Why would I change from Windows 7 to Windows 10

Emma said:

I don't understand this vulnerability/security thing. There seems to be such a terrible fear of an infection. I don't know of any computer user who has loss the use of their computer permanently due to an infection. As long as they have a back up CD or have the factory recovery disks they will be okay. I know people who don't do W updates and haven't for years. I know someone who has never done W updates and has never had infection or hacker. He still uses W 98 and xps.

An infection can happen to anybody and that can be pretty bad. A reinstall is always an option but a better strategy is to make frequent images - at least once per week. Then you can only lose a maximum of a weeks worth of work and data. But usually you can recover even that data with a live linux CD or stick - like this one. Or if you like a simpler version, take this one. One of those options should be in your kit.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

BunnyJ said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

BunnyJ said:

Greed?? I can't agree with that. But, I don't want to get into a discussion about that subject here. I think that change is a good thing and people can adapt to it. We've been doing that for ages and will for a very long time to come. Some changes are bad but not all of them and making blank statements is silly, IMO.

I used to dig LP's but I really love CD's. The sound is better and they don't have the dust issues and static that LP's have.

Jeff

Change isn't always a good thing, especially change for change's sake. Why should I (or anyone else, for that matter) adapt to change if it isn't beneficial? If change benefits me, I'm all over it. But, if it doesn't benefit me overall, forget it! In the case of Win 10, I haven't seen anything new that I would benefit from that I'm not already getting from third party add-ons with Win 7 (many which do a better job than Win 10). I still have two retail copies of Win 7 (Home Premium and Ultimate) I haven't used yet. All my programs and hardware is compatible with Win 7; that may or may not be true with Win 10 and it may be a while after Win 10 has been out before some of them, if any, will be compatitble from updates in the programs or hardware drivers. I just don't see the point in upgrading from an OS that fully meets my needs to one that probably will not from the start and will probably cost me money in needed upgrades in programs and hardware.

I don't think I meant that anyone had to adapt to the new OS. IF you read post #154 you'll see that I don't think that if people like Win7 should update to Win10.

Jeff

You're contradicting yourself. You said change is a good thing, as though it always is. I said change isn't always a good thing and gave an example in the context of this topic. another example would be smart phones. I wouldn't mind having one but, being on a so called fixed income, I don't need another large monthly bill and the benefits of a smart phone do not outweigh the disadvantages of that large bill. I've done just fine without one for all my life. I have an ancient prepaid cell phone (an Oystr; go ahead and laugh but it's paid for) I carry for emergencies that stays off unless I need to use it. The benefits of that outweighs the small average monthly cost.

I'm with you if I had my way I would be living in the cabin in the woods with a beer fridge and the daily new paper

BunnyJ said:

I like change and you don't.. I'm fine with that.

Jeff

The issue isn't whether one of us likes or dislikes change; it's about whether change is good in itself. You apparently feel all change is good; I feel only some change is good and it will vary from person to person.

whs said:

Emma said:

I don't understand this vulnerability/security thing. There seems to be such a terrible fear of an infection. I don't know of any computer user who has loss the use of their computer permanently due to an infection. As long as they have a back up CD or have the factory recovery disks they will be okay. I know people who don't do W updates and haven't for years. I know someone who has never done W updates and has never had infection or hacker. He still uses W 98 and xps.

An infection can happen to anybody and that can be pretty bad. A reinstall is always an option but a better strategy is to make frequent images - at least once per week. Then you can only lose a maximum of a weeks worth of work and data. But usually you can recover even that data with a live linux CD or stick - like this one. Or if you like a simpler version, take this one. One of those options should be in your kit.

If one keeps their data segrated from the OS and programs, either on a separate drive or a separate partition, there is no need to have to recover any data lost when restoring from an earlier image. Imaging, while pretty much essential for backing up system files (OS and programs), is an extremely time consuming, bulky, and inefficient way to backup data. Data, as long as it is segregated from the system, is much better backed up with a folder/file syncing program, such as FreeFileSync. I image once a week and just before making any major changes, such as changing system settings or instlling new hardware or software. folder/file syncing is so fast, I can easily do it daily and anytime after I've added some critical data.

BunnyJ said:

Lady Fitzgerald said:

BunnyJ said:

I like change and you don't.. I'm fine with that.

Jeff

The issue isn't whether one of us likes or dislikes change; it's about whether change is good in itself. You apparently feel all change is good; I feel only some change is good and it will vary from person to person.

I totally agree with you.

Jeff :)

Lady Fitzgerald said:

whs said:

Emma said:

I don't understand this vulnerability/security thing. There seems to be such a terrible fear of an infection. I don't know of any computer user who has loss the use of their computer permanently due to an infection. As long as they have a back up CD or have the factory recovery disks they will be okay. I know people who don't do W updates and haven't for years. I know someone who has never done W updates and has never had infection or hacker. He still uses W 98 and xps.

An infection can happen to anybody and that can be pretty bad. A reinstall is always an option but a better strategy is to make frequent images - at least once per week. Then you can only lose a maximum of a weeks worth of work and data. But usually you can recover even that data with a live linux CD or stick - like this one. Or if you like a simpler version, take this one. One of those options should be in your kit.

If one keeps their data segrated from the OS and programs, either on a separate drive or a separate partition, there is no need to have to recover any data lost when restoring from an earlier image. Imaging, while pretty much essential for backing up system files (OS and programs), is an extremely time consuming, bulky, and inefficient way to backup data. Data, as long as it is segregated from the system, is much better backed up with a folder/file syncing program, such as FreeFileSync. I image once a week and just before making any major changes, such as changing system settings or instlling new hardware or software. folder/file syncing is so fast, I can easily do it daily and anytime after I've added some critical data.

Lady Fitzgerald;
May I ask why imaging is inefficient? I have a small hard drive 500 gb, it only take my about 15 to 20 minutes to restore from an image, if I am worried about an infection, then I use the mini partition wizard boot cd and delete all partitions and create a new one, which takes about 5 minutes more. To me, an image beats having to reinstall all your applications, drivers, etc