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If you don't want microsoft to spy on you go with Linux....

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For me I love windows7 and im not upgrading to windows10 until the last month of its free download.

 

It's all up to you but sooner or later you'll have to settle with windows10 unless you want to switch to another OS.

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They've implemented a lot of the telemetry and naughtiness into 8 and 7 already. There are ways to disable it in Windows 10, but they are far less common for the old versions. I use 10 because I love the multi-desktop features and the new multitasking UI. However, it is pretty buggy. What I'd recommend is buying 7, upgrading to 10, seeing if you prefer it, and if not reverting back to 7.

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i'm building my pc and i'm wondering if it matters between the two...i heard that microsoft spy on you in w10 so i don't really want that..tell me what to choose

If we look at this objectively, they were 'spying' on you through all versions of Windows, but Windows 10 has been seen to be the worst. Although, there are ways around these - Windows 10 is your best bet IF you know what you're doing.

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They've implemented a lot of the telemetry and naughtiness into 8 and 7 already. There are ways to disable it in Windows 10, but they are far less common for the old versions. I use 10 because I love the multi-desktop features and the new multitasking UI. However, it is pretty buggy. What I'd recommend is buying 7, upgrading to 10, seeing if you prefer it, and if not reverting back to 7.

 

 

Windows 10 can be very productive compared to 7, but it is still buggy so I can't really say

 

 

As they say. :)

 

Like what I'll do, you can sit with Win7 for a while and upgrade on the last month of Free Win10 Update.

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The update worked seamlessly for me

Same for me, and I was switching back and forth because there were not ADB/flashboot drivers on Windows 10 for Xperia devices. 

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Same for me, and I was switching back and forth because there were not ADB/flashboot drivers on Windows 10 for Xperia devices. 

Ahaha, I did the same thing - switching back and forth from W10 to W8.1. It was because in Windows 10 my frame rates in games would drop by about 10-20 (In CS:GO it's annoying in competitive mode).  

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Every version "Spies" on you! People have just woken up from their deep sleep hallucinations!

Judge a product on its own merits AND the company that made it.

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i'm building my pc and i'm wondering if it matters between the two...i heard that microsoft spy on you in w10 so i don't really want that..tell me what to choose

windows 7 and windows 10 are the same. windows 7 spying was planted by Microsoft using windows update while windows 10 is built in. Your best option if you are not planing to game on that PC and willing to loose some windows features which existed back since windows 95 is Linux or hackintosh.  

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i use win 7 because i like it

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To the OP, what are the things you intend to use the OS for? Windows 10 mostly functions like Windows 7, except you might find Windows 7's start menu more useful, as Windows 10 reduces some of its functionality.

 

 

Windows 7 has better compatibility with older games than Windows 10, and will continue to receive support updates until 2020, so is just past the half-way point in its support life.

 

Windows 7 / 8 don't support DX12, but they will support Vulkan, which accomplishes the same thing as DX12, which is low-level communication between software drivers and hardware to achieve improved system performance in games and whatever else.

 

 

If it's primarily about gaming for you, then I suggest Windows 7 for now, and make sure you activate your Windows 7 license with the free Windows 10 upgrade. Then you can move to Windows 10 at any time in the future, and don't have to worry about not using it right now.

 

If you don't plan on gaming, then unless you want to use things such as Cortana, you may find that the biggest difference between Windows 10 and 7 is that one has hard-angled corners on application windows (Windows 10), while the other has round corners on application windows (Windows 7). And maybe that Windows 7 has a better start menu.

 

 

Also, Windows 10 has bugs in it, and it has fewer visual customization options than Windows 7, and also makes it more difficult to change some things even with an Administrator account than Windows 7.

 

The very best choice of all options is to have a Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate license, and then to upgrade to Windows 10 with it so that the license is registered as permanently valid for both Windows 7 and Windows 10. Then perhaps go back to Windows 7 until Windows 10 receives some more updates, more features, and fewer issues.

 

 

windows 7 and windows 10 are the same. windows 7 spying was planted by Microsoft using windows update while windows 10 is built in. Your best option if you are not planing to game on that PC and willing to loose some windows features which existed back since windows 95 is Linux or hackintosh.  

 

The telemetry updates for Windows 7 can be blocked by disabling automatic updates, and not installing the updates which add telemetry to Windows 7. Windows 10's telemetry is built into the OS.

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The update worked seamlessly for me

 

The upgrade worked really well for me for about a two months. Then a driver locked up (I'm pretty sure it was the AMD driver) to the point where I couldn't even get into safe mode (Would bluescreen). I had to suck it up and clean install. I'm just being precautious a bit. To be fair though, my Windows 7 was probably jacked up due to the faulty corsair PSU cycling the system on / off. I think that might've corrupted stuff in the background preupgrade.

 

The upgrade works fine and still does on my laptop though.

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