On 6/17/2016 8:25 PM, Bill wrote:
On 6/17/2016 5:57 PM, John Coyle wrote:
Ever since W10 was announced, Microsoft have been very clear about
the free upgrade policy. You had
to have W7 or W8+ installed, and the offer would end after one year
post its availability in your
area.
Like Paul - I really don't understand the fuss: I upgraded as soon as
it was available in OZ, and I
leave my network running 24/7 (except when I'm away for a day or
more), so that upgrades happen
automatically without my having to bother to check: this is
particularly important for malware and
anti-virus updates. As a precaution to avoid missing anything which
needs my intervention, I also
set it to check Sunday evenings between 9.00 and midnight for OS or
Office update availability.
Just occasionally I get a prompt to wait while the updates happen on
shutdown, but that is no hassle
as I don't generally leave it to the last minute before I need to leave.
The OS is fast and easy to use: my only beef with the latest versions
of MS software is with Edge,
which does not behave like Internet Explorer WRT the 'Home' key -
totally unpredictable response.
I still have a laptop which came with Vista installed - unfortunately
it's one of those which won't
be able to be upgraded to W10, but I might try to install W7 if I can
find a cheap(legal) copy!
Both OS's are stable and work well, IMO.
I can understand it if you don't want to learn a new interface. I
bought my wife a laptop that came with Windows 8. With the help of
this list, I was directed to Classic Skins, and was able to make it
look liker her old XP machine, which made her happy.
It's not just the new interface, Win10 is a hell of a lot more intrusive
than previous versions of Windows. Collecting data on the user and
phoning it home. I dislike my spyware being disguised as an operating
system.
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