Windows 10 'Upgrade'. Better than 7 or not?
Poll: Windows 10 'Upgrade'. Better than 7 or not?
Total Members Polled: 54
Discussion
After postponing and postponing this nagging reminder to update, it started updating this morning, so I restarted the pc to kill it. I'm considering not going for the update PURELY based on the fact that Microsoft are forcing this on me. But if 10 really IS a better, faster, etc, etc OS, then I may reconsider. Hence the poll.
I was happy with 7, I was happy with 8, I'm happy with 10. Currently running 10 at work on a high-ish spec desktop, at home on a medium spec desktop and on a low spec old laptop. Runs smoothly on all.
The love for 7 and hatred of 8/10 seems bizarre to me. Yes there were some compatibility issues with 8 at the start - but Windows 7 is coming up to 7 years old now... Get with the times!
The love for 7 and hatred of 8/10 seems bizarre to me. Yes there were some compatibility issues with 8 at the start - but Windows 7 is coming up to 7 years old now... Get with the times!
Another windows 10 topic. Yes a bunch of strangers in a poll will determine which is the best OS for you 
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I like them both, but as above, can't think of a single thing I liked better on windows 7. There's plenty that Win 10 just does better.
However, I do agree that MS shouldn't force it onto people the way they do. But apparently that's how they do things these days. Just look at iOS and Android upgrades.
At least win 7 is still supported if you really want to stay on it.
.I like them both, but as above, can't think of a single thing I liked better on windows 7. There's plenty that Win 10 just does better.
However, I do agree that MS shouldn't force it onto people the way they do. But apparently that's how they do things these days. Just look at iOS and Android upgrades.
At least win 7 is still supported if you really want to stay on it.
I wouldn't say 10 is a huge leap of wonderfulness after 7. It's good, up to a point, but some things are a bit annoying. At the most basic level, I don't like my PC telling me it's "working on it..." rather than "loading..." or whatever. You're a computer, talk like one! 
Put it this way. Up to now I've not even considered making a switch to Apple because everything has worked beautifully on PCs running Windows 7. This morning I'm trying to resist the temptation to go and look at the Apple site. Windows 10 is okay, but it's causing problems with some of my software which hasn't been optimised properly and I'd really rather work with a machine that's just going to do what it's meant to out of the box, without me having to find workarounds and patches and whatnot. That's not Microsoft's fault, of course, but it's a headache I could do without.
I want my Windows 7 back.
Put it this way. Up to now I've not even considered making a switch to Apple because everything has worked beautifully on PCs running Windows 7. This morning I'm trying to resist the temptation to go and look at the Apple site. Windows 10 is okay, but it's causing problems with some of my software which hasn't been optimised properly and I'd really rather work with a machine that's just going to do what it's meant to out of the box, without me having to find workarounds and patches and whatnot. That's not Microsoft's fault, of course, but it's a headache I could do without.
I want my Windows 7 back.
ZesPak said:
Was the machine a windows 10 out of the box? Otherwise you can do a rollback iirc.
Yes, unfortunately. I bought it recently. I asked the supplier whether they could do me a machine with Windows 7 on it, but they could only do desktops with Windows 7 - all laptops were Windows 10 or Windows 8 only. What's really annoying is that I bought another laptop from them in early December, and that came with Windows 7! But I didn't buy it for myself.SGirl said:
ZesPak said:
Was the machine a windows 10 out of the box? Otherwise you can do a rollback iirc.
Yes, unfortunately. I bought it recently. I asked the supplier whether they could do me a machine with Windows 7 on it, but they could only do desktops with Windows 7 - all laptops were Windows 10 or Windows 8 only. What's really annoying is that I bought another laptop from them in early December, and that came with Windows 7! But I didn't buy it for myself.Err... instead of struggling to install a 7 year old OS which reached the end of mainstream support a year ago, are you 100% sure you can't run the software you need on Windows 10? Have you tried asking on support forums? Might be simpler than switching platform (and will ANY of your software work on Apple?)
SGirl said:
Put it this way. Up to now I've not even considered making a switch to Apple because everything has worked beautifully on PCs running Windows 7. This morning I'm trying to resist the temptation to go and look at the Apple site. Windows 10 is okay, but it's causing problems with some of my software which hasn't been optimised properly and I'd really rather work with a machine that's just going to do what it's meant to out of the box, without me having to find workarounds and patches and whatnot. That's not Microsoft's fault, of course, but it's a headache I could do without.
I'm intrigued about this old software that runs fine on Windows 7, will not run on Windows 10, but will run fine on a new Apple device?I also don't think new Apple operating systems are any better in running software that was designed for 7 years old versions of their operating system.
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