Windows 10: View Poll Results: What are you going to do?

Joan I like your signature.

 

Why is everyone not wanting to upgrade their Windows 7 machines to Windows 10?

 

They're still scared after Windows 8. *Tongue

 

Oh okay. Well, I think Microsoft has it right this time. But, I could be wrong. The only reason why I would like to upgrade mine is because of the Apps, and the Mail App. Going to the Mail App is a lot more convenient on my Mom's 8.1 desktop, than going to the internet to check my mail on my Windows 7 laptop.

 

Well.. I've never used Windows 7. I like Windows 8.1 and I really like what MS is doing with Windows 10, I think they're heading in the right direction.

 

Windows 8.1 doesn't bother me. Windows 7 doesn't bother me. But, there is another reason why I want to upgrade. That reason is because I don't want to lose the security of updates when 7 goes obsolete.

 

In my case, it has a lot to do with the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy. Win 7 is meeting my needs. I also prefer to wait until it's been out for a while to give it time to have the inevitable bugs worked out and to make sure there won't be issues with hardware and software compatibility.

 

One reason is the Grey theme, I tried windows 10 preview earlier version never could get the exact color and application background. See screenshot.

Other reasons,

I use 1280 x 720 resolution, 1600 x 900 is way to small for me.

Normally, I could handle the eye candy and the bright themes but unfortunately my eyes can not, so I need a dull theme. Which I am going to ask about in another thread.

I have a dual boot with Linux, the resolution I use is 1300 x 768 depending on the desktop. I don't want windows 10 free windows update install to mess with my Linux system installation.

In some cases hardware may not be compatible even Microsoft said that in there disclaimer.

I would also prefer Microsoft mailing me a usb flash drive 2.0 and/or DVD install disk instead of using a windows 10 free update install.

 

I checked my hardware. From what I could see, it looked mostly compatible.

 

I am not scared of anything, even when I came face to face with a man who had a gun in his hand and had just shot a police officer. You think a OS would bother me. I like my 2007 Nissan Murano and I will never get rid of it even though there are a lot of new models out. Does that make me scared of it. I like W 7 I know what it is like, I do not know what 10 will be like. I may not like it. I am putting it on my lap top to learn it but will keep my 7 desktop.

 

This has not so much to do with Windows 10, it has more to do with the complex and confusing logics of some (quite a many, in fact) PC users.

Check any tech forums, their overclocking and modding sections and threads. You'll find a bunch of users who use their last pennies, everything they can con or steal from their parents or save from their paycheck to further pimp their Monster Machines and judging by quite a many of posts you see on these sites, the only thing they ever do with their PC in addition to swapping hardware components is to run various benchmark programs and post their results.

Posting a benchmark result 3,867 and being in Top 5 gives them peace only as long as someone else posts a benchmark result 3,868. At this point the old CPU has to go. The same when they post nice pics of their new AmazingGFX GPU HyperFast X 1000 3.77 GHz, the joy only lasts until the next geek shows pics about his new AmazingGFX GPU HyperFast X 1001 3.78 GHz. The PC is for these geeks a constantly evolving almost living thing, it has to always have the lates perks, latest technology.

At the same time these PC users protest every slightest change in their "old and reliable" operating system. "Why can't Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 look and behave like my old XP did?", "Why did Microsoft change that?" "I don't like changes!" and so on. The same confusing logics can also be seen in piracy; the pimped Monster Machine must have all the latest and most expensive parts, some of these overclocked, highly customized and pimped machines can cost thousands of dollars, yet the owners of these machines are often found complaining when they have to pay a hundred for the operating system to be run on The Monster Machine, using a pirated Windows instead.

*Wink

 

I will be upgrading my Win 8.1 production installation to the Win 10. But, I have to keep Win 7 on one PC as I have a RS232C application, for my wife's embroidery machine, and the USB/Serial interface only works on Win 7.