Windows 10..

[johnny]

Has any one gone on to widows 10. What do you think? Any problems? I am a coward kinda scared to do it.
Love some feedback if you have installed it. Thanks....

 

[tampa24]

I feel the same way. It seems whenever I mess with my computer I regret it. For those of you who have already made the switch, what do you think?

 

[peterh6308]

I've heard nothing but bad stuff about this operating system. If what you have works I wouldn't change it. If you need to upgrade there are better versions than the 10.

 

[DadBearWoof]

Have been using it since August and no problems with it. Was easy to download, the conversion program did all the work.

 

[SGVBOB]

EXACTLY the same situation here, no complaints at all, DBW

Have been using it since August and no problems with it. Was easy to download, the conversion program did all the work.

 

[BrooklynRider]

I've been using Windows 10 since it came out. I've experienced no problems and better performance. I switched both my PC and
work computer to W 10. It's much better that W 8.

 

[BSBJohnHenry]

Has any one gone on to widows 10. What do you think? Any problems? I am a coward kinda scared to do it.
Love some feedback if you have installed it. Thanks....

i feel the same way johnny!! im still in windows 7 myself and love it lol

 

[juanjo]

I have a couple observations.

1. I have Windows 10 on my work laptop and it works like a dream. No issues. I bought a new home desktop and installed 10 on it and no issues. It is easier to use than 8.

2. That said I have a personal laptop [yeah I know but it is a tax thing] and it is older than the other 2 computers and ran 7. I tried to install 10 on it and it destroyed the damn thing. It turns out that there are a number of issues with older computers and with Windows 7 which will often cause issues. I am not the only one who has had these issues. I have had other friends who had the same problem and my friendly neighborhood computer store dude told me he has made a lot of money fixing this issue for people. I am not a computer nerd but my guy told me there is a partition on the hard drive used for a a "cache" or something by both 7 and 8. The difference is that the one for 7 is around 150 g while the one for 8 is about double that. Since 10 needs at least 250g to download and install, unless you change the damn partition before hand you run a serious risk of giving your computer a complete nervous breakdown and it will just collapse. I looked this up on some of the nerd chat groups and they were saying the same thing.

So the long and the short is this. If your computer runs 8 and if it is less than a couple years old, you should have no issues at all.

 

[BrooklynRider]

I have a couple observations.

1. I have Windows 10 on my work laptop and it works like a dream. No issues. I bought a new home desktop and installed 10 on it and no issues. It is easier to use than 8.

2. That said I have a personal laptop [yeah I know but it is a tax thing] and it is older than the other 2 computers and ran 7. I tried to install 10 on it and it destroyed the damn thing. It turns out that there are a number of issues with older computers and with Windows 7 which will often cause issues. I am not the only one who has had these issues. I have had other friends who had the same problem and my friendly neighborhood computer store dude told me he has made a lot of money fixing this issue for people. I am not a computer nerd but my guy told me there is a partition on the hard drive used for a a "cache" or something by both 7 and 8. The difference is that the one for 7 is around 150 g while the one for 8 is about double that. Since 10 needs at least 250g to download and install, unless you change the damn partition before hand you run a serious risk of giving your computer a complete nervous breakdown and it will just collapse. I looked this up on some of the nerd chat groups and they were saying the same thing.

So the long and the short is this. If your computer runs 8 and if it is less than a couple years old, you should have no issues at all.

On CNet you can download a free mini tool to change the partition size or you can buy a more sophisticated software to use that costs about $29 to change your partition size. This needs to be done before upgrading to Windows 10. Before upgrading to W 10 there is a Windows diagnostic to see if your computer is even capable of conversion and if there is anything you can do to fix it.

 

[peterh6308]

I have 7 on my laptop and have never had a problem with it. So Johnny what's the reason for the upgrade? Make sure you read what the guys have said above. If you install the 10 without upgrading the hardware your laptop is dust. Don't make hasty decisions my friend...

 

[johnny]

Thanks everyone. I am going to keep all as is right now. My porn comes in well enough. I get to talk too you all.
No use fucking with what is working...Thank you all...xo Johnny

 

[mikeyank]

Thanks everyone. I am going to keep all as is right now. My porn comes in well enough. I get to talk too you all.
No use fucking with what is working...Thank you all...xo Johnny

I'm with you Johnny. After a bunch of computer problems last summer, all is working well now for me too, so I see no reason to fuck with it. lol

 

[Ambivalent]

I have 7 on my laptop and have never had a problem with it. So Johnny what's the reason for the upgrade? Make sure you read what the guys have said above. If you install the 10 without upgrading the hardware your laptop is dust. Don't make hasty decisions my friend...

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JUAN - thanks so incredibly much for the warning - I am on Windows 7, which works just fine - and I have no desire for my computer to (as Peter says) "turn to dust!" I get a prompt to convert to Windows 10 every single time I log in. . . so now, I shall know to give it a blind eye. (XOXOXOXOXO)

Peter, what's the reason for the upgrade? From Johnny's end, I am sure he is just being bullied endlessly by Microsoft (or, as Bill Gates annoyingly pronounces it, "Microsawwwwwft"), like all the rest of us.

From the company's end, my computer-tech friends at the office tell me that - Windows 8 was designed as a system which was much less verbal, and much more (chunkily) visual. . . as a sop to pre-literate pre-teens who need big chunky wordless pictograms on their mobile phones, so they can point and click on their favourite video games, without so much as uttering an intelligible GRUNT. Notwithstanding that purpose, and the fact that Windows 8 proved to be utterly useless for business applications - Windows 8 was also a TECHNICAL failure, on its OWN terms. . . even the be-pimpled teens didn't like it.

People's experience with Windows 8 was SO BAD, Microsoft deliberately skipped over Windows "9", so as to put one more digit between themselves, and their abject failure. Windows 10, the experts tell me, is designed to be a bit of a "walk-back" from Windows 8. . . better for the mouth-breathing gamer children than 7, but a little more practical for desktop users.

But, in the final analysis, Peter, what's the REAL reason for Windows 10??? The real reason (as with all these so-called "innovations", which actually DO nothing new) is that, when you have a virtual monopoly, and you can force MILLIONS of people to shell out a lot of cash for something they don't really need. . . . Wall Street says - "Go for it!"

Channeling my inner Bernie Sanders,
"A" ;-)))))

* Microsoft's corporate theme song. . . .

 

[joeychuck2]

I started a thread about windows 10 shortly after it came out. But here again is what happened. The day it came out I was chosen to download it. I did and ran it. It downloaded fine but when I went to install it. It froze. I have a dell laptop with windows 7 and a desktop with windows 8.1. I started on the laptop. Dell tried to fix it and it involved putting 7 back and Dell installed their version of windows 10. It worked great. Loved all of it especially Edge which is what internet explorer will become. Everything was super fast and accurate. Then a few weeks after it crashed, I had to go back to 7. Dell told me to wait till the bugs were fixed. Recently I asked if it was ok to go again with the installation and Dell said to wait. They also said that all the big companies aren't using 10 but 7 is the most stable of all the versions. I never did the desktop with 8.1. I'm still working with what I have.

 

[ertas23]

I installed Windows 10 as an upgrade to Windows 8.1 which I'd been using since that came out as a "fix" for issues with 8.0. No problems thus far except that "true color" sometimes does not correctly open when I fire up. When all is working properly, everything is so "crisp" visually. It works very well with touch screen. It has taken a bit of getting used to as the homepage has been reduced to a much smaller screen - and I miss the right-side swipe option for shutting down, search, etc. Also, the diagnostics that are performed prior to giving you the "OK" to download are intended to assure that operating system and your computer are compatible. The most noticeable change for me is the "crispness" of the visuals.

I do agree with those who are content with 7 or 8 and see no "need" to attempt a reluctant conversion. But eventually, Windows will no longer "service" some of the older versions. They do give plenty of warning time - or they have in the past - about that discontinuing of service.

Here is a Forbes Magazine review of the Windows 10 upgrade. There is a time limit for getting it free (for Windows 7 and 8 users) and after that date (one year following initial launch) it will cost $119 for home users. The article provides a pretty good assessment of the product.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/07/29/windows-10-free-upgrades-explained/