion about upgrading. I'm asking those that have already upgraded to 10 about their opinion of the new system and how it compares to 7.
 
Oh ... I guess you didn't read the last post there, then ... :)

I'ld also like to recommend people hold off on the "new omg shiny!" bandwagon for a while. WIN10 is actually Windows Vista with a few visual upgrades and some security upgrades here and there. They are SLOWLY giving us back our control over the system we had back in Windows XP.


Windows 3.1 was the best stable version for taking over from DOS

Windows 95 was version 4.0

Windows 98 was actually more of an add-on expansion to Win95... call it version 4.5

Windows XP was version 5.0, combining many of the aspects of Windows 98 and Windows Pro

Windows Vista is version 6.0, which is hated due to the many bugs it had and the security lockout that prevented users from doing things they used to do easily under all the previous operating systems, like changing file attributes or creating text files.

Windows 7 is version 6.2. This version added much of the functionality of Windows XP back into the mix ... it's a cross between XP and Vista. After the beta testing was done, the stability of this operating system was excellent.

Windows 8 is a revamped version of Windows 7 with Media Center upgrades up front. It is version 6.4 internally (Vista). It has basically all the same features that Windows 7 touts, but with software and apps in a smartphone styled interface for snagging users who are used to using phones, but not computers. (I hate that crap, my start screen goes straight to the classic windows desktop.)

Windows 10 (they skipped 9 due to programming issues ... a software op sys check for a win9x system would accidentally flag Win9 as compatible even if it isn't.) is yet again another face-lift for Windows Vista. Internally, it is version 6.7. New feature .... upgrading to it is FREE if you have Windows 8.
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Long story short ... if you LIKE Windows 7, don't upgrade yet. You will probably not like the new "smartphone style interface" that they use for a start menu. Turning it off isn't that huge a deal, but that's if you know what you're doing and how to do it.

Also, for the first few months after the initial release, they will still be fixing issues that crop up. Tech support will be constantly busy fixing someone's problems at all hours of the day till they finally issue bug fixes for most of it and write off the rest of us with problems as "legacy users that need hardware upgrades" that they cannot help.

After a year or so, they might get back around to adding updated legacy support for hardware that was outside of their initial parameters, and making it run more smoothly for the rest of us.
 
Mannie--

My wife and I jumped in so we would have a common operating system. I was on 7 and she was running 8.1

I am supposed to be technical support and it was hard to help her with out experience with 8.1

The shift was mostly without pain or difficulty and I have only needed to reinstall a few programs.

Most of the issues she was struggling with went away.

Microsoft has a few annoying things associated with trying to get me to purchase a newer version of Office, but nothing serious after a month.

No regrets at this point.
 
I happen to really like Windows 10. I made the jump from 8.1 on all 4 laptops in the house and am very happy.

I still use 7 on my work computer and it does good for business use but 10 seems more polished all around. Some nice features with my touch screen laptop too like tablet mode, tiles on the start menu, etc...
 
My response is based on the fact that I've done probably 40-50 Windows 10 upgrades/install in the last 5 months, and I just spent a week teaching a company about the Windows 10 upgrade, migration and deployment.

I'd recommend it. The upgrade is easy and only takes a couple hours, during which you don't have to be present. If you don't like it you have the option to uninstall it for 30 days and go back to your old OS.

It's the first time in 20 years of IT that I'd recommend someone do an upgrade.

Just because your neighbor's sister heard a guy at her work can't print after they upgraded to Windows 10, doesn't mean you should write it off. There are hundreds of millions of people running Windows and millions who have done the upgrade. There will be someone who complains that something doesn't work after the upgrade, some software or driver for some hardware model that you may or may not have.


All that being said you have until July 29, 2016 to get the free upgrade so there isn't a big rush.
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Mannie, I upgraded from 7 and 8.1..and I like Win 10! But then I'm one of those people that liked Win 8 too. :eek:

For me the new Win 10 start menu is OK. It might be better if I had touch, which I don't. But, I really like the new snap and the virtual desk top. Those are a definite plus for me. Overall Win 10 seems a bit cleaner, and the new edge and local search both seem faster.

If you are on the fence about the upgrade (and unless you have some legacy program concerns), I'd go for it.
 
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Having used Microsoft operating systems since DOS 2.11 and up through Win 7, skipped Vista and 8.1. Upgraded to 10 with no problems on a 5 year old Dell with some added drives and Office 2010. Did have make sure all the updated were there and IE 11 was installed. After the upgrade everything was working and my Grandson was able to play his online games during his visit. The desktop and start menu are improved and while I haven't spent a lot of time with 10 it is an improvement. I also downloaded it to a USB drive for later installation on my Laptop and maybe wife computer.

My main computer is an iMac which is great never a problem and Office work on it. What I like about the Mac is my iPhone, and iPad are integrated with which mean I can send a text or Email or even a phone from any device and continue on another device. The layout of the home screen is simple and uncluttered. My least favorite thing with the iMac not built in drives the cd/DVD player burner connected with USB cables same for the back up drive. I hope to get 27" iMac for myself and the give the I use to my wife but she like wha she has with her Dell and Win 7 so my iMac stays with me. In a few week I am going to switch back to my Dell and see how things work on a daily basis as I have a couple of projects that I need the BlueRay drive and a special cable for coping recorded programs off the DVR and to put some records (LP) on to CD. then I will be able to give a better evaluation of the two systems.
 
Since this is family oriented I will not say what I think of Win 8 and 10. I bought a Lenovo with 8 on it and it was a fight from the start to get it to run, much less do what I wanted the way I wanted. Took it back and got an HP with 7 pro on it and I'm much happier now.
 
I had some permission issues going from 7 to 10 on an old laptop, so I'm waiting a bit before taking the plunge with my "main" laptop. My wife's computer at work went from 8 to 8.1 to 10 and she's been very happy with it. I'm waiting to hear some more stories of folks going to 7 to 10 and activating OneDrive along the way using a local account to log into windows and a MS account to log into OneDrive.
 
I made the switch from Windows 7 mostly so I could then do a clean install on a new SSD drive. See this thread http://www.penturners.org/forum/f18/win-10-upgrade-133728/

I have found it a pretty painless update. If I had been running Win 8.1 it would be a no brainer (I hated Win 8). If you are happy with 7 you might think twice OR ... let it update and give it a try. As long as you don't delete the windows.old file you can easily return to 7 if you don't like it.
 
One reason I haven't made the switch is. I have several printers, and vinyl cutters that I don't think are compatible with win 10. So I think I'll wait....
 
Thanks everyone for your opinions on Win 10. My main concern is I have several older programs ( think 8-10 years + old) that work on 7, but I doubt they will work with 10 and I don't want to spend the money to up grade them.
 
Monty said:
Thanks everyone for your opinions on Win 10. My main concern is I have several older programs ( think 8-10 years + old) that work on 7, but I doubt they will work with 10 and I don't want to spend the money to up grade them.
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Monty, I had a similar problem. I bit the bullet about a week ago and upgraded my newer Win7 machine. Still have an old XP machine in the shop. So far I have had only two issues with the upgrade, the first was I lost sound. A little research online showed that several folks had the same problem, the fix was to uninstall the sound system driver and reinstall it. The second issue is that Win 10 doesn't support Virtual PC mode(XP mode in my case) I used the VPC mode to run an old CAD program in XP mode. Luckily it is also loaded on my shop XP machine so I still have access to it. I did find a third part add-in that will allow W10 to load/run VPC but I will wait a while before I try it. Meanwhile I rather like the W10 phone like interface. When I retired in 2009 I gave up my leash(cell phone) but finally decided to get me another one but a smart one a few months ago so I am still learning to use it.:wink: Maybe W10 will help.:rolleyes:
 
PR_Princess said:
Mannie, I upgraded from 7 and 8.1..and I like Win 10! But then I'm one of those people that liked Win 8 too. :eek:
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I had a machine for many years that ran Win ME flawlessly. I have an HP laptop running Vista Home Edition and an IBM Thinkpad that is running Vista Business edition with nary a problem. However, My most used machine; and the one that this message is coming from; is Win 7 Ultimate and I have not decided if I'm going to upgrade or not.

My Experience (And THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION) has been that the majority of problems can be traced back to flaky drivers from cheap components that people buy and hook up. I currently have an issue with my Nvidia video driver. Win 7 seems not to like certain updates from Nvidia so I stick with the driver that Win7 Chooses. I don't do any heavy gaming and I don't need all the bells and whistles.

I don't want to start an argument or get into a debate. I'm just saying what has worked for me in the past and what currently works for me.
 
Monty, I took the pepsi challenge and chose Windows 10. Seriously tho, if it works under 7 then odds are very very high it will work just as good under 10. So far the biggest issue I have seen is win 10 can find and disable software and unauthorised hardware peripheral devices. So far from what little I have played in the black arena has resulted in no different than any other version. Likely this is going to be yet another failed feature attempt on their part.
 
Well after seeing what Monty was after I thought I would do some research and found a lot of the Tech's like it, so I took the plunge and have just finished upgrading all my machines. 2 lap tops and a PC. I really like you can have multiple desk tops at the same time.

Lin.
 
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