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Whats's the score with Windows 10

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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 2 Jun 2015 17:32

It is free for users of Win7 onwards and is well worth the upgrade.
Rollo is spot on about it being a no-brainer and you can download it but not install - you have a year in which to perform an install.

For the more technically minded, my recommendation is to run a dual boot machine with Win7 or Win8 running alongside Win10

Researching:
Happy

Kucinta

Kucinta Report 2 Jun 2015 17:26

If you've got a year to take advantage of the upgrade, is it worth holding on for a bit to
let them find sort out the initial issues it's bound to have?

Researching:
Eayres (Northants/London) Walker (Surrey) Loveday (Northants) Moore (Tipperary)

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 2 Jun 2015 12:36

no, or vista.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 2 Jun 2015 12:21

I take it that it wont upgrade FROM XP?

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

PatinCyprus

PatinCyprus Report 2 Jun 2015 10:35

I am on Microsoft 7 and OH (in electronics/IT all his working life) downloaded this on our computers yesterday.

It's free and you have a year to install once downloaded. If you don't like it you uninstall. OH says think of it as bits of Microsoft 7 and 8.

Here's 2 links that may help. You can get to other pages of info from them :-)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/01/windows_10_upgrade_app_arrives_on_windows_7_and_8_tempted/

http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/1/8696949/windows-10-feature-loss

Researching:
Lloyd,Paddock,Cooper,Morris,Rigby West Midlands Salop Worc

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 2 Jun 2015 10:26

Microsoft are keeping to their tradition of alternative releases of windows being terrible. winvista flop XP great win8 flop win9 never2bseen win10 best ever. Win10 has a new and much better browser, lots of new useful cool stuff, hardly any win7 annoyances and is far more secure. Amazingly it is relaxed about hardware required too and will run fine on most anything. ug free from win7 is a no brainer.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 2 Jun 2015 10:10

When I switched on my computer this morning the Windows Update icon was present, I clicked on it and it displayed an invitation fro Microsoft to register foe a free upgrade to Windows 10.

I am currently using Windows7 Home Edition. so can anyone, in simple layman's language, without any technical jargon, advise on whether or not it is a good idea to upgrade to Windows 10 and the pluses and minuses of doing so - Thanks :-)

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"