Windows 10

[Stephen]

Stephen, are you using 10? If so how are you finding it? The reason I ask is that like Frank I was forced to buy a new desktop on Saturday as my old one of twelve years went bang!!

The new box came with 8.1, which to be honest I found to be OK. It also came with the option to upgrade to 10 so I would like to know if it is worth upgrading now or should I wait?

Morning John

No I haven't got it yet, but have had a recent update from Microsoft saying it'll be any day now. From reviews I have read via Google it seems a good solid upgrade, but, some are saying hold off a while as there bound to be bugs. But from what I can gather these will be fixed with regular updates. Yes, I am also happy with Windows 7, but I expect I'll download and install Windows 10 when I get the go ahead. Once 10 is rolled out I wonder how much longer Microsoft will support Windows 7 anyway. You do also have 30 days to revert back to your old operating system if Windows 10 isn't for you.

[Romig1]

I bought a new lap top today. This old HP Tower has been getting creaky since the graphics accelerator crashed last December, and to my hrror the Pavillion lap top has come with Windows 8.1, which is horrible!! I have managed to load MS Office 2007 on the lap top which I have on the tower. I need it for a presentation on Tuesday, but so far I am finding the new Windows very difficult to navigate compared to Windows Vista. To make things worse the lap top has no separate LH and RH buttons, you have to tap once or twice or whatever.....help! I'm going insane.

Is Microsoft totally in the grip of juvenile geeks who just love to set traps for poor old pensioners like me?

I hate Win8 with a vengeance - though that is partly due to the fact that I've never had the patience to actually learn it. Looks like I'll have to catch up with my updates and find this new Win10 version.

By the way....what happened to Windows9??

Downloaded and installed all my updates last night. First time since April.... took about 2 hours in total, including restart! I now will attempt to upgrade to Win10.....

[Frank Manning]

while setting up todays presentation someone told me that while MS are offering Windows 10 for free as an initial upgrade, it will cost an annual subscription to maintain it each year. I was advised to re load with Windows 7.

[Silver_Shiney]

I've heard it's free to install for the first year, thereafter you have to pay for it, but upgrades are free regardless

[towny44]

There is lots of data on line which confirms that MS will not be applying any future charges to anyone who takes the upgrade in the first 12 month free upgrade period. So you can all stop whinging and worrying.

[Silver_Shiney]

what about future charges to those who end up buying v10 after the first year?

[towny44]

what about future charges to those who end up buying v10 after the first year?

There is always someone who wants an answer to a currently irrelevant question.

[Silver_Shiney]

I was asking on behalf of the original questioner... doh!

[Stephen]

And here is the link again.

For those interested in Windows 10 please read and absorb the FAQs.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/ ... e_mod1_faq

[anneed]

Feel like I'm about to take a bungee jump (not that I ever would).
I've joined the queue for the Windows 10 upgrade. It says all my applications and printer are compatible but I'm terrified I won't be able to find my way round the new system or get anything to work. However I'm even more scared of not going for it and being left with an out-of-date, universally unpopular system (the notorious Windows 8.1) so I will take a deep breath and click 'yes' when the upgrade is ready.
Thank goodness I have an 18-year-old nephew who is about to start a computing degree at university (and he has already downloaded Windows 10 on his laptop)!

[Stephen]

Thank goodness I have an 18-year-old nephew who is about to start a computing degree at university (and he has already downloaded Windows 10 on his laptop)!

Problem solved then anneed

[Silver_Shiney]

I'm not sure that one month gives domestic users sufficient time to test it out and, if we find we don't like it, what happens when they pull the plug on Win7? All migrate to Apple or install Ubuntu?

[Quizzical Bob]

Microsoft have got to extort thier money from somewhere so they are bound to charge in the long term.

For my business we are almost exclusively Windows 7 but are still using XP in some locations because of legacy software. We also need to test our software on a variety of operating platforms so we need to cover all the popular ones. We have upgraded changed one machine to Windows 10 and shall wait to see how that goes before further experimentation. Guinea pigs usually end up on their backs with their stomachs ripped open, in my experience.

[Silver_Shiney]

I'm told that Win 10 has been totally reworked and is now based on a Unix kernel (as is Apple), so should be a lot more stable. Time will tell.

[Quizzical Bob]

I'm told that Win 10 has been totally reworked and is now based on a Unix kernel (as is Apple), so should be a lot more stable. Time will tell.

Didn't they say that about XP, and W7?

[Stephen]

The choice is ours. We either stick with what we have or change.

[Stephen]

A bit more info.

http://bgr.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-er ... -problems/

[Silver_Shiney]

I'm told that Win 10 has been totally reworked and is now based on a Unix kernel (as is Apple), so should be a lot more stable. Time will tell.

Didn't they say that about XP, and W7?

They did, indeed, say that XP and 7 would be more stable than their predecessors, but up to 8.1, they've all been based on the DOS kernel. Unix has a far more stable footing.

[Quizzical Bob]

I'm told that Win 10 has been totally reworked and is now based on a Unix kernel (as is Apple), so should be a lot more stable. Time will tell.

Didn't they say that about XP, and W7?

They did, indeed, say that XP and 7 would be more stable than their predecessors, but up to 8.1, they've all been based on the DOS kernel. Unix has a far more stable footing.

I thought XP (and W2000) was based on NT whereas the earlier versions were just front ends for DOS. Unix is a lot better but then you might as well use a MAC, which has a lot to recommend it.

[Silver_Shiney]

You may well be right, QB

[Peter D]

One for anyone who as upgraded to Windows 10.

http://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computi ... qus_thread

[oldbluefox]

I haven't done it yet Peter but that looks really useful.

[Silver_Shiney]

thank you for that, Peter

[Stephen]

Yep, and thanks from me Peter. One to remember when I finally get the go ahead.

[Silver_Shiney]

Stephen, check the little icon in your system - I only received the "invitation" very late in the process but apparently it's already ready for me to install.