What are your thoughts on the upcoming release of Windows 10?

Seems like a genuine horror to me.
I'm all for the latest and greatest, if it really is.

But if it's Microsoft, it really isn't.

I've encountered a whole lot of loyal XP users.

I've tried Linux. I've tried Unix (Apple).

The best OS I've found is MS Win7.

And when it went off the market, displaced by Win8, it was as traumatic as a death in the family.

By stroke of sheer genius, after Win7 was gone; I found a source that had refurbished computers.
They were so new, I could compare then to the non-refurbished price of the same computer, new.
It's a $1,600.oo computer I got for less than a $1k.

AND !!!

And this was the deal-clincher. It has the old superseded Win7 on it.

FANTASTIC !!!
& btw, the computer arrived in like new condition. I've gotten refurbished computers before. One had been used by a heavy smoker. The techs wiped it off. But the interstices between the keys and everywhere else was caked with malodorous tobacco tar. DISGUSTING!
This new one is like brand new. An Asus i7. I like it.

Win7 has lots of flaws. I know MS will never fix them. But the flaws are familiar, and most of them have work-arounds.

And now I see, the e-tailer Newegg is selling Win7 OS for $70.oo each.
If you want the DVR software (which I use daily), you must get the media center edition, or higher.

Win8 was an abortion.
But I rather doubt Win10 will be as good as Win8.

I'll be a Win7 user until Homeland Security and Seal Team 6 haul me off to Gitmo in a straight-jacket and diapers.

I have heard so much unsatified Win 8 users. I never upgraded to Win 8. I stuck have Win 7 but I do want to try Win 10 when I can afford it.

Windows 10 is a work in progress as all the other past editions were, the only way to know if you like is to drive right in and make it your own.

I have tried every edition of window except 2000 and all of them had their good and bad sides.

I am now using Windows 8.1 and after getting past on how completely different it is to the past editions I have found it isn't as bad as some would like to make you think it is. I am waiting in baited anticipation for the free up-grade to version 10. I can always regress to Windows 7 Professional but I have a feeling it will be outdated and incompatible with future software coming down the pipeline.

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If you want to try 10, you may be able to get a free beta.

SJ
Welcome to mingle2.
What I do when I faddiddle with OS upgrades;

I just take the boot drive out of the computer, and replace it with a new one.
That way, if the "upgrade" is a nightmare, un-ringing the bell is as easy as swapping back in the previous boot drive.

AND !!

SSD are so cheap these days, you may want to upgrade your hardware with your software (if you don't already have a boot SSD).

My newest computer (Toshiba) has a boot drive SSD from the factory, with Win7 on it.
It seems to boot in about one fifth the time of my similar Win7 computer w/ boot HDD.

HDD = Hard Disc Drive = electric motor, magnetic platters, read/write heads & voice coil

SSD = Solid State Drive (no motor, no twirling platters, etc.)

i liked win 7, but when i upgraded to 8.1, it was actually just as good, better because of the apps i could get with it... they just sent me an email giving me the win 10, after the 29th it will free for me to upgrade...

You're a brave soul mm.

I gather you're a mobile guy.

I'm not techno-averse.

I'm just isolated; living in a tower in the forest.

I'm delighted to have a telephone.

Mine's a cell phone just because they're cheaper.
But my cell stays on my desk.
I've only taken mine with me once, when I took a 500 mile automobile ride.
Even then I left it in the car.

I'm resolutely determined to not have a smart phone. I bought the stupidest phone I could find.

If I want a computer, I'll use one of desktop / laptop models.

PS
The only app I can think of I might like is a scanner for shopping, so if I want the info on a product, I can just scan the code, and then read the information.
That could be convenient. But not enough to to suffer the humiliation of smart phone ownership.

no, my phone is an android, win 10 will be for my comp...

My computer just told me I can get windows 10 for free. I don't know what to do. I have windows 8.

yea, it's a download ater they release it on the 29th... i replied to my email already, so they will let me know...

Windows 10 is windows 8 just improved start menu well a menu .. well the menu was disabled in the registry thats all. The os has gotten graphically weaker since the win 8 release. now win 10 is so clip-artish its pathetic . So thats why it seems faster then Win 7. Its a piece of well u know not worth it.
I would stick with win 7 x64 sp1 if staying with x86 windows.
If Linux- then open source linux Distro like pclinuxos for x86
oh another thing apple or macosx isnt unix its closed source linux. They just registered the unix compatibility layer . That is what you are paying for and how they claim "unix". yes, open source linux has that too. They didnt register it or you would have to pay for it too hence open source amongst other reasons.