Windows 10

Gail.S

Gail.S

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I keep getting prompts to install Windows 10, which will replace my current Windows 7. My question to the group is does anyone use Windows 10 if so how does it stack up to previous applications.



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Thanks, Laurie. I knew it was only free for a short time and reserved a copy but haven't made myself install it yet.
 

Pits, was it hard to learn to navigate? I'm just afraid I will have trouble doing what I now do without giving it any thought. Thanks for the input everyone.
 
tnthomas said:
If I were you, I would stay with Windows 7. Security updates will continue until Jan. 14, 2020.
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Tnthomas, are you says they would continue security updates on 7 until 2020? I think I read where you can revert to your old system if not happy with 10. But I am thinking too that they would have already captured all they wanted to know about you once you let them in. I'm leaning on staying with Windows 7.
 
Gail.S said:
Tnthomas, are you says they would continue security updates on 7 until 2020? I think I read where you can revert to your old system if not happy with 10. But I am thinking too that they would have already captured all they wanted to know about you once you let them in. I'm leaning on staying with Windows 7.
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Yes, follow the link to the Microsoft site, and look under the column titled "End of extended support"
 
I upgraded to W10 about 3 months ago. There was a bit of a "learning curve" while I figured out how to do all the things I had been doing on W7, but it wasn't all that hard. After using W10 for several weeks, I am just as satisfied with it as I was with W7. The W10 browser...Edge...is faster than either Firefox or Chrome, and I am using it more and more. Based on my experience, I would recommend W10.
 
Thanks, Don. All in all, I still haven't decided but I do feel better able to make an informed decision now.
 
Our kids gave us a new computer as a christmas present. It runs W10, our old one is Vista. It is a really long leap to go from one to the other. About the time I have it figured out they will come out with W13.

I was able to load Office 2007 on it from the discs that I got when the Vista machine was new.
 
Gail.S said:
Pits, was it hard to learn to navigate? I'm just afraid I will have trouble doing what I now do without giving it any thought. Thanks for the input everyone.
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Yes you will.
I've been using it for months and still have to stop and think and work out how to do things which had become almost instinctive in earlier versions of Windows.
 
I was advised by a computer tech at Best Buy (where I bought my current system) a few weeks ago to stay with my Windows 7 Home Premium as long as I could.......now that I know that 7 will still be supported till 2020 I'm going to hold off upgrading to 10.
 
A guy told me that Dell and Yahoo told him to not install Windows 10. Also, a friend of mine installed it and now wishes she hadn't. It made a mess of some of her programs and data that she couldn't recover. If you're still undecided, you could check it out on one of the computer displays in a store like Walmart, Best Buy, etc. I looked at it at Walmart and I said, No thanks!
 
Thanks everyone, I haven't received any prompts to upgrade to Windows 10 yet, but I'd rather stick with my Windows 7, used to that and happy with it.
 
Stick With Windows Seven

I have been advised to stick to my Win. 7 by two different IT guys (one of them is my son). Both have told me that when Microsoft
puts out new programs it takes a while for them to iron out all of the kinks.

I am, therefore, sticking to the tried and true for me. Someone above commented that "If it ain't broke, why fix it?" I agree! :encouragement:
 
Gail, I just purchased, with apprehension, a new laptop with Windows 10. There is still much it has that I know nothing about but I am able to continue doing what I was doing with Windows 7. I will patiently learn what else there is, as there is a lot, in time. I am happy with it.
 
We are getting prompts too and will do so in the next month or so, hopefully the glitches will be ironed out by then.
 
W10 had a pretty rocky rollout, and was full of bugs during its first couple of months....which is probably why it developed a negative reaction from so many of the early users. Most of the problems were fixed by early November, and installations since have been fairly trouble free.

Technology marches on, and virtually everything related to computers eventually becomes Obsolete...so change is inevitable. There are probably many people still using W95 and Vista, but more and more, the old programs will cease to function with newer applications, and expose the user to the increased possibility of hacking and viruses, etc.

If the "rumors" are correct, at some point MS is going to release an update that forces everyone to W10...whether they want it or not. You might as well start planning on upgrading, at your convenience...instead of letting MS "surprise" you some morning.
 
BlunderWoman said:
I'm not that impressed with windows 10
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Why not?? I keep getting prompts to upgrade too but like Jujube, I'm afraid it will then take me a long time to accomplish what i can now do in seconds. What are the system requirements for windows 10??? :eek:
 

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