Windows 10: View Poll Results: Will you upgrade to Windows 9

I'll have to see if I can get proper driver support for my laptop. IF the drivers work with the preview builds, I'll definitely upgrade asap. If not... Time to save for a new PC. I like Windows 7, but I'm also bored with it, and from what I've seen, Windows 9 is going to be more or less exactly what I want from a new OS.

 

Thanks for the votes

Quite a surprise for me, was expecting the Yes votes to be higher

Interested to see how this changes over the coming months when people get their hands on Win 9 preview

 

I am Happy with Win7Pro and 8.1pro, However, Win8 was a big disappointment and I need something to look forward too....

 

If MS comes up with another rip-off scheme (like killing existing OSes or stopping support to get people to upgrade), then we have no other choice. But I will hold on to 7 as long as it is supported. But then, it all depends on how the preview turns out. Hard to say at this point.

 

As of now, I can only say maybe at least for now but will certainly give it a try first. The only Windows I ever skipped to use full time was Vista.

 

Without a doubt - whether I like it or not. Hope it is not too expensive though.

 

And then I will have a machine on 7, one on 8.1 and the current one with 9.

 

If I decided to adopt 9 later on, it will not replace my 8.1. It will go on a separate SSD as dual boot.

 

I'm about the same thinking as Bill .. its going to have to be pretty good to get me to move from 7 *Smile

 

the answer to the question is an easy one for me... its a big yes.

BUT..

its a whole new question as to weather I will stick with it or not.

 

Same here. Along with my W8.1 Pro disk, I will also keep my W7 disk at least until support for either of them runs out. My PC is a full tower so I have plenty of room for expansion.

 

Eye candy notwithstanding, new system better work even better than previous. Easier driver handling, DirectX 12 promises to be better than ever. Safeties built in only right places, unlike now when it's applied all across the board, where is needed or not. Even more efficient memory handling would be appreciated (it's definitively better now than in Win7). Some AI in file storage so they would not all be piled up in C: drive and at least easier to decide where to store them. That hasn't changed since the Win 95. There are changes coming to hardware so that has to be addressed too. DDR4 Ram is coming up soon, it will have more pipelines and should be able to be used by OS or there would be no improvement on the SW side if it's not handled properly. CPUs and GPUs are getting more and more new commands and if left only to SW developers we may not see much of it. There are new extensions to graphics environment like "Mantle" that OS can use to it's advantage too. As CPUs are more or less stuck to sub or less than 5 GHz frequencies, more cores are added and OS would have to be able to divide background and foreground jobs so they do not "collide" and slow everything down.
Those are just some changes that are heck of a more important than weather interface would be called Metro or modern or even what it looks like.

 

Me too, will use it to update 1 machine for a "look see" and then decide. I have never "not updated" in the past so I expect I will here too.

 

You may want to consider updating a cloned version (on another drive) to save you all the pains of getting your Win 8.1 back in case of an unfortunate event.

 

I have 7 SSDs, 2 empty and waiting, in the machine, backups of backups, so I am good to go...*Cool
Your advice is excellent and Acronis True Image is my BFF.