Have you/Will you upgrade to windows 10?

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Now my PC is broke i need to do a clean install. Im not sure whether to stick to Win 7 or do a clean install straight to win 10.

Im not sure which would suit me best.

My uses are Primarily Gaming, Sony vegas 12, Browsing.

My PC specs:


Case- Corsair Obsidian 650D
Mobo- Asus P8Z77-V Premium
CPU- i5 3570K (Noctua NH-D14)
GPU- MSI Lightning 290X
PSU- XFX Pro 750w
Memory- 8GB Corsair 1600Mhz
Storage- 840 EVO 250gb - 2TB WD Black

The main reason i moved from Xbox back in the day to PC gaming was all the media/DLC/Advertising that they started pushing into my face every time i swithced it on.

Is Win10 going the same way? they have already forced 1000s of people into the upgrade, Is this a sign of the future?

What is everyone else choosing and what do you think is best for me?
 
You may as well claim your free upgrade while you can. It won't invalidate your Windows 7 key so you can always remove Windows 10 and go back if it is not to your liking.
 
May as well keep up with what's latest otherwise you'll get in to the situation that too many people are in where you don't want to move due to the latest being too different. If you keep up, the steps are small.
 
As has been said, if you don't like it you can always go back, but be aware that mainstream support for Windows 7 has been over since 2015, and mainstream support will be over in January 2020. That means no more updates from Microsoft, not a situation you want to be with regards to security!

I've taken the free upgrade.
 
Upgraded to 10 back in August & haven't had a problem since
I really don't see why people are still bitching so much about Windows 10. I find it the most stable, quickest version yet.
 
Not on the systems I use everyday I find it an ugly, fragmented narrow minded implementation of an OS while it has some next gen features fundamentally a step backwards. I'll probably end up dual booting it on my gaming PC alongside 7. Shame because the OS kernel seems pretty robust and a step forward performance wise but everything that sits on top of it is a mess.

EDIT: The other thing is that so far aside from my Windows 10 tablet - none of the other installs I've done have lasted more than a few months before encountering some kind of serious enough issue to require a reinstall - including issues with the start menu or explorer becoming progressively more unresponsive, occasionally they'll just stop booting in to the OS (stuck on the spinning thingy) and can't be repaired or catastrophic failure during a Windows update which isn't inspiring me to use it on the systems I use the most.
 
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I made the change from 7 to 10 earlier in the year. The update went fine but then I did a clean install from a USB stick when I upgraded my ssd's and that was painless as well. Once you get rid of or disable all the bloatware it's pretty much like W7. I don't use those awful tiles and disabled Cortana, uninstalled windows store and all the other rubbish I don't want or need. I have well and truly blocked it from sending any information back to Microsoft though. They can wind their necks in. I haven't had any compatibility issues or problems with old games on Steam. Windows update actually works on W10 too!!
 
Utilised properly the tiles on the start menu can be really useful - shame that like most things in the OS they seem to have been implemented with limited vision making them somewhat a chore to work with but atleast it is a step forward in functionality when you get it all setup and working, still looks pretty naff compared to the more polished look of 7 though (unless you actually like the default blue themed start menu though even that isn't the best looking).
 
Been on 10 since the Insider Program started and really like it, I really don't understand the paranoia around privacy in W10 since you can turn it all off. Sure it might collect stuff from Edge or Cortana etc but just don't use them and presto problem solved!

Each to their own I guess.

Stoner81.
 
Rroff said:
Not on the systems I use everyday I find it an ugly, fragmented narrow minded implementation of an OS while it has some next gen features fundamentally a step backwards. I'll probably end up dual booting it on my gaming PC alongside 7. Shame because the OS kernel seems pretty robust and a step forward performance wise but everything that sits on top of it is a mess.
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Same here.

I'll stick to Linux with a secondary Windows 7 partition when needed.

It's a shame as I feel if Microsoft just stripped out the bloatware and snooping we might be able to move forward.
 
With Windows 10 is the most serious I've considered to switching to Linux as a main desktop but too much stuff I use still doesn't work on Linux or not without serious compromise.

I'm not too bothered by the snooping aspect (though ideally it wouldn't exist) as you can mostly turn it off and I understand the form of data collection it uses - I do not however like the loss of overall control and while I can see arguments for some of that functionality being that way as its default state I haven't yet seen any compelling reason why they can't add proper advanced options. And its ugly - I've Windows 7 setup with a dark, polished, aero glass theme that so far is impossible to reproduce anything close to the same level of aesthetics and complete polished look in 10 and that isn't insignificant when you look at it a lot.
 
I was sceptical about Windows 10 but I have taken the plunge and now have it installed on 7 PC's with zero issues. I see no reason not to go with windows 10.
 
Rroff said:
With Windows 10 is the most serious I've considered to switching to Linux as a main desktop but too much stuff I use still doesn't work on Linux or not without serious compromise.

I'm not too bothered by the snooping aspect (though ideally it wouldn't exist) as you can mostly turn it off and I understand the form of data collection it uses - I do not however like the loss of overall control and while I can see arguments for some of that functionality being that way as its default state I haven't yet seen any compelling reason why they can't add proper advanced options. And its ugly - I've Windows 7 setup with a dark, polished, aero glass theme that so far is impossible to reproduce anything close to the same level of aesthetics and complete polished look in 10 and that isn't insignificant when you look at it a lot.
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I almost feel like I would use the LTSB edition of Windows 10. But alas, i'm a home user, so I must have rubbish bundled with my operating system.

I'd actually pay £100 for a version of Windows with my issues addressed, if it's purely a financial decision.
 
Ok so I think I'll go the win 10 route. I would much prefer to stay with 7 but as said, especially with pc's I suppose going with the latest is best.

So how's the best way to go about it? Do I need to do a fresh install of 7 then upgrade? Or is there a way of going straight to 10?
 
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