Why is Windows 10 a must have OS?

Wynona said:

At least you read the rules. :)

Go back to the Windows 10 Forums page and look at Windows 10 News. There you will see all the news about Windows 10 and chances are you'll even see an earlier posting of what you're referring to.

Posting from sources other than these forums is permitted . . . that's not promoting anything . . . it's passing on information. We can even point folks to the Windows 10 Community forums at Microsoft.

If you should point us to, ummm, XYZWin.com and say that it's superior to all other sites dedicated to Windows, that would be promoting the site. If you were to say XYZWin.com has a great review of Windows 10 and it can be found here, that's not promoting the site.

Wynona, "Our Lady of the Ten", as usual, you explain things so well!

If it's for computer under "My System Specs" it should work just fine on it. Because of it's age, Dx12 may not bring you any performance gains. Some if not most of the drivers would have to remain under "Legacy" drivers but ones for W8.1 and even for W7/Vista work too. Of great help is that there is a very large base of drivers MS has and by the time 10 gets to be mainstream OS and maybe a bit after most of HW is covered.
There may be some learning curve to jump from Vista/7 but if you are not planing to go and dig deep in the system it's mostly just to get used to changes. There are some tools to make transition smoother, "God Mode" still works and has more entries than ever (254).
There are some features that can't be found in Vista/7 that show promise but for some may not provide enough quality programs yet. Store and Apps in it (a lots of freeware) is one of them. Live tiles for some Apps like news, sports, mail, Multimedia etc. are in my opinion quite good replacement for Gadgets in W7. Pure desktop programs including Office work just the same as they ever did and a small minority of them that may give you some troubles are bound to be trouble free soon.
With half decent internet, updates are going to be easier to implement as they are better automated.
At the end, you'll have to get used to looks, overall and icons and tiled look for Apps but there already exists a good base of themes and are bound to be many more soon so you can customize the looks as you please. While we are at customizing, some facets of it are a bit limited or missing comparing to W7 but some new ones are introduced, Themes and programs for customizing will be plentiful but you'll have to get used to "new way and looks" and not insist on old ones to be happy.
I like history, have old, classical furniture and drive old car (much older than yours) but still have no problems to adapt to new Windows looks, those things are not comparable at all.

First and foremost, welcome to Windows Ten Forums. :)

baumgrenze said:

I found this just before my household DVD player quit. I've sense enough to know who is preparing my meals and all, me being one-armed in a sling for 3 more weeks. That took priority. That's solved so here I am.

Sorry to read of your dilemma. Sounds like you married the right woman. IMO they’re hard to find these days. That's not to say there's a lot of good women. There are.

I found a review in 'Trusted Reviews,' a UK Time product, you can read it yourself here:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinio...0-vs-windows-7

It is not unflawed. The comments make that clear. I'll leave it to someone with more experienced eyes than mine to confirm that some of the images of Win 7 appear to be Vista instead. That does not change the author's description of what has changed. I'd be obliged if someone would see if he missed some critical improvement(s). The ones he describes do not compel me to rush to evaluate Win 10 for myself. Some cause me to turn away. That said, I do not spurn all new technology. Our primary car is a 2012 Leaf; it shares the drive with a seldom used 2004 Prius.

Thanks for the link to the article. Edward covers much ground there, but never once do I see him mention WinRT over Win32, save in mentioning Settings app over the legacy Control Panel. This leads me to believe he’s ignorant to what’s really going on.

The tech market has shifted in recent years. Although MS has somewhere around 93% of OSs installed on tower desktop PCs and laptops, they are far behind on mobile devices of which you know who is dominating. Although 93% looks to be a large number, the sales and ownership of tower PCs and lappy devices has decreased. MS MUST introduce an OS for mobile devices or die. Plain and simple.

That’s where WinRt over Win32 comes in play. Being a member of Windows Eight Forums I’ve heard it all. The most prevalent > “We don’t need no stinkin’ phone interface on a tower PC!” Well, yes you do because of the introduction of WinRT over Win32, of which Win32 first being an unsecure system. Second, it’s a B to write code for ever increasing its vulnerability. Third, it won’t run across all devices due to hardware architecture, of which mobile devices are continuing to dominate in today’s market. It’s about what sells and always has been. When geeks start to understand the business aspect of tech and just not technical aspect, then they might get somewhere.

Back to your subject. Is 10 worth the while? IMO yes it is even though you’re late to 7. Glad to see you and your wife reserved copies of 10. I guarantee you’ll not regret it once learned. Admittedly a big step, but once learned you’ll see what a navigational wonder it is because of WinRT.

Try to learn how WinRT Store apps work in conjunction of one another as I’ve recently commented here:

New update package on Windows Update for PC build 10240 today

My only other device/machine is my son's 'cast off' iPhone5. Some warn in the forum about taking an abundance of caution to 'protect' the integrity of a primary computer. As I see it, I'd have to suspend all other computer use to to participate in the evaluation, probably for most of a week, given my typical learning curve. I need to be convinced of the gains I'll enjoy, that there would be few, if any losses.\

By all means don’t give up the security of your primary system. I dual boot 8.1 with 10. Although I’m “warming up” to 10, I won’t give up my 8.1 as of yet.

Help me see what I'm missing.

thanks

baumgrenze

Only you can decide that for yourself by using a system. I or others can only give opinions, but it’s up to you to decide.

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