wrote

Starting with the introduction of 10, I posted ( repeatedly ) for
anyone to give me one good reason to "upgrade" from 7 to 10. So far
nobody has been able to do that.

I've noticed the same thing. I join in here because
I write Windows software and because I like to keep
track of developments. In other words, as a
programmer and as a tweaker. I also need to know
these things because I help friends and family.

What I've noticed is that there are mostly just a few
regulars. Most of them are just experimenting and
not using Win10 as their primary system. And many
of the questions are things like:

"That latest update just screwed me. What do I
do?"

That's in the category of, "How do I survive this
thing?" rather than, "How can I better use this thing?"

Ditto on all the above!

On the other hand, at some point you won't be
able to get Win7 or hardware that supports it. Then
you'll have to face a decision about using Microsoft
rental spyware as an unpaid beta tester or moving
to Linux or Mac. At this point there's no clear way
ahead to maintain what most Windows users consider
to be the advantages of Windows: Lots of software
combined with lots of control.

Already bought Linux Mint OS and looking seriously at Mac! I elected to 'dump'
Win10 in favour of going back to Win7 because Win10 didn't like my 3rd party
OCXs. For 8.1/10 I use VMware. My daughter bought the Win10 machine and so far
has no complaints.

--
Garry

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