Hi all,
Just to be clear, I wasn't saying that anyone shouldn't upgrade to
Windows 10, or that I never would. I'm sure I will eventually--quite
possibly next year if it works well enough. The intent of my question
was that with all of the new features that are available but which we
can't use yet, I wasn't clear what I would gain by going through that
process today, right now, this week. I have a desktop that's not quite
two years old, but I've got lots of horsepower in it; it won't have any
trouble meeting the Windows 10 requirements. Then I have a cheap laptop
which is not quite a year and a half old, and it's pretty basic, but
should also function fine with Windows 10. Both are running Windows 7.
Both are doing very well for me. Nothing's slow. Everything I need for
home and work just works. It's really a blessing. So the goal of my
inquiry was to understand what great improvements I should expect from
upgrading to Windows 10 right now. To this point, I haven't heard
anything that's made me want to drop what I'm working on to upgrade my
perfectly functioning machines before I go to bed tonight. It does sound
like Windows 8.1 users may be very grateful to get back the Windows 7
functionality that Microsoft should never have taken away in the first
place, and I think if I had 8.1, I'd be thinking more seriously about
diving into the Windows 10 pool.
On a completely separate note, I thought an interesting item is the fact
that for a limited time, people who upgrade to Windows 10 will get a DVD
player for free to replace their current Windows Media Center; but later
adopters will have to pay separately for Microsoft's DVD player de jour.
This would be compelling if I hadn't abandoned Windows Media Player
years ago for the free VLC Media Player.
Thank you to all who have contributed to this discussion. It has been
most helpful. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
Brad
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