Windows 10
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
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The desktop I use here at home runs Win XP. When I bought it in late 2008, Win XP had been discontinued and was not available pre-installed on a new computer. Everyone was pushing Win Vista. Win 7 was not out yet. So I bought a bare-bones PC, and separately bought the Win XP and installed it and configured the machine myself.
Fast forward to 2014: I bought a copy of Win 7 intending to load that in place of Win XP prior to the April 2014 cut-off of Extended Support for Win XP. In considering all the customization I have done to this computer, and the crazy amount of time it would take to re-do it after a Win 7 install, I decided to take a risk and stick with Win XP. I’m not sorry that I did.
BTW, Microsoft is still updating Win XP. I know because I have this computer set up so that updates are only installed with my permission.
My laptop runs Win 7. I use it infrequently and when I boot up, it takes forever because the OS gives priority to downloading Win updates. Then when I shut it down, it takes a very long time again installing the dozens of updates.
I would never choose to be among the first to try a new OS, even if it were free. I remember Win Vista!
I don’t plan to “fix” this PC unless and until it is broken.
Wayne
Fast forward to 2014: I bought a copy of Win 7 intending to load that in place of Win XP prior to the April 2014 cut-off of Extended Support for Win XP. In considering all the customization I have done to this computer, and the crazy amount of time it would take to re-do it after a Win 7 install, I decided to take a risk and stick with Win XP. I’m not sorry that I did.
BTW, Microsoft is still updating Win XP. I know because I have this computer set up so that updates are only installed with my permission.
My laptop runs Win 7. I use it infrequently and when I boot up, it takes forever because the OS gives priority to downloading Win updates. Then when I shut it down, it takes a very long time again installing the dozens of updates.
I would never choose to be among the first to try a new OS, even if it were free. I remember Win Vista!
I don’t plan to “fix” this PC unless and until it is broken.
Wayne
