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Avoid 10 !
Anyone with half a brain, would have stayed with 7, which was and is
optimal. I did. I occasionally peruse this group to see what I'm missing. Whew ! ... |
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Well, my post was obviously only my perceptions and should have been
recognized as such. No big deal. I think it's very vallid to take postings in this group into account, as an assessment of 10. All things considerred, take it or leave it, I decided to leave it. 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. |
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| 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?" 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. |
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On 1/12/2018 8:03 AM, Mayayana wrote:
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?" On the other hand, at some point you won't be able to get Win7 or hardware that supports it. You can be sure that M$ will do everything they can to hasten this process. Hardware vendors make no money from supporting windows 7. It makes economic sense to produce new hardware for win 10 only. Resistance is futile...it's just a matter of when. It's prudent to get the free digital entitlement for your hardware to keep your options open. 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. Control is useless if you can't get the software you want. Users will trade features for control/privacy. It happens every day with smartphones. Desktop linux is a non-starter. We're trapped in windows. Get over it. All my daily use systems are win7. But I've got over a dozen computers with digital entitlement for 10. IT WILL HAPPEN. Rant over. I gotta go see how the 551MB update download on my linux laptop is going...sigh... |
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On 1/12/2018 11:03 AM, Mayayana wrote:
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?" And, since you don't have any direct experience with Win10, you don't realize that many of these comments come from the relatively few "regulars" who do really stupid things with their Win10 systems thinking that they should be functionally like XP. The rest of us who have multiple Win10 systems with no such issues just shake our heads at those comments and keep working. -- best regards, Neil |
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On 1/12/2018 11:03 AM, Mayayana wrote:
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?" And, since you don't have any direct experience with Win10, you don't realize that many of these comments come from the relatively few "regulars" who do really stupid things with their Win10 systems thinking that they should be functionally like XP. The rest of us who have multiple Win10 systems with no such issues just shake our heads at those comments and keep working. -- best regards, Neil |
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On 01/12/2018 04:58 AM, wrote:
Anyone with half a brain, would have stayed with 7, which was and is optimal. I did. I occasionally peruse this group to see what I'm missing. Whew ! ... I feel that way now. Also, I remember I felt that way about XP when it was new, and that changed. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "God isn't as great as you think. Hes just got good marketing." |
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On 01/12/2018 09:47 AM, wrote:
[snip] 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 wanted to make sure my website looked OK with the Edge browser, not a common reason. I haven't found another, and have 10 only on that one VM. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "God isn't as great as you think. Hes just got good marketing." |
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On 01/12/2018 10:03 AM, Mayayana wrote:
[snip] 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. That's also my reason. [snip] 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. I've used Linux for most things since 2010. [snip] -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "God isn't as great as you think. Hes just got good marketing." |
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On 01/12/2018 10:53 AM, Neil wrote:
[snip] There is no reason to upgrade to another OS if you are able to do your work with the one you have. I still have machines running Win2k Pro, which I prefer to several of its successors. I still prefer W2K (the last version without the anti-user "activation"), although there are a few new features of later Windows. Mostly, these aren't very important but software does seem to require them. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "God isn't as great as you think. Hes just got good marketing." |
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