Pilgrim
Puritanboard Commissioner
The deadline for the "free" Windows 10 upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users is July 29.
One of our laptops has Windows 7 and the other one has 8.1. When Windows attempted to force upgrades last year, I simply set Windows Update to manual lest one of them get the upgrade without specifically choosing it.
What are the pros and cons of Windows 10? I pretty much loathe Windows 8.1, so much so that I'd just about rather go back to Vista even if it meant a blue screen once a week or so. But my guess is that a lot of that frustration is because I bought an underpowered Lenovo machine last year that only has 4 GB of RAM. I do like the OneDrive "Placeholder" feature in 8.1 which isn't available in Windows 10. (It makes your OneDrive files accessible in Windows Explorer as if they were files stored on your HD.)
I really haven't looked into this much recently, but I'm leaning toward staying put. I think there are some work related sites that I use that still won't work unless you're using IE, which 10 has replaced with Edge. (These are the types of sites that only worked with IE 6 even after MS wasn't updating it anymore.) And I've got some older hardware that I'm guessing might not be compatible.
It looks like extended support for 7 goes through 2020 and 8.1 through 2023, so it is not as if they will be totally obsolete within the next year or two. Based on some of the considerations noted here, I'm leaning toward staying put. But I'd be interested to know if there are compelling reasons why I should consider upgrading one or more of my machines. For those who have upgraded,
One of our laptops has Windows 7 and the other one has 8.1. When Windows attempted to force upgrades last year, I simply set Windows Update to manual lest one of them get the upgrade without specifically choosing it.
What are the pros and cons of Windows 10? I pretty much loathe Windows 8.1, so much so that I'd just about rather go back to Vista even if it meant a blue screen once a week or so. But my guess is that a lot of that frustration is because I bought an underpowered Lenovo machine last year that only has 4 GB of RAM. I do like the OneDrive "Placeholder" feature in 8.1 which isn't available in Windows 10. (It makes your OneDrive files accessible in Windows Explorer as if they were files stored on your HD.)
I really haven't looked into this much recently, but I'm leaning toward staying put. I think there are some work related sites that I use that still won't work unless you're using IE, which 10 has replaced with Edge. (These are the types of sites that only worked with IE 6 even after MS wasn't updating it anymore.) And I've got some older hardware that I'm guessing might not be compatible.
It looks like extended support for 7 goes through 2020 and 8.1 through 2023, so it is not as if they will be totally obsolete within the next year or two. Based on some of the considerations noted here, I'm leaning toward staying put. But I'd be interested to know if there are compelling reasons why I should consider upgrading one or more of my machines. For those who have upgraded,
- Are the privacy concerns any worse than those encountered with a smartphone?
- Have you had software or hardware compatibility issues?
- What are some marked improvements over 7 and/or 8.1 and do these outweigh any other concerns for you?