Windows 10

You can always do a dual boot system and have 7 &10 at the same time

Jim-Linda wrote:
Has anyone began the conversion to 10? Problems, comments? Do you know if it loads on top of say, 7, or replaces all of the older version?

Thanks,

Jim

jim, I always wait to upgrade an OS until at least the first service pack has been issued. these things never seem to go smoothly and I'm happy to wait until others have blazed the trail, encountered the problems that MS eventually addresses. I love Win7 but didn't upgrade to that until XP was dead and buried.

good luck.

Jim-Linda wrote:
Has anyone began the conversion to 10? Problems, comments? Do you know if it loads on top of say, 7, or replaces all of the older version?

Thanks,

Jim

Windows 10 is not scheduled to be released till July 29.

Mountaineer42 wrote:

Jim-Linda wrote:
Has anyone began the conversion to 10? Problems, comments? Do you know if it loads on top of say, 7, or replaces all of the older version?

Thanks,

Jim

Windows 10 is not scheduled to be released till July 29.

Exactly. There has been a "Technical Preview" (Beta) version of the software available for a number of months but the commercial OS isn't available to be downloaded/installed yet.

If you choose to upgrade to Win 10, it will replace your original OS but will keep your programs and data in tact.

WMC (Windows Media Center) that is included in Win 7, will be removed if you upgrade. Also, Win 10 doesn't provide any way to play DVDs so you need a 3rd party program such as VLC to play DVDs. You'll also lose games such as Hearts and Solitaire, desktop gadgets and support for floppy drives.

The standard Win 10 release will force you accept all updates when they are released. If you use a cellular connection like I do, this is a no-go situation for me! I pro versions (or what ever they call their upgraded versions) will allow you to download on your own schedule.

Jim-Linda wrote:
Has anyone began the conversion to 10? Problems, comments? Do you know if it loads on top of say, 7, or replaces all of the older version?

Thanks,

Jim

I've been running 10 for a few months and in my professional opinion it's not ready nor will it likely be ready by the end of July. Microsoft is fixing things faster than ever before with Windows 10 - they don't want a repeat of Windows 8.0 or worse, Vista. On the other hand, there's never going to be a "service pack" for Windows 10, waiting for one will be a long long wait. The OS is updated incrementally, as part of MS's new "Windows as a service" business model.

A few problems I've run into in Windows 10:

Sometimes basic functions like clicking on the start menu to bring up your list of programs stops working from time to time, and the only fix is to reboot the computer.

Several Windows XP programs which run fine under 7 will not install under Windows 10, due to its improved security and changes to system folder names.

I observed playing video games under 10 was considerably slower than under 7.

On two cases, my Windows 10 machine developed a vague error "Your computer is having trouble starting Windows." There was no fix, only remedy was to reinstall.

I would hazard to guess the summer launch is a "soft launch" to see what major problems are out there, and get them squared away by October in time for the holiday spending season.

On a positive note; I did experience a drastic speed improvement overall upgrading from 7 to 10. The computers all boot much faster and applications open faster. Plus Windows 10 fresh install takes a lot less disk space than Windows 7 fresh install - that's important for laptops with a small solid state drives.

Synchronizing multiple computers works better than it did under 8, many more things can be synchronized now.

GordonThree wrote:
I've been running 10 for a few months and in my professional opinion it's not ready nor will it likely be ready by the end of July. Microsoft is fixing things faster than ever before with Windows 10 - they don't want a repeat of Windows 8.0 or worse, Vista. On the other hand, there's never going to be a "service pack" for Windows 10, waiting for one will be a long long wait. The OS is updated incrementally, as part of MS's new "Windows as a service" business model.

A few problems I've run into in Windows 10:

Sometimes basic functions like clicking on the start menu to bring up your list of programs stops working from time to time, and the only fix is to reboot the computer.

Several Windows XP programs which run fine under 7 will not install under Windows 10, due to its improved security and changes to system folder names.

I observed playing video games under 10 was considerably slower than under 7.

On two cases, my Windows 10 machine developed a vague error "Your computer is having trouble starting Windows." There was no fix, only remedy was to reinstall.

I would hazard to guess the summer launch is a "soft launch" to see what major problems are out there, and get them squared away by October in time for the holiday spending season.

On a positive note; I did experience a drastic speed improvement overall upgrading from 7 to 10. The computers all boot much faster and applications open faster. Plus Windows 10 fresh install takes a lot less disk space than Windows 7 fresh install - that's important for laptops with a small solid state drives.

Synchronizing multiple computers works better than it did under 8, many more things can be synchronized now.

I haven't experienced any of these issues you described while running Win 10 (I assume you have the latest build - 10130). The Start menu works every time I click on it and I have never encountered the error "Your computer is having trouble starting Windows." in any of the Tech Preview builds. I can't comment on the speed of video games since I'm not a gamer.

On forums that I follow I see lots of people that post problems they have with the various Win 10 builds. Many times I don't see the same problems so those issues may be an incompatibility with some particular piece of hardware or software that they have in their machine.

Personally, I think the OS is pretty stable at this point but I don't plan to upgrade any of my Win 7 or Win 8.1 machines because there's nothing that can be done in Win 10 that I can't already do with my present machines so I see no benefit to upgrading. I'll wait until I build or buy another computer and will probably have Win 10 on it.

The technical preview didn't install on either of my work PCs (both Windows 8.1) because of the hardware not being supported. This isn't a good sign as these are both HP corporate machines. Hopefully they will have better driver support as they move towards launch.

jpmihalk wrote:
The technical preview didn't install on either of my work PCs (both Windows 8.1) because of the hardware not being supported. This isn't a good sign as these are both HP corporate machines. Hopefully they will have better driver support as they move towards launch.

Interesting. I've loaded it on an HP Prodesk 600 G1 and a Elitebook something or other (both Windows 8.1 certified machines). The E-book's multitouch-pad gave me a bit of trouble, it would not recognize any gestures until I loaded the Windows 8.1 driver for it from the HP website.

What models did you have trouble with?

I like Windows 10. I'll take the upgrade as soon as it's available. 10130 seems quite stable.

Now I'm trying out Office 2016.

Mind you, this is all running in a VM on Windows 7. I'm hoping once I get on the real hardware, things will be even faster. Hopefully drivers will be available.