Vista Upgrade to Win10?

If you sign up and reserve a copy of Win10, will it automatically install and replace Win7, or will you have the option to install or not? Can it be reversed back to Win7 if you want to? What if you update, and things like printers, etc will no longer work? Just wanna know if this would be best just left alone.

Vixen21 wrote:
Yes, Windows 10 will be the last numbered version of the OS and going forward it will simply become a ‘Windows’ subscription service. This upsets those who don’t like the idea of a subscription service, but the biggest concern is this: while Windows 10 will seamlessly upgrade to ‘Windows’ – this is a new beginning. Your OS would evolve into a new product for which you HAVE TO PAY Subscription fees Forever
Stick With Win 7
Article at Forbes[url=]

All that's going to happen is that at some point Microsoft won't continue to provide security updates and other patches for earlier Windows systems. Keeping Windows 7 doesn't prevent that from happening. Sure, your system will continue to operate but you will no longer be protected from evolving security threats.

Vixen21 wrote:
Yes, Windows 10 will be the last numbered version of the OS and going forward it will simply become a ‘Windows’ subscription service. This upsets those who don’t like the idea of a subscription service, but the biggest concern is this: while Windows 10 will seamlessly upgrade to ‘Windows’ – this is a new beginning. Your OS would evolve into a new product for which you HAVE TO PAY Subscription fees Forever
Stick With Win 7
Article at Forbes[url=]

IF Windows will become a subscription service or not makes no difference, it will happen whether you keep Win 7, Win 8 or move to Win 10. If it happens, it will happen regardless of what you do today.

The nagware that the article talks about is very easily turned off via Windows own facility to turn notifications on or off. No need to uninstall any updates or anything else.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Someone like to boil down any reason why Windows 10 would be an advantage over an OEM Windows 7 OS? It seems to me, a greenhorn novice, operating systems are getting more and more clogged with useless features. I must be obsolete. I don't like rolling the cursor over something that makes an automatic drop down menu appear with 27 options each of which has 210 sub-menus. Macrohard seems to always have a goal - making an operating system that works most of the time. I liked Windows '97 and Windows 7 - the rest of them were problematic.

I've been testing Windows 10 since it was first made available for testing and I personally don't plan to take advantage of the free upgrade for any of my Win 7 or Win 8.1 machines.

There's nothing compelling in Win 10 that makes me say "I gotta have that!" For some that have Win 8 and can't function without a Start menu, the Start menu in Win 10 might be a draw but it really isn't much of a change from the Start screen of Win 8 except that it's not full screen. The Siri-like Cortana is built into Win 10 but it's more of a toy than anything really useful. There is a new virtual desktop feature that could be useful but still not worth upgrading for. There's also the new MS browser called "Edge" which still has a ways to go before it could compete with any other browsers currently available.

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Someone like to boil down any reason why Windows 10 would be an advantage over an OEM Windows 7 OS? It seems to me, a greenhorn novice, operating systems are getting more and more clogged with useless features. I must be obsolete. I don't like rolling the cursor over something that makes an automatic drop down menu appear with 27 options each of which has 210 sub-menus. Macrohard seems to always have a goal - making an operating system that works most of the time. I liked Windows '97 and Windows 7 - the rest of them were problematic.

Windows 97 ? You must be the only person on the planet with that OS.

Yes, Windows 10 will be the last numbered version of the OS and going forward it will simply become a ‘Windows’ subscription service. This upsets those who don’t like the idea of a subscription service, but the biggest concern is this: while Windows 10 will seamlessly upgrade to ‘Windows’ – this is a new beginning. Your OS would evolve into a new product for which you HAVE TO PAY Subscription fees Forever
Stick With Win 7
Article at Forbes[url=]

Someone like to boil down any reason why Windows 10 would be an advantage over an OEM Windows 7 OS? It seems to me, a greenhorn novice, operating systems are getting more and more clogged with useless features. I must be obsolete. I don't like rolling the cursor over something that makes an automatic drop down menu appear with 27 options each of which has 210 sub-menus. Macrohard seems to always have a goal - making an operating system that works most of the time. I liked Windows '97 and Windows 7 - the rest of them were problematic.

docj wrote:
I surely wouldn't spend ANY money on a computer of the age of one running Vista. To do what you proposed would probably be more than the price of a brand new machine running Win 7 or 8.1.

I admit I'm a power user, but I can't even imagine still running a computer of the vintage of Vista which was released in 2007. As I recall computers in those days probably had 1-2GB of RAM and hard drives of 100-250GB and the processors were probably single core Pentium 4's at best. By comparison I just looked at Costco.com and they have a Dell with a dual core Pentium, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive and 64-bit Windows 8.1 for ~$280. That will almost assuredly outperform what you have and will qualify for the free upgrade to Windows 10.

x2 - strongly agree.

I surely wouldn't spend ANY money on a computer of the age of one running Vista. To do what you proposed would probably be more than the price of a brand new machine running Win 7 or 8.1.

I admit I'm a power user, but I can't even imagine still running a computer of the vintage of Vista which was released in 2007. As I recall computers in those days probably had 1-2GB of RAM and hard drives of 100-250GB and the processors were probably single core Pentium 4's at best. By comparison I just looked at Costco.com and they have a Dell with a dual core Pentium, 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive and 64-bit Windows 8.1 for ~$280. That will almost assuredly outperform what you have and will qualify for the free upgrade to Windows 10.

1492 wrote:
If you have Windows updates notification enabled, you should start seeing the WIN 10 upgrade icons on your task bar notification area:

And clicking the Get Windows 10 icon:

Only applies to computers that qualify for the upgrade. Windows Vista and earlier versions do not qualify.

If you have Windows updates notification enabled, you should start seeing the WIN 10 upgrade icons on your task bar notification area:

And clicking the Get Windows 10 icon: