On 12/30/2019 1:57 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 12/16/2019 11:20 PM, Roger Blake wrote:
On 2019-12-16, Stan Brown wrote:
It was a joke -- the identified "source" was a giveaway.

Didn't catch that, and it has the ring of a typical Microsoft press release.

I take it seriously since as a system administrator I have a fair
amount of dissatisfaction with Windows 10. Dealing with it in a business
environment is like playing whack-a-mole with a plethora of obnoxious
"features", and just for fun a fresh new hell is unleashed to add to the
mix every six months.

You are scaring me. I am considering upgrading my shop of 15 PCs from
Windows 7 x64 Pro to Windows 10 x64 Pro. I rarely have problems now,
usually just hardware problems.


Several points:

1. I run two Windows 10 machines here, and support Windows 10 on several
other computers of my family and friends. I've had no problems with any
of them.

2. Despite my experienec, I'm aware that many other people have had
problems. Most of those problems have been in machines with older hardware.

3. If you are running Windows 7 computers, there's a good chance that
some of them may not be compatible with Windows 10, or that they are
marginally compatible, and you might experience problems.

4. Even if everything is compatible, there's a good chance that some
computers may need Windows 10 drivers that are not available for them.

5. There's no need to upgrade just because Microsoft is dropping support
for Windows 7. That just means there will no longer be any updates to
it. You can continue to run Windows 7; just be sure you run third-party
security software that is kept up to date.

5. If you've been having hardware problems, there's a good chance that
they may worsen with Windows 10. I recommend that you stay with 7.






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Ken