Should I upgrade to Windows 10?

Question

So I've been trying to decide if I should upgrade to windows 10 with no avail. I'm currently running Windows 7 and really like it, and after Windows 8 I'm very iffy to trust this new Operating System. I'd like to try and figure out if I should upgrade before it's no longer a free upgrade..

I use my computer primarily for gaming, so my biggest concern is that by upgrading to windows 10 I'll lose access or have a lot of issues with my games. One of my friends told me he's heard people with Windows 10 are having a lot of issues with Final Fantasy XIV, and I've heard it disables pirated games/spies on you constantly.

I also don't know how important it will be for future games, I already know some like Gigantic require Windows 10 to play.. So what do you guys think? What is your experience with it? Are you happy you updated?

Bonus question: If I'm unhappy with Windows 10, is there any way to revert back to 7 afterwards?

Answer 1

I wouldn't. I'm not a computer expert. I put myself at intermediate skill level. But I've been using them since they became available to the public and take very good care of the ones I've owned.



My experience with W10 has been positive at the start and then an increasing number of problems crop up. I'm not talking about the familiarization process - I know when my inexperience with the new OS is holding me back. I'm talking about the sudden changes to the computer without my interaction. I'm talking the mysterious disappearance of most of the programs which came with the computer, appeared after the upgrade and suddenly were gone a month or so later.



I will say that Windows 10 as an operating system is probably fine if it was built into the computer. But to upgrade an earlier version of Windows causes all the problems. In other words, I don't think an upgraded computer gets the most out of Windows 10 no matter how compatible it may be.



The computer I'm using right now (original OS - W7) was my testing ground twice for W10. Each time a problem would crop up, then I'd fix it. Then a week or so later, another would emerge. The cycle would continue until my computer was nearly unusable. So now, I've resigned myself to keeping W7 on this computer as well as my numerous laptops until they are no longer backed up by Microsoft.



I'm debating whether to continue with PC's or make the jump to Linux or Mac. So, in a word, no, don't upgrade unless you like spending most of your time working on problems.



BONUS ANSWER: If you upgrade to Windows 10, you'll have one month to revert back to your old operating system.

Answer 2

Have you installed Windows 7 update KB3035583? That update installs the GWX, or Get Windows 10, files, and includes an upgrade adviser that will tell you whether or not Windows 10 will run well on your system. If Windows 10 will work on your system, you'll still have to decide whether you want it. Some people love it, and some hate it. If you know anybody who's using Windows 10, see if they'll let you try out their system, so that you can avoid the hassle of installing, finding out you don't like 10, and then rolling back to 7.

Answer 3

You can upgrade to windows 10. But I am fetching some problems in windows 10 specially with graphics.

Answer 4

I upgraded from windows 8 to windows 10 the day after it came out. Everything worked fine for the first week then the start button wouldn,t work. Tried every possible suggestion from the Microsoft community forum site but to no avail. So reinstalled windows 8. Will wait till microsoft come up with a fix.

Answer 5

You have a year to do the free upgrade so I would recommend that you stay with your Windows 7 for a while. It is going to take some time before they get all of the bugs out of 10 and the updates will drive you crazy, especially if one of them fails.



Ron

Answer 6

Under no circumstances should a person who asks "Should I upgrade to Windows 10?" try to upgrade his or her computer. A person who asks that question is not prepared to deal with all of the things that one must do to make sure that one's irreplaceable precious personal data is saved on removable media, that one's user IDs and passwords are backed up and retrievable after the upgrade, and that the upgrade itself will go properly.



And, because of TWB's revelations, even savvy computer users should NOT upgrade to Windows 10.

Answer 7

yes upgrade to windows 10.

Answer 8

It doesn't disable pirated games.

Yes , it does send Microsoft data but you can use the program Disable Windows 10 Spying (look it up on google)

,also if the windows isn't genuine you can activate it with kmspico , about Finaly Fanatsy I couldn't tell you I am not into that game.

It works fine on a 7 year old PC with a 64-bit processor , actually it's faster than Windows 7 I had before.

Bonus question answer:You can revert back to Windows 7 if you kept your Windows 7 in Windows.old folder , but just to be safe make a backup copy of your system if you can.

So if you want to revert back to Windows 7 just go to Settings >> Update & Security >> Recovery you will find the button to revert :D

Answer 9

You know only you can answer this question. What I recommend you do is research WIn 10 and compare its features to Win 7 and see if you think you'd like it. There are literally 100s of blogs and forums on the internet about Win 10 that will give you information to assess.



Some people are going to say "you should" and some are going to say "you should not" and it will be a subjective opinion of what they like and neither of us has anyway of knowing what you would like. We don't even know anything about your PC and whether it can even run Win 10.



Remember you have one full year to take advantage of the free upgrade. That's plenty of time to research before jumping in the fire.



The key thing you need to research before you make the jump, is make sure your hardware devices are compatible with Win 10. Audio cards, video cards, wireless mouse, wireless keyboards, printers, scanners, cameras, and any other hardware. Thus far, the only issues I've seen have been driver updates needed for hardware devices so you can save yourself some headaches by making sure your hardware is compatible.



If you do decide to install Win 10, and you end up not liking it, Microsoft has built in a super easy way to return to your previous OS. These are the steps:



Open Win10

Click Start

Click Settings

Click Update and Security

Click Recovery

Click “return to Win 7 or return to Win 8.1” whichever you had

Answer 10

I upgraded to Windows 10 from WIndows 8.1 and the mouse pad did not work; I have an Asus Notepad. I also did not like he smaller icons on Win 10.



The Search works great in WIn 10, but I knew where everything was in WIn 8.1.



So, I restored WIn 8.1 and my Mouse works, Printer works, etc.



Wait....

Answer 11

75 million people upgraded in the first month. About 1% are having problems. That is a LOT of shouting and noise! The other 74,250,000 are using Win 10 very happily.



But delaying by 2 or 3 months is not a bad plan.

Answer 12

Most of the Windows Support websites (like Windowssecrets.com) all say the same thing:



If you like Windows 7, and do NOT have a Touch Screen, wait until your W 7 computer dies.



The next computer you buy will likely have Windows 10 on it.

Answer 13

I wouldn't. Not for at least the first three or four updates. Everyone is having issues with gaming, mics not working, "My speakers don't work," etc.



Anyone who owns one computer, enabled with Windows and installs new releases from Microsoft should consider being without a functional computer for a few months after the format.



If you do install 10, install to a new partition. Don't overwrite what you are using.

Answer 14

Yes if u use windows 7 service pack 1 or windows 8/8.1

Answer 15

NO!!! DON t get windows 10! Not if you care about your freedom and control over your own computer.

https://www.fsf.org/news/the-fsfs-statement-on-windows-10

I wouldn t ever recommend Windows.

However if you feel you must use it I would highly urge you to avoid anything above windows 7.

Microsoft has full control and remote access to your computer.



Using windows 10 leaves your computer extremely vulnerable.

Please do not use windows 10!

Answer 16

I mean fast time It\s very difficult for u so don't wary u can upgrade 10 for new experience about computer.

Answer 17

You should upgrade to lnux

Answer 18

Yes

Answer 19

We all thought Windows 8 would be the worse OS M$ would ever release and they learned their lesson. Windows 10 is so bad they have to GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE



I would wait until they decide that it is a mistake and release another version. Oh wait, I'm sorry, they are not going to do that anymore. They have decided that you are stuck with this one. It is called Windows as a service. From this point on you will not be able to refuse updates of any kind. What that really means is that M$ can install or delete anything it wants on your puter anytime it wants. Their attitude is, tough we now control you and your puters and there is nothing you can do about it. The other reason for forcing updates on you is to also force new releases of the OS on you. This means the next time they have a Vista or Windows 8 you will not have a choice but to upgrade to it. They will use your auto update feature to force it down your throat. Everyone knows the history of M$ and how bad they can be in destroying a good OS.





I would not upgrade to Windows 10. It is spyware masquerading as an OS.



Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge. Spyware is mostly classified into four types: system monitors, trojans, adware, and tracking cookies. Spyware is mostly used for the purposes of tracking and storing Internet users' movements on the Web and serving up pop-up ads to Internet users.



By default it logs just about everything you do.



http://boingboing.net/2015/08/03/windows-10-defaults-to-keylogg.html



http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-silently-uses-your-bandwidth-to-send-updates-to-others/



http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/



They say you can opt out of it but it still phones home, it's a trap



http://www.extremetech.com/computing/212160-windows-10-still-phones-home-even-when-ordered-not-to-do-so



Then there is the matter of not being able to turn off auto updates or selecting what they install. In other words with Windows 10 M$ can install anything they want on your puter.



http://www.pcworld.com/article/2949621/windows/windows-10-will-force-automatic-updates-for-all-home-users.html



Causing it to churn through data, blowing up usage caps



www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-churning-through-bandwidth-blowing-data-caps/



They have a bad track record with updates, but now it will get worse.



http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-cumulative-update-causes-reboot-loop-havoc-for-some-users/



http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-pulls-updates-recommends-uninstall-7000032678/



http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-microsoft-stopped-testing-their-updates/



http://theconversation.com/the-pc-reaches-its-twilight-years-as-windows-10-becomes-the-last-major-upgrade-32411



http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/windows-10-review-the-last-os-youll-ever-have-to-install/58355



It is a sad state when a population rolls over to major corporation, which shares what they have with the government when requested, and allows everything they do be monitored, logged, stored, and saved for ever.



Just pick up a history book and see how well this has worked out in the past. Back then they couldn't come close to how much data is being collected today. Think Germany, Russia, China, Cuba and oh so many more who have fallen prey to Totalitarian, Fascism, Communism, Socialism, Nazism, or any other ism you can think of. Give up privacy give up liberty and freedom.



If you do decide to update make a complete image of your hard drive in case you decide to go back to your original OS. We are finding using the go back feature built into Widows install is causing problem and M$ is deleting the recovery partition.

Answer 20

no .cause all they have done is added a crap version of cortana and shrunk the menu that everyone hated in windows 8 and 8.1 , down into the corner.

Answer 21

you can try it is stable and fast in booting but you should desactivate many feature that microsoft use to spy on you like "emplacement ,camera,contacts,messages,..." and the **** option peer to peer it using your internet

Answer 22

If you have a touch screen than yes and if you not than it is worst.

Answer 23

nop

Answer 24

If u wish then u can