MikeO Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 What's the feeling then? Yes or no; I can get a free "upgrade" from seven but very hesitant because I like things how they are. Josh's laptop is 8.1 so again a free upgrade which I think is worth doing because eight is dreadful. His high end "gaming PC" is seven so again a bit risky. My feeling at the moment is to wait until it's released and check what people think rather than pre-register and get it from day one (29th July). And what happened to Windows nine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 The freebie just downloads on the 29th, it doesn't install it automatically, you do that at your leisure. So pre-register and then just do what you say and install it once you've heard what other people think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 The freebie just downloads on the 29th, it doesn't install it automatically, you do that at your leisure. So pre-register and then just do what you say and install it once you've heard what other people think about it. Makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 Makes sense. It's what I'll be doing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Very nervous after win8. Will be following your advice though, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Windows 8 is hit and miss. I'll probably take the plunge into Windows 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Windows 8 is hit and miss. I'll probably take the plunge into Windows 10. I've had a few IT friends try and explain what was good about 8, and I've not understood a single one of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Now that you mention it, I can't think of one advantage it has over 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I'm on 7. It's perfect as far as I can see - never had a problem with it or XP that I had before that. So I'll be hoping 10 will be fine. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 I'm on 7. It's perfect as far as I can see - never had a problem with it or XP that I had before that. So I'll be hoping 10 will be fine. I formatted my laptop after upgrading and got 7 again, cracking OS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I think the reason 10 has come out relatively quickly is to put right all the problems within 8. Saves them a lot of 'upgrade' time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Anyone taken the plunge? It's downloaded onto the new laptop but I've not installed yet. Plan was to experiment with my old Acer but I think I'm just going to reset that to factory settings, buy a new battery and keep it on seven as a back-up. Josh has a "cheap" 8.1 laptop that he used at college so we'll probably try it on that but it's not downloaded yet. I've not really seen much feedback from people using it; though my geeky son-in-law advised me against it yesterday, reckons it's still too buggy (but he lives on a different planet to most mortals so he may be talking crap, he mostly does). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 It's not downloaded on to mine yet for me to choose to install it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Had someone tell me it's miles better than 8.1 but refuses to comment vs win7 (by far and away the best since 95b) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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