Windows 10... From an Apple Guy

ReadyToGo wrote:
So win10 is a terrible OS? Over 500 million machines as of this spring. I guess you will find computers that have issues especially if you have no control over the hardware.
Does anyone think that other OSs don't have problems with their updates? Just yesterday Apple is going to try to incorporate older machines into new OS. Makes one wonder why that hasn't always been the goal.

you make a good point. my experience with Win10 is limited to acting as tech support to family and friends. my primary issue is the user interface...totally different from Win7 and earlier versions. Win10 is more like a smart phone or tablet. I recall reading that people whose first experience with windows is Win10 love the OS as it's more intuitive and similar to their smart devices. OTOH, many, maybe most, windows users like me who date back to Windows 3/3.1/Windows for Work Groups and earlier have a steep learning curve with the GUI because it is so different from "legacy" windows.

my other issue is the forced update. I get that troubleshooting issues is easier if users are all on the same page in terms of OS version. but I'm a guy that assumes the worst in terms of an upgrade and so I do a complete image backup of the OS partition before applying any changes to the OS. that was problematic with Win10 as MS force fed those updates to everyone. no way to turn them off other than disabling the update service.

at some point either our Win7 machines, which have been incredibly reliable for many years, will need to be replaced or January 2020 when MS will cease all support of Win7. when that happens it will be new PC time which means Win10 and somehow we'll manage.