Does Microsoft take over?

Ooeerr.....this could start yet another tin foil hat debate....

dencal said:

Ooeerr.....this could start yet another tin foil hat debate....

Actually, I have always wondered if tin foil (of course really aluminium or that stuff called aluminum) is adequate or whether should you really use a denser metal such as lead as used in nuclear reactors to stop gamma rays - the most powerful form of radiation.

I do not want to alarm our "stannum headgear" comrades but I think THEY can still get you otherwise - of course lead brings other health concerns, so I would use a tin foil lining inside the lead sheath - recommend a neck brace as well for the extra weight of course.

Actually "Tin" in tin foil comes from actual Tin (Sn) used in first cans to stop oxidation of iron tin cans were made of. Tin is highly malleable and was aluminum scarce, so scarce if fact that Napoleon was eating out of aluminum dishes and silverware while his guests ate out of gold and finest china.

Deblk said:

I really want to upgrade to 10 but I am reading so much about Microsoft controlling everything it puts me off.

Can we still control how we go about things? Need more specifics, but i use 10 the same as any other version of Windows
Can we use third party apps? you can download and install things just like in the past
Is there a lot of bloatware? depends how you define bloatware, there are some apps that are not easy to uninstall, just like things on previous versions
I don't have an xbox but it seems that 10 makes a big deal about that. Can we uninstall all the stuff we don't want? There is an xbox app, which is a companion to the xbox, just unpin and ignore, some apps can be uninstalled, some need extra work to remove, no difference to other versions of Windows, IMO, lots of things installed that i would never use, just ignore them
And so the list goes on.

Can you guys give some reassurances to do this because how I see it is that eventually will have to go down that road but seems a bit silly not to take the free upgrade which is coming to an end in 3 day.

Please put me out of my misery of thinking should I or shouldn't I

Go for it, if you dont like 10, revert back to current OS

Deblk said:

Thank you....should I create a microsoft account or stick to my local account?

You need an MS account to access many of the new features. However, you can use a local account and login to features individually.

One definte plus is you can reset passwoed more easily if you forget it with an MS account.

Personally I would use an MS account, it just makes things easier when using MS services (now or future)

You can use a local and then change this over to a MS account later if you want to