Well, Windows 10 drops this week. I was just curious who would be upgrading to Windows 10 themselves, and why? I've read up on it some, but I am still on the fence about being an early adopter of the new operating system. I leave for vacation literally the next day, so I figured I'd wait until I got back at the very least before making the jump. If you are gonna be an early adopter maybe give a little spread on why that is. If you plan on holding off for as long as possible (I think the free upgrade is available for a year) why is that? If you are in-between or unsure maybe the comments will help you make a decision.
For me the only real reason I would be holding off is I use my PC to game and Windows 10 could be highly problematic with my large library of games.
I won't be getting Windows 10. It comes preinstalled with Candy Crush Saga. That is some bullshit. King is the slumlord of mobile game companies and I don't want more bloatware than Microsoft already wants to ship with Windows. Also, I have a massive library of games, some of which I've had to tweak to work with Windows 7 because they came out when Windows was on double digits, so I don't feel the need to upgrade either.
Yeah, it's not that I hate Candy Crush Saga with a burning passion, it's that I didn't decide to install that piece of software, so I shouldn't have to deal with it being on my system. It sounds high-strung, but it's like if I went to a burger joint and wanted a plain hamburger, but you want to sell me a deluxe with all kinds of extra stuff that I don't want on it because those companies paid you to make sure their product was on the hamburger. Sure, I could scrape all of it off, and we'll even pretend like remnants wouldn't be left on the burger, but that's not what I want as a customer. Yes, my rig can handle the extra software. I might have even used some of it if left to my own devices, but I sure as hell don't want someone else telling me that I must install this software on my PC in order to install Windows 10. To be fair, I believe that one you install it the first time, you can go ahead and do a clean install without any bloatware, but it's just the fact that Microsoft wants me to install it in the first place that turns me off. It's the principle of the whole situation.
Short answer is I believe you can. I made a more detailed reply to War below.
Ever since my old laptop running Windows 7 broke down, I've been at war with Windows 8. A part of me dies every time I accidentally open up the Metro UI by some touchpad wizardry. Also, multiple desktops! At last! When I was dual-booting Ubuntu that was such a handy feature.
I'm sort of worried about the privacy concerns. I might wait a bit and see if there's a way to disable all the, for a lack of a better word, spyware that is integrated in it. I mean some of that made sense in the insiders program, for feedback and bug reports, but on the RTM version, to me it's ethically unacceptable. EDIT: Microsoft’s new small print – how your personal data is (ab)used
Agreed. I'm also worried about the pushed updates. I like to make sure I know exactly what goes on my computer, so the idea that any update, whether called a security fix or not, could be pushed onto my computer without my direct consent is frustrating to say the least. I'll stick with Windows 7 and wait for the money to shell out for a better computer, so I can run 10 in a virtual machine on a Linux host.
If it was just security fixes that were automatically updated I think I'd feel ok about it but I'm worried about what kind of unavoidable and undesirable "features" they will foist off on me. All the same I'll probably install it after a few months after what ever is going to break is already broken.
Sorry if this disappoints you but you can't escape "spyware" in commercial products. But nevertheless you always have the free choice - use it or not use it (or use something else). As fast as you click on "I agree with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy" (whatever you read it or not), you're saying: "I agree with all the stuff you do, in exchange for your goods." Legit. I agree, what I do on my computer shouldn't be Windows'/Microsoft's business. But the truth is that if some kernel module is logging your keystrokes to improve your UX (or maybe also something else), you just can't change it. If you need Windows or Windows UX, then you sadly have no real choice. If you don't depend on it, feel free to go for a Linux distribution (which is supposed to be less backdoored and spyware infiltrated as OS X or Windows (the kernel itself isn't backdoored but some preinstalled apps in the distro could be, although this is in 99,99% not the case)).
I've been using the RCs for a while. It's a lot better than previous versions of windows I've used. But I am an outlier, I need my commandline tools, and I need to be able to explore and hack a bit on this and that. Things I like about the new windows: It has great integration with thumbprint It comes with powershell (although I still disklike powershell compared to zsh or other shells, its a step in the correct direction) It's interface is smooth (with a caveat later) Things I dislike: The new interface stinks when configuring anything. For example: Click on "Configure printer" a window will pop up. DO NOT CLICK OUT SIDE OF THIS WINDOW or the operation will stop! Cortana is stuck because of the previous interface bug (If you set up a new account and are fast with mouse clicks, it will be re-setup, otherwise it just sits there judging you and your stupid human inability). I still like linux because of package management, which is something the windows store seems to hope to solve.
Yes. Because I don't see why not - it's probably going to run better than 8.1 does right now, has new features, and personally I'm kinda excited to interact with Cortana and the new browser. On the flipside, Candy Crush is not getting installed. And if bad comes to worse and I don't like 10, my computer's already set up that I could reinstall 8.1 in about an hour - just plug in the USB, format my C: drive, reinstall, run Ninite and done.
The only reason I would consider having anything to do with 10, would be to play one game.
Most of the 'features' that MS is touting, have been in other op-sys for years now. While I see some interesting stuff in 10, it is not enough to get me to drop linux.
I don't game much, and I just got a laptop for college, so I've got 8.1. I think I'll take 10 over it, my main game should work, and it'll give me time before school starts.
I'll be updating my Windows 8.1 system right away, but probably lagging as long as possible my Windows 7 system. I despise the interface changes in Windows 8.1, which I think are confusing, unnecessary, and redundant. I am not a fan of Windows in general, but I prefer Windows 7 to any of the other versions they've yet released.
I'm upgrading on my surface. For my laptop, I don't trust Microsoft to have my windows+linux dual boot intact. I'm keeping windows 7 on my gaming PC. And my linux box won't be touched by windows. I'll probably mess around with windows 10 on my raspberry pi. Yes, I have a lot of PCs.
I'm planning to wait a bit before installing it myself. I'd like to upgrade to win10 and try it out but my current sound interface barely works with beta drivers for win7. I'm waiting to see if focusrite will make 2i2 drivers for windows 10. Sadly my current e-mu 0202 has extremely scratchy pots so it's starting to go the way of the dodo. I have no problem buying a new interface but I want it to support win10.