Hi. I was one of those who went from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 the day it was released, but I had some issues with this PC. Elloquence would get stuck on a phoneme, and the only way to fix it was to turn the PC off and back on again. Even worse, the PC would randomly reboot itself. I ended up sending it to the Lenovo hospital where they replaced the hard drive. Thankfully the computer was still under warranty, so I didn't have to pay for the repair. I then decided to give Windows 10 another try, but the same thing with speech getting stuck happened again. I called up Microsoft Accessibility and reverted to Windows 8.1. I was a happy user of 8.1, until a couple of weeks ago when my speech did what it did in 10. I discovered that the problem was in the USB hub that I had my external sound card and wireless keyboard connected to. I then decided to once again try Windows 10, and, knock on the wooden computer table, I've had no problems. I upgraded on February 13, so it's be en a little less than two weeks ago.
I'm sharing this to let those who think it's important to update to the latest OS that there are circumstances where this may not be the best thing to do. Believe it or not, I have a PC that will be fifteen years old in October of this year, and it has XP on it. I haven't had a single problem with that old desktop PC, and it has been on constantly for most of its life. I have a ham radio program on it which allows other ham radio operators the ability to connect to a radio that I have hooked to the PC so that they can talk to hams in the Lexington, Kentucky area. Sometimes the latest and greatest thing isn't necessary. Don't get me wrong, I really like Windows 10, and I don't regret upgrading to it on my Lenovo laptop. Just realize that not everybody has different levels of hardware that may limit them to a certain OS. Just something to consider. Have a blessed day, and don't work too hard. Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
