Windows 10: Can someone point me in the direction of the 'real' upgrade benefits

Discus and support Can someone point me in the direction of the 'real' upgrade benefits in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I am driving an 18 year old car and love it. The car has 70K miles and will probably last for another 18 years. Same with the OS. There can be as... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by riddell, Dec 23, 2015.

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  1. SLURP812
    slurp812 Win User

    Can someone point me in the direction of the 'real' upgrade benefits


    Not quite the same. You car wont expire due to age. *Biggrin Note that windows 7 will expire in 4 years.
     
    slurp812, Jan 4, 2016
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  2. WHS
    whs Win User

    And what does "expire" mean. It does not mean that it won't run any more.
     
    whs, Jan 4, 2016
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  3. MYSTERE
    Mystere Win User
    No, but it does mean that it shouldn't, after support ends. Just like XP, it's dangerous to keep running an OS that has no security patch support.
     
    Mystere, Jan 4, 2016
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  4. WHS
    whs Win User

    Can someone point me in the direction of the 'real' upgrade benefits

    Who cares about this useless security. I run it in a virtual partition under Linux hosts. That gives me real security.
     
    whs, Jan 4, 2016
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  5. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike New Member
    I care ( well, somewhat) and run Linux/s under W10 host.
     
    CountMike, Jan 4, 2016
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  6. MYSTERE
    Mystere Win User
    Uhhh... what? I fail to see how running a known vulnerable OS as a guest of one that isn't known to have one makes the vulernable one somehow secure... That doesn't even make sense.
     
    Mystere, Jan 4, 2016
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  7. WHS
    whs Win User
    It does not make it more secure but it is easier to fix.
     
    whs, Jan 4, 2016
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  8. GROZE
    groze Win User

    Can someone point me in the direction of the 'real' upgrade benefits

    Keeping this part for reference for security information. I incorrectly misread Mystere's post. I got it backwards. I still can't believe I still get things backwards to this day. My apologize to Mystere's.



    Lubuntu 14.04. lts vs Linux mint 17.3 lts vs w7 vs w10


     
    groze, Jan 4, 2016
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  9. MYSTERE
    Mystere Win User
    Mystere, Jan 5, 2016
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  10. JERRYI
    jerryi Win User
    IMO, the only reason to 'upgrade' to W10 is that MS will force you to do it, and it might not be free if you wait too long. The company will discontinue 'so-called' support of previous operating systems, and various bugs and attacks on W7 and W8.1 will bring you to your knees.
     
    jerryi, Feb 9, 2016
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  11. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member
    Has anyone mentioned hardware compatibility of new PCs, and lack of drivers for old OS's?
    So the benefit of Win 10 is to run modern hardware, with the drawback of Win 10's vulnerabilities.

    (That said, mine's been stable on a 6 year old and a brand new laptop...)
     
    dalchina, Feb 9, 2016
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  12. GATOR2013
    gator2013 Win User
    gator2013, Feb 9, 2016
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  13. GATOR2013
    gator2013 Win User

    Can someone point me in the direction of the 'real' upgrade benefits

    Get Real!

    Extended support for W-7 - 1/14/2020

    Extended support for W-8.1 1/10/2023

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/lifecycle
     
    gator2013, Feb 9, 2016
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  14. WHS
    whs Win User
    That is not a reason to upgrade an existing system that is perfectly working.
     
    whs, Feb 9, 2016
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  15. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member
    Never said it was... more the general case of why move on to a new OS. Including 'upgrading' when you buy a new PC.. i.e. what OS would you want on it and why.

    But you can extend that to Win 10 only compatible progs and peripheral hardware ... which will come eventually.
     
    dalchina, Feb 9, 2016
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