If you have very new hardware, it's probably safe to try, though I would do it on a separate HDD if feasable so that going back is painless. I've had multiple issues with W10 on multiple computers but none of them were brand new. I heard that the newest release (perhaps it's still a preview build) allows you to start with a clean install instead of requiring an upgrade to register first (if you are doing the free upgrade path, previously you had to upgrade/register first and later you could do a clean install), so try that on a separate HDD, if it works, great.
If you can wait, I would honestly wait, you aren't missing out on anything, it doesn't add anything new/great if you are a Windows 7 Workstation user and a problem-free system with Windows 10 is no guarantee unless you buy like a brand new Surface device or something along those lines. I'm running Windows 10 on a convertable laptop that has a built in Wacom in the screen and nothing in Windows 8, 8.1 or 10 was any sort of an improvement for a pen/touch system. They still don't even have SWYPE style key input for touch typing. In the future you will likely have no choice but to eventually make the switch because DX12, as far as I understand it, is going to be a Windows 10 exclusive. MS management is still sketchy at best, with it's ridiculous design decisions (aka. now half of the control panel functionalities are exclusive to the new "settings" window, but the rest of the old but essential control panel items are still only in control panel, so while it all used to be in one spot, now it's in two and in some cases, like power management for laptops, it's split accross both, the new settings window but then the old control panel when you go into advanced settings). That's just one example, personally I think it's quite a bit of a mess, but it is still use-able. I can't honestly think of a single (non-minor) feature from Windows 10 that is a must have over Windows 7 (except for DX12 in the future). All of the new stuff doesn't do a single useful thing for me. I might like it better if I was running it on a new, top of the line Surface 4 or something but even then, I doubt it. It works, fine, but the weeks of head-aches and trouble shooting weren't paid off by any great new features. Cortana, Windows Store Apps, etc.., it's all been a major let-down and while I pop in once and a while to try them, none of it has made it in to my daily routine. 100% still desktop apps and I use it like it's a Windows 7 machine. Currently making the slow and painful migration to Linux (openSUSE) on another system, so much to learn, so little time....... On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 3:17 AM, James De Colling <[email protected] > wrote: > clean and upgraded (from 8.1) installs around the office here, no problems > with SI, Maya or Unity. > > all machines running GTX960/970 cards. > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 7:02 AM, Stephan Woermann < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> At SI start, i have problems with floating windows. The first opened have >> sometimes no buttons and is frameless. Especially with the render preview. >> When all floating windows are closed with the help of a script, the issue >> is gone... >> >> Latest NVidia driver is used. From SI2013-15. >> > >
