Windows 10 Free Upgrade

Surferdude · **July 08, 2015, 02:55:20**

I'm sure we've discussed this on here but neither the regular search engine, nor google search gives me any obvious links to it, so starting this again.

I now have the option of upgrading to Windows 10 from W7.

Should I do so, or stay with W7 which I am happy with? ("with which I am happy"

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diablo · **Reply #1: July 08, 2015, 03:11:02**

I have a Dell desktop which runs Windows 8.1, I'll be upgrading that to 10. My five year old laptop runs Windows 7, I think I will leave that as it is.

There will be very few problems for people going from 8 to 10. However 7 to 10 is more risky in my opinion, could be some software or hardware which has problems with it. There is a checker on the Windows website but it is not comprehensive.

Dazzler · **Reply #2: July 08, 2015, 05:23:06**

Thanks diablo, I'm in the same boat as you and was thinking along the same lines.

Shambles · **Reply #3: July 08, 2015, 07:57:01**

I'll be moving everything to Win10 as soon as it's offered, as I like new stuff and enjoy the challenge

Quote from: Surferdude

... neither the regular search engine, nor google search gives me any obvious links to it ...

Interesting. When I put "windows 10" upgrade into the site Google search it shows all our previous discussions. Note the quotation marks

CraigB · **Reply #4: July 08, 2015, 08:48:36**

I'll be moving to win 10 on all my systems, 2 win8's and 1 win7 once it's released, the windows upgrade function/icon in the taskbar will tell you if everything on your system is compatible.

Microsoft is hard pushing all companies to update their software's to make them win10 compatible for programs and system peripherals.

The Gonz · **Reply #5: July 08, 2015, 08:52:43**

Quote from: Surferdude on July 08, 2015, 02:55:20

Should I do so, or stay with W7 ~~which I am happy with~~? ("with which I am happy" )

Oh, and here's your free upgrade:

Download latest Puppy Linux release

Surferdude · **Reply #6: July 08, 2015, 09:53:11**

Quote from: The Gonz on July 08, 2015, 08:52:43

Quote from: Surferdude on July 08, 2015, 02:55:20
Should I do so, or stay with W7 ~~which I am happy with~~? ("with which I am happy" )

Oh, and here's your free upgrade:
Download latest Puppy Linux release

You're nothing if not predictable Gonz.

elantraelite · **Reply #7: July 08, 2015, 14:32:30**

Im looking forward to getting my damm start menu back!

Surferdude · **Reply #8: July 08, 2015, 21:35:05**

Quote from: elantraelite on July 08, 2015, 14:32:30

Im looking forward to getting my damm start menu back!

a simple add on does that.

neptune · **Reply #9: July 08, 2015, 23:50:27**

Quote from: Surferdude on July 08, 2015, 21:35:05

Quote from: elantraelite on July 08, 2015, 14:32:30
Im looking forward to getting my damm start menu back!
a simple add on does that.

Yep!...... 'Shell' it is called.......

Paolo39 · **Reply #10: July 09, 2015, 15:54:12**

I am thinking to install Debian with xfce desktop. Win 8.1 is hogging my laptop, that it is problematic to run Chrome and second application.
If i was thinking about upgrade to win10, I would wait until they sort out bugs. Tried preview and was not usable in my case

CraigB · **Reply #11: July 09, 2015, 16:05:23**

Quote from: Paolo39 on July 09, 2015, 15:54:12

Tried preview and was not usable in my case

Which preview version? there's an updated version released every 1 or 2 weeks.

Did you report it to Microsoft insider program so that they might have been able to diagnose what the problem was so that users down the line weren't affected by the same problem, that is what Beta's/Previews are for...to report issues

Paolo39 · **Reply #12: July 09, 2015, 16:06:24**

Quote from: CraigB on July 09, 2015, 16:05:23

Quote from: Paolo39 on July 09, 2015, 15:54:12
Tried preview and was not usable in my case
Which preview version? there's an updated version released every 1 or 2 weeks.

Did you report it to Microsoft insider program so that they might have been able to diagnose what the problem was so that users down the line weren't affected by the same problem, that is what Beta's/Previews are for...to report issues

Done and dusted

CraigB · **Reply #13: July 09, 2015, 16:10:00**

I suppose that means no

Paolo39 · **Reply #14: July 10, 2015, 21:41:01**

Quote from: CraigB on July 09, 2015, 16:10:00

I suppose that means no

It means that Yes I reported to MS. I do not have number at hand.
I am testing software professionally (not for MS) and I have an idea that at last minute there is a bug/bugs which are not considered severe (inconvenience). That is why I would wait.
Within first weeks after 29 of July there will be several updates flowing from MS.

rustynutz · **Reply #15: July 13, 2015, 16:18:34**

I'm not a fan of "upgrades", I'd much rather do a fresh install...so I don't think I'll be bothering with it.

AlanHo · **Reply #16: July 13, 2015, 16:30:41**

I will be upgrading my laptop to see how the upgrade functions as soon as available.

If the retro desktop menu is not as comprehensive as the old Win7 one - I will install the Win10 Stardock Start10 menu.

If I then don't meet any stubborn quirks with Win10 - I will upgrade my wife's laptop and my desktop computers the same

The next step will be to upgrade my Lumia Win 8.1 phone.

CraigB · **Reply #17: July 13, 2015, 16:31:56**

Quote from: rustynutz on July 13, 2015, 16:18:34

I'm not a fan of "upgrades", I'd much rather do a fresh install...so I don't think I'll be bothering with it.

There has been talk of an iso being released as well for those that want to perform clean installs, you'll just need a legitimate product key for Win7 and above to activate it after install.

bumpkin · **Reply #18: July 13, 2015, 23:37:51**

Just bought myself a gaming rig (I couldn't resist the lure of the new Dirt game which needs DX11 and had already dabbled a little with Steam on my old kit and liked it a lot!), so my shiny new i7 with 16Gb of RAM, 4 Gb GTX NVidia card and 3Tb hard drive will be getting the upgrade from 8.1 which is actually OK IMO, certainly much better than 8.0 was....

CraigB · **Reply #19: July 14, 2015, 07:05:58**

Quote from: bumpkin on July 13, 2015, 23:37:51

Just bought myself a gaming rig (I couldn't resist the lure of the new Dirt game which needs DX11 and had already dabbled a little with Steam on my old kit and liked it a lot!), so my shiny new i7 with 16Gb of RAM, 4 Gb GTX NVidia card and 3Tb hard drive will be getting the upgrade from 8.1 which is actually OK IMO, certainly much better than 8.0 was....

Some decent spec's

it would have been nice if the new system had come with DX12, Win10 will fully support DX12 and make better use of it than DX11, a lot of games haven't updated to the DX12 platform yet though, it will start to happen over the next few years.

What rig did you buy? I've got an Asus ROG laptop system i7 16Gb ram from 2011...still has DX11 on a 3Gb NVidia GTX560 card with a Samsung 840Pro 512Gb SSD as the main system drive with a Seagate 512GB HDD as the second storage drive, I just updated the Bluetooth/Wi-Fi card to an Intel 7260AC for some extra speed over Wi-Fi

bumpkin · **Reply #20: July 14, 2015, 09:06:59**

I got the Acer Predator G3 605, no SSD, but it is ready to go quicker than the Xbox One, gone are the days of consoles being quicker than PC's to get up and running with!

CraigB · **Reply #21: July 14, 2015, 10:28:58**

Sounds good

The Gonz · **Reply #22: July 14, 2015, 12:05:18**

Speaking of upgrades, here are mine throughout the years:

ETI-660 circa 1982
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Microbee circa 1983
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COMX-35 circa 1984
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Commodore 64 circa 1985
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Amstrad PPC512 circa 1988
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80386DX40 circa 1991
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Pentium PC circa 1995
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... and then I lost count.

bumpkin · **Reply #23: July 14, 2015, 17:32:39**

Potted history Gonz

Here's mine

Atari 800XL
Atari STFM 512k
Atari STE 1024k
Atari Mega STE 4Mb
Macintosh Classic
Macintosh 68030
Apple Macintosh Power Mac 8100
Apple Macintosh Power Mac Server 9300
Apple iMac
An old 486
Intel Celeron laptop
Intel dual core laptop
Intel i5 laptop
The new i7

Consoles
Atari Jaguar
Sega Saturn
Sony Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360
Playstation 3
Xbox One

The Gonz · **Reply #24: July 15, 2015, 08:58:16**

Impressive! I didn't mention my original 4-game pong TV console, PS One, 2, etc or the various laptops or current Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet but it wouldn't top your list!

AlanHo · **Reply #25: July 15, 2015, 10:38:59**

Quote from: bumpkin on July 14, 2015, 17:32:39

Potted history Gonz

Here's mine

Atari 800XL
Atari STFM 512k
Atari STE 1024k
Atari Mega STE 4Mb
Macintosh Classic
Macintosh 68030
Apple Macintosh Power Mac 8100
Apple Macintosh Power Mac Server 9300
Apple iMac
An old 486
Intel Celeron laptop
Intel dual core laptop
Intel i5 laptop
The new i7

Consoles
Atari Jaguar
Sega Saturn
Sony Playstation
Playstation 2
Xbox
Xbox 360
Playstation 3
Xbox One

I dare you to add up what you spent on those over the years (at today's values).......

I have possibly had as many computers, mainly desktops - but I have never bought a games unit.

Surferdude · **Reply #26: July 15, 2015, 13:01:48**

Wife = games unit.

bumpkin · **Reply #27: July 15, 2015, 23:11:03**

I dread to think of the cost Alan, although the 800XL was my first at 14 years of age, so that was a £90 job in 1984 (but a present), all the ST's were second hand as were all the Macs, think the Celeron was about £300 in about the mid 2000’s, the dual core £400, the i5 £500 and the i7 £1000. All the consoles are about £300, and of course like Gonz, I never mentioned the Android tab and the iPad!

diablo · **Reply #28: July 29, 2015, 06:09:26**

Due to my severe insomnia I am still awake at at 6am despite going to bed at 4 after having two melatonin tablets but only sleeping for ten minutes before waking again. Lying in bed afterwards for 50 minutes was futile.

However on getting up again I did check my Dell desktop for new updates - and there it was - a 2.72GB update to Windows 10. Now I had thought to be cautious, but I'm not working in computing any more and I don't use my Dell for very much anyway, so it is now nearly completing the download . Wonder how it will be? Windows 8 was 'orrible but this version may be better.

Windows 10 Review: A Welcome Upgrade, Perhaps Too Late - WSJ

Dazzler · **Reply #29: July 29, 2015, 06:40:12**

That's interesting, I thought it was going to be released midnight tonight!