Should i Upgrade?

NSoul · July 11, 2016

So the time is come, only 2 weeks until the offer from Microsoft, upgrade your old windows to windows 10, ends.

And i really don't know if i should upgrade my windows 7.

Are the any compelling reasons why i should or should not?

CaseyMazur · July 11, 2016

Windows 10 is actually a very secure OS, as long as you disable spying issues. Windows 10 is the best OS that Microsoft has ever made, as long as you disable the privacy issues. It also adds lots of cool features under the hood and in terms of the GUI.

seabass9990 · July 11, 2016

Yes, Microsoft will stop supporting windows 7 completely eventually and so will games and programs, its better to get it now while its free and have the compatibility in the future

kronflux · July 12, 2016

Better security, DirectX12, full support and feature updates, lower system resource use than Windows Vista through 8.1(not by much, but it's there).

Honestly, the privacy thing isn't a big deal - most of the telemetry Windows is sending is for diagnostic purposes so they can fix potential issues before they happen and better support the OS. The other stuff is sent for advertising purposes, which, if you own any google device, you're already sending to a major corporation - no big difference there.

You can disable all that stuff, too, if you really want to.

I'd typically recommend Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB N edition for the very paranoid, but it's only available through a Volume Licensing agreement with Microsoft.

Compelling reasons why you should not? well, the start menu in Windows 10 is atrocious. Otherwise, I think most things are pretty much the same as 8. If you hate the Start menu like I do, use one of the following:

StartIsBack (My personal choice and favorite)

Classic Shell

Start10