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Now that W10 is out, are you a W7 / W8 refusenik?

Now that W10 is out, are you a W7/W8 refusenik?

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i refuse to stay on 7 or 8 :P upgraded all 4 of my pc's and im not looking back :P
 
At this point all I can say is: why ms, why? opensuse is looking better every day.
 
I voted other.
My gaming PC obviously will need DX12, and DX9-11 titles feel smoother compared to 8.1

my non gaming systems are a whole different situation, as i hate the forced windows updates - my internet is garbage and one machine updating makes my internet unusable until its finished.
 
Of course I'm.

No matter what I will not downgrade to W10 from W7. Tested 3 builds in entirely closed environment and W10 is trojan-like, laughable attempt to convince me that upgrade is necessary. NT 3.51 or W2K was more interesting and ground breaking that this thing.

But then I'm not hype-DX12-must-upgrade-to-W10-gamer or member of anti-social-networking-gang. Next thing will be probably W10/Face****/T****** integrated power drill.
 
Nah, W10 did the trick for me.

I installed it on another partition yesterday as I couldn't wait for the notification thing.

No issues so far. Pretty happy with the performance boost. I'll never look back.
 
I have installed Windows 10 on my ASUS Transformer Pad T100TA, but for my media center and gaming rig I'm still holding off.
 
lilhasselhoffer said:
God, Allen Bradley software sucks
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True statement is true :p I have an old laptop setup with XP to deal with Koyo PLC's and some other older stuff. :shadedshu:

On topic- I'll likely stick with Win7 until I need 10 for something... maybe try/buy it the end of the year when I build a gaming only rig.
 
Norton said:
True statement is true :p I have an old laptop setup with XP to deal with Koyo PLC's and some other older stuff. :shadedshu:

On topic- I'll likely stick with Win7 until I need 10 for something... maybe try/buy it the end of the year when I build a gaming only rig.
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Free upgrade is only for a limited time if I read my articles correctly. So if you wait too long, you're not going to have the option of having a free upgrade. I upgraded so I don't have to spend 200 dollars for a copy of 10 Pro, even if its not polished yet.
 
Going to keep my W7 at least for the next year.
 
I have to agree with junkie, I don't like forced upgrades of anything. There is no compelling reason to upgrade at the moment but that could change with DX12. So I am on the get the kinks out lists. Not to mention I will probably just buy a copy anyway so my win 7 keys are not converted. I may try and use one of my 8.1 Academic Alliance or Dreamspark, what ever it is now, keys.
 
I upgraded to Win10 from Win7 and all's ok so far. My needs are just very basic though. As is my PC.
 
After al the information about MS expecting us to pay for a OS where we are also the product being sold, the stupid kiddie interface, and no DX12 games, I will now wait until they get it sorted or until a game I want with DX12 comes out.


Reasons to upgrade.

1) Its new.
2)



Reasons not to upgrade.

1) Its new.
2) Already had issues.
3) No performance gain for games on PC.
4) All the BS that MS is spewing about Xbox gaming makes me want to vomit.
5) I don't care to be used for personalized data mining.
6) It may cost money to use currently free features.
7) Child like interface is clumsy.
8) Have to break parts of the OS to remove unwanted features.
9) No media center.
10) No additional features that I find relevant.


If its free you aren't the consumer, your the product.
 
Dieinafire said:
If you're not on windows 10 you're not a gamer
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Obvious troll is obvious.

I'll stick with 7.1 for a while, at least another 6 months. I may spend some of the holiday break moving to 10, but I won't touch it unless I can lock it down tight and force it to work for me, not the other way around.
 
Dieinafire said:
If you're not on windows 10 you're not a gamer
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All those DX12 titles out are so awesome!!!!


Like......ummm....... there are none. And if you believe that Xbox is "gaming" well. Bag o' dicks to you.
 
Dieinafire said:
If you're not on windows 10 you're not a gamer
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Troll or idiot? I have a hard time telling the difference between the two.

There are no DX12 games. Windows 10 doesn't show an immensely marked improvement on memory usage. Windows 10 has already experienced some immensely crappy drivers from AMD and Nvidia.



Windows 10 is for early adopters; it isn't for average consumers, gamers, or anyone who wants a smooth experience. I'm not saying that that isn't possible, but a new OS always brings a bumpy road for some adopters.
 
qubit said:
So, are you gonna stick with W7 / W8 for as long as possible like with XP refuseniks previously, or are you gonna jump to W10?

I gotta try it out a bit more, plus how good DX12 is and how well it's supported matters significantly, too.

Let's see your votes in the poll and you can select up to three categories.
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Im going to give Windows 10 a year and maybe a service pack before I move, Id like to try it on another right before I make the Jump. Windows 7 might be antiquated to the Fellow TPU members but it runs smooth as hell for me. I just fixed 2 XP computers and they are moving quick lol.
 
I will wait for a while and see how Windows 10 evolves. It's likely that I will upgrade to Windows 10 when I buy a new machine or feel that there is some tangible benefit. As for my work / study laptop I'll probably skip it for quite a while since it will most likely install its bootloader and overwrite my dual boot configuration. I don't feel like dealing with that when 8.1 works fine for me.

EDIT: Oh, and Windows 8.1 just looks nicer for me. I'm not a fan of the new icon set and their refusal to color the window headers. Probably just an adjustment period, but for now I really prefer the way Windows 8.1 looks. The new "start menu" does look nice though.
 
Going to Windows 10 right away is like supporting the selling of aborted baby fetuses. :p
 
Atomic77 said:
Going to Windows 10 right away is like supporting the use of aborted baby fetuses. :p
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Use for what? Medical stuff sure, but for table tennis not so much.
 
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