Shrink your old OS and install 10 as a Dual Boot. I did this a week ago and haven't gone back yet.
With Windows 8 and 8.1 I rarely spent more than a day and never went back.
What has snagged me is the snappiness. With that I can ignore the ugly one-dimensional flatness and strange tablet apps in the Start menu. But I want my gadgets!
Mike I follow a Clean Boot as laid out in my tutorials like Troubleshooting Steps for Windows 7 - Windows 7 Help Forums. I don't let anything start with Windows except Windows services and AV, and AV is built into 10.
Not sure what else would be running in a Dual Boot, as the other OS is completely inert.
Yes, gadgets are a negligible exception. Supposedly they need to be hardened against infection but I've never seen a case of it.
Never used them (gadgets) when they were still available. To me they are just security risk, system hogger and resource eater.
Those info are just a right-click away (Task Manager) if you are really watching your system performance.
I am not inviting an argument. Using them (or not using them) is a personal preference.
I don't have to test drive a car for a year to tell if I like it or not.I made a mistake, I'm a beta tester since the old days, I asked on another forum ( OMG I was accused of not knowing anything because I called the preview beta and not Alpha ect... and even accused of not really beta testing MS OS in the past my history : IE3 beta, XP Beta, Win 7 Beta (did not beta Vista) )
"Why would you install the technical preview ( windows 10) for a couple hours or so and think you have tested it?" Why not use it everyday? Stress the OS to find bugs?
I was told:
"You do not put the OS on a main system you use everyday" "You may or will lose all your data"
WOW when I test an OS I use it everyday and report back to MS. I'm not worry about losing data since its all backed up, even my browser (Fire Fox)
I do have a Laptop with Win 7 on it I can use its older and dual core not bad.
But Win 10 deserves i5 and a non touch and touch screen computer, our touchscreen laptop is an i3
Yes read about Key Logger, but not worried about it all.
I have Win 10 as dual boot on my desktop and laptop. I leave them on there just to check for updates. I also, use Media Center daily, and Windows 10 doesn't have that, so it makes no sense to use it.
I am also a gamer, there is no way I am going to put in 200+ hours into a game just to have it crash, if they make a change. That is just foolish.
Plus, I just don't like the new interface, it is just that simple. There are some things that are improved, but overall I am inclined to believe it is a step backwards. At least at this point. I am of the philosophy that people wanted Windows 8.1 with a Windows 7 menu, IMHO, and that is not close to what we have here.
I feel the question begs to make a moot point.
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