There is a tremendous amount of FUD relating to Windows 10’s supposed invasion of user privacy. You may prefer to stay wherever you are for as long as you can, but in my opinion, that only works until something else forces you to make the switch at +a later date. I also realize not everyone is willing or able. I strongly recommend embracing the change and perhaps mitigating it with any of several add on applications, like Classic Shell, that restore some familiar functionality. If you can’t stand change … well, like any upgrade, Windows 10 includes change. Most consider it a vast improvement over Windows 8, but if the thought of leaving your beloved Windows XP leaves you frustrated and angry, Windows 10 isn’t going to make you any happier. Short of replacing the hardware or upgrading your applications, rolling back to whatever you had that works is typically the only practical course of action. Particularly with peripheral devices, it’s not too uncommon to upgrade, only to find out that a printer, a scanner, or some other device isn’t working. This’ll be most obvious if the Windows 10 compatibility check tells you you can’t upgrade, but unfortunately, that check is sometimes wrong. Similarly, if applications you use and rely on won’t work in Windows 10, then, again, Windows 10 is not the way to go. If your hardware has issues with Windows 10, then upgrading isn’t the right thing to do, of course. There are two - maybe three - strong cases for not upgrading to Windows 10. Some with Windows 10, and even more with the perception of Windows 10. … and, a year after its release, there are certainly enough happy Windows 10 users out there to support my position.īut all is not rosy. I have no hesitation using it, and no hesitation recommending it to the average computer user …
It’s faster, more secure, richer in features, and compatible with and able to exploit all the features of the latest hardware. There are some serious caveats, which I’ll enumerate below, but my default recommendation is that, yes, Windows 10 is the way to go if it works for you.īesides providing longer ongoing support as the latest version of the decades-old operating system, Windows 10 is, in my opinion, simply better. We’re getting down to the wire on the free upgrade offer and, particularly given Microsoft’s excessively aggressive marketing campaign, one of the most common questions is the most basic:
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