Why should a Windows 7 user upgrade to Windows 10?

Question

People have been asking me this. What are the benefits, actually? Windows XP users had the same question about Windows 7, but there is a huge difference here- Windows 7 was and still is reliable.

I'm not here to bash on Windows 10 but I might since I am frustrated.

I'm legitimately wondering what an average user (who likely would not use Metro Apps at all) would get out of it.

I have not seen ONE PC that was upgraded to Windows 10 that has no major problems. Note I said upgraded, not from a clean install.

I love the OS, but it's been almost 8 months since the official release, and after a year and a half of Insiders testing it, it's just getting ridiculous. I am really disappointed.

Are these really the same guys who made such incredible and reliable software such as Windows XP, 7, and 8.1?

And once again, is it worth it at all? I can't convince people myself if I tried.

Once Windows 7 becomes obsolete, I may have to move to Linux despite the lack of user-friendliness. I really don't want it to come to that. THAT is really why I am asking this question.

Answer 1

There are around 200 million people who have upgraded to Windows 10. Have you asked them all? Of those, about 1% (2 million people is a LOT of shouting!!) are having problems.



Why Windows 10?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn986867(v=vs.85).aspx

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/01/04/windows-10-now-active-on-over-200-million-devices/

Start Menu

Continuum for tablet / desktop switching

Cortana - your personal assistant

Edge Browser (IE 11 is still installed if you need it for backwards compatibility)

Windows apps on the desktop

Improved built-in apps, e.g.

Mail, Maps, Calendar, Photos, News, Weather, Sports

Office apps now available from the Store

Improved Search capability - in the PC and across the web

Improved Settings app and control panel

Action Center / Notification Center

File Explorer improvements

Windows Store improvements

Phone Companion - Links your phone to the PC and other services.

Task View and multiple desktops - Task switcher

Windows snap to quickly enable multiple side-by-side windows

Automatic updates and continual improvements as Windows as a Service kicks in.

More secure and resilient

Scheduled restarts if a reboot is required

Improved Command Prompt window

DirectX 12 for better performance in games

Support app - find online tips or chat with Microsoft support online (everyone who upgrades to Windows 10 gets a free 15 minute support phone call to Microsoft).

Much easier for developers to port an application from iOS or Android to Windows.

Device Guard, which prevents applications from running unless they are recognised.

Windows Hello, for biometric authentication.

Secure Boot, which prevents malicious software from loading while a computer boots, thereby potentially compromising the operating system as soon as it starts.



MORE DETAILS on Why Windows 10:

• The new Microsoft Edge browser is now your default browser. It helps you search online using the address bar; create a reading list for things you want to read later; view your favorites, reading list, browsing history, and current downloads in the Hub; take notes, write, doodle, and highlight directly on webpages; and enjoy a clean and simple layout with the Reading view. Cortana is also available right in the address bar to help you get things done faster and easier.

○ If a page does not display correctly in the Microsoft Edge browser, you can select "Open with Internet Explorer" in the upper right corner to switch browsers and provide feedback on your experience at the same time.

• Cortana, your personal assistant, is now available on the desktop in the US, China, France, Italy, Germany and Spain. Just like in Windows Phone 8.1, she can display your daily routine, finance, food, music, news, sports, travel, weather, and more.

• Office Mobile (Universal) applications are now available in the Store for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. These apps are touch-optimized and designed from the ground up to run on Windows 10 on a wide variety of devices.

• Updated Start menu. Similar to the rich menu experience you remember from Windows 7, the updated Start menu enables easy navigation of both desktop and modern applications; the ability to search files, apps, settings, and the web; access your apps, documents, pictures, and computer settings; log off or switch accounts; and more.

• Notification Center. Similar to the notification center that was introduced in Windows Phone 8.1, you now have a persistent list of notifications that you can view and address whenever you like. You can also access links for performing quick actions, such as turning Wi-Fi on or off.

• Task View. The Task View button on the task bar enables quick switching between all your open apps and files, similar to using the keyboard combination of Alt+Tab.

• Windows behavior for modern apps. Modern apps now behave more like traditional apps on the desktop, able to be resized and arranged in "windows" as well as in full screen mode. Move multiple modern apps at your convenience, or scan them all together at once. We also eliminated the Windows 8.1 Charms bar, relocating functionality such as Search, Share, Print, and Settings for modern apps to their respective title bars instead.

• Snap enhancements. Working from multiple apps at once becomes even easier and more intuitive thanks to improvements with Snap. Have up to four apps snapped on the same screen with a new quadrant layout. Snap apps to be different sizes with Smart Fill, and even have Windows suggest what other apps you have open to snap with Snap Assist.

• Network Flyout. Right-click on the network task icon and to access a network flyout instead of going to settings.

• Lock Screen UI.  All the user accounts associated with the device are listed in lower left corner and the account cameo picture is now round.

• New shortcut locations within File Explorer. Finding recent files is easier than ever with new shortcuts for "Recent Files" and "Frequent Places" you've accessed.

• Filtered taskbars. Shows only windows on your current desktop by default, rather than across all desktops (global Taskbar).

• Virtual Desktop improvements let you drag a window to a virtual desktop and access multiple desktop experiences – and the apps on them – from the same Windows PC, so you can always access the files and apps you care about.

Answer 2

I upgraded well over 100 computers at my office with zero problems.



You have to make sure your hardware is compatible before you undertake the upgrade. The people I've seen complain have been people who have hardware device conflicts that are unresolvable. Sometimes a hardware device manufacturer just doesn't release a driver update for a new OS. This is not anything new as it happens anytime we have a new OS come on the market. And when that happens, it forces the user to either not upgrade that particular computer OR to buy a more modern day device that is at issue. Ex: if you have a video card that is old and the video card manufacturer doesn't want to release a new driver update for that device, then the user is stuck and either has to (a) not upgrade the computer OR (b) has to buy a new modern day video card. ETC.



You can make Win 10 look exactly like Win 7. About 60% of my users at work like the desktop view vs the Win 10 start menu for their programs and have all of their programs on the desktop. You can't even tell they are running Win 10.



If you don't want to upgrade, you don't have to. Win 7 is a very good OS. You will have until 2020 before it's put out to pasture and by then you'll be buying a new computer most likely. And there is no telling what Windows will look like in 4 more years.

Answer 3

I've personally upgraded 4 laptops from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and had zero issues on any of them. In addition I upgraded my brother's and my own Windows 8.1 desktop to Windows 10, and again no issues.



However, it does require patience. You can try to force the upgrade all you want, but your computer is going to be ready when it's ready. It can take days for that to happen, although ones that are online a lot probably already have downloaded the necessary files via windows update.



The easiest way is just do download the media creation tool and run it. Saves a ton of time.

Answer 4

We are M$. Resistance is futile. Your puters will adapt to service us. We will add your technology to our own. That is the new and improved M$. It is now a take it or else proposition.



Millions of user try the upgrade found it wanting. When they tried to roll back they found out that M$ had mess with the backup and it would not roll back properly. Then they tried to use the recovery partition and found that M$ had deleted it. In other words M$ made a promise that if you did not like it you could go back and then failed to live up to that promise. It is my opinion that they never intended to live up to it. They knew 10 was not going to go over very well when people discovered the spyware in it and that's why the recovery partition and the rollback feature fails so often. M$ had to find a way to make it look like people like it.



Windows 10 is NOT an improved version of 7. It is Windows 8 with a little lipstick to make it look pretty and different. The they threw in a heaping stinking pile of spyware in it and called it 10. Then they decided that you were stuck with it and it only.



M$ is pushing 10 hard because it means a big increase in their profit margarine when they sell the info they collect on you. That is why it is FREE. They have seen the profits that the smart phone makers are raking in by spying on their user so M$ decided to emulate that and cripple the desktops, laptops so they can do the same. That's why they built a back door in it so you can stop the OS with a firewall from phoning home. They spent years coping anything that Apple did. Hence we got Windows 8. Now they are going copy the smart phone industry and and force everyone to use APP.



Resistance is never futile. Do not allow your biological and technological distinctiveness to be added to M$. Our culture will never adapt to service M$.



As you can see by this chart, Windows 10 is falling flat on its face. People have wised up and are NOT adopting it. Even giving it away for free, M$ can not trick people to use it so they can be spied on. They even deleted the recovery partition to keep from going back but they all found ways.



After 9 months of giving it away for free and all new system being sold with it installed, Windows 10 only holds a little less then 13% of the OS market share. LOL That is the true definition of failing.



http://netmarketshare.com/report.aspx?qprid=11&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=195&qpnp=11&qpch=350&qpdisplay=111111111111110&qpdt=1&qpct=4&qpcustomb=0&qpcid=fw563674&qpf=1

Answer 5

1

Answer 6

you should not upgrade it

Answer 7

yes