is win 10 worth it

timbo2410 · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:20

I've had a brief play with Win 10 over win 7 pro and wasn't overly impressed. I'm building a new system and have got the chance to either do a clean install of win10 or re-install win7 pro (x64) .. Is there any advantages in speed or gaming with 10 .. is it worth it?

something daft already!! · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:23

It was worth it for me but I like the latest stuff. Speed and gaming wise there's no appreciable improvement but it isn't about that.

For me, it's the new improved look and feel and a couple of features.

malachi · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:24

Orcvader · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:27

The only advantage in terms of gaming is DX12 support (if your GPU is compatible). There's also security updates as well, 7 will soon be unsupported (mainstream support has already ended and is on extended support until 2020).

And if you're doing a clean install, I found 10 a lot easier and faster to set up. The latest 10 ISO contains the recent Threshold 2 update so there's not that many updates to install after, for 7 even with the SP1 ISO there's hundreds of updates afterwards. 10 is also very, very good at automatically finding drivers too which saves a fair bit of time.

koolpc · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:31

Orcvader said:
The only advantage in terms of gaming is DX12 support (if your GPU is compatible). There's also security updates as well, 7 will soon be unsupported (mainstream support has already ended and is on extended support until 2020).

And if you're doing a clean install, I found 10 a lot easier and faster to set up. The latest 10 ISO contains the recent Threshold 2 update so there's not that many updates to install after, for 7 even with the SP1 ISO there's hundreds of updates afterwards. 10 is also very, very good at automatically finding drivers too which saves a fair bit of time.

This.

timbo2410 · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:49

could i try and re-install win7 and THEN update to 10? It would save some £££ it would be a pain in the bum to have to go through all the updates though .. clean would be better though I suppose ...

Randomface74 · 21 Nov 2015 at 13:55

Windows 10 is the best Windows IMO

ShakenNstirred · 21 Nov 2015 at 18:42

When I tried it on my older laptop, upgrading from 8.1 64bit, I couldn't get a long with it.
But since I got my new PC and upgraded it straight away, I'm liking it more n more

dazzerd · 21 Nov 2015 at 19:35

Each to their own of course but I went back to 8.1 with start 8 I just find it much cleaner than 10. And I found 10 a bit buggy performance wise, random lock ups, via not responding. Maybe I'll try again just before the free upgrade offer expires

beachBOYken · 21 Nov 2015 at 20:20

Finally upgraded my laptop from 8.1.

Done a clean install and I find it a lot better than 8.1 which personally was a mess.

ADT · 21 Nov 2015 at 20:35

There is a big thread about it on here. I haven't done the upgrade myself but when I used a few PC's running it I didn't find it very different from 8.1

Orcvader · 21 Nov 2015 at 21:23

timbo2410 said:
could i try and re-install win7 and THEN update to 10? It would save some £££ it would be a pain in the bum to have to go through all the updates though .. clean would be better though I suppose ...

If it's a retail 7 key then you can activate Windows 10 TH2 with it, so no need to install 7 first.

timbo2410 · 21 Nov 2015 at 21:59

so download 10 and activate with my win7 key?

kayomani · 21 Nov 2015 at 22:14

I can't say I have had any issues with Windows 10 myself and the performance improvements make it an easy choice tbh. Just make sure to run some of the Privacy tools and use a local account.

Orcvader · 21 Nov 2015 at 22:23

timbo2410 said:
so download 10 and activate with my win7 key?

Yup. As simple as that.

MadMouse101 · 21 Nov 2015 at 22:25

Golf1.6 · 21 Nov 2015 at 23:41

i got 10 running on my super old culv laptop from 2009 (ul30a asus), its running windows 10 fine.

the upgrade left all my apps exactly as is, remarkable. it's like im still on the same windows but just a gui install or something.