Ok my fellow anons... how many of you have upgraded to Windows 10? I ask because I am still currently running Windows 8...

Ok my fellow anons... how many of you have upgraded to Windows 10? I ask because I am still currently running Windows 8.1... I've had MANY people tell me that Windows 10 is a lot better but I have no way of knowing for sure. Should I upgrade..? Is it even worth upgrading? It's FREE until July 29th... so I am wondering if I should get it or not. What are some of your guys' opinions that have already got it? Any feedback would be appreciate. I can't make up my fucking mind if I want to upgrade or not.

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idk I'm still on 7

i have it and its pretty good, not much different from 8.1, just some UI changes and the addition of Cortana which is the windows version of Siri

Takes a long time to startup, randomly starts eating ram and disk usage, it's a fucking disgrace, games run fine, but i'm still loving windows 7, so i'll "dis-upgrade" this week.

It fried my RAM, which for some reason bricked my SSD that was running windows 10. Couldn't get past login screen without blue screening, even in "safe mode." Fuck windows 10.

I wish I still had 7... I was FORCED to get 8.. then 8.1... It upgraded automatically, I couldn't shut it off. That's why I am stuck with 8.1. Everyone has told me Windows 10 runs a lot better. I just can't make up my mind.

Windows 10 isn't bad, really, especially compared to 8 and 8.1

Microsoft, essentially, is lacking some fundamental clue. Everything they touch turns to shit. I'm sure they're baffled by this.

Look at Apple software and hardware. Now look at Microsoft?

Apple is like a teenage girl in a negligee and Microsoft is like a pimply teenage boy in a negligee -- which would you choose?

I'd say no, my bro got it and he torrents shit often. When he upgraded from 8.1 it locked his system and made him remove all of the pirated stuff before he could even log on.

Seriously? I torrent all the time as well. Normally just TV shows though. No pirated software or anything. Would that still happen to me?

ahhh, the perks of a botnet

There's a lot of websites. I understand there's videos, explanations, or guides. So Sup Forums, can you downgrade Windows 10 to Windows 7?

jesus fucking christ just do the free upgrade and enjoy it
don't listen to these raging autists here, they get their retarded drivel from shitholes like slashdot and arstechnica

Yeah, no joke. He torrented a laser disc collection of some anime he never finished, upgraded, locked his whole system and made him remove that, plus a good chunk of his other shit. Do what you want, but that is just one of many tales I've heard from people that upgraded. You also can't disable windows updates.

that must be the stupidest thing I've read all night. lrn2/formatC/ n00b

Windows 8 is the best I will never leave it

I may do the upgrade just for the key and then reinstall 8. Just so i can have it on hand

His brother was using a pirated copy of Windows,i t has no problems torrenting, although I recommend switching to a bit torrent, for some reason it works a LOT faster with win10 than azureus, mainline /utorrent, or deluge

>Loved win7
>Won't touch win8 because it sucks
Currently using win10 and i prefer it, I miss win7 sometimes but if its a choice between win10 and anything other than win7. Just fucking upgrade.

bait.

if you fucking go to advanced startup it gives you the iption to downgrade you dumb bitch

I use vuze

that totally happened, yes.

whatever trash you idiots are using for torrenting or your unpaid downloads is the problem, the fucking OS doesn't scan your personal data for this crap. you won't get "locked out" of win10 even without a software key these days

Atleast you shouldn't be a cuck. Be more appreciative and respectful to your Sup Forums fags. Jeez, you don't have to go ape shit.

you are so full of shit, it made me constipated just reading it

I just did literally yesterday and have seen massive results. my laptop runs much faster and fixed many of the problems that it had before on its own. great choice in my opinion

Windows 10 piracy detection does not disable use of Windows 10, just of the pirated software, pirated media still works just fine. Basically it is time to go FOSS or pay up

>forced "upgrades"
>2016
>still using proprietary software
>not owning your computer

this place is all about tough love. I told him he'd need to formatC didn't I

That is azureus

What I mean is that Microsoft offers their consumers one month. That one month, people can downgrade without losing their files. I already passed the month. Explain.

That's true and yes you did.

Seriously ditch that shit, it is a memory blackhole

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So basically, just upgrade to 10 then if running 8.1.? DON'T upgrade if running 7. That seems to be the popular opinion over all.

just use your original key for the previous OS and do a clean reinstall of it, there your downgrade is done
do you seriously not have your downloads and personal files copied to an external drive or even uploaded somewhere?

popular opinions are almost always moronic

8 is great for people that werent too stupid to get stuck on the start screen

>that totally happened, yes
Can't tell if sarcasm or faced a similar issue.

You can downgrade, If you are going format your system, and if you have a Windows key.

Why someone would install a botnet? Linux runs 10x times faster than that crap and you can do the same than Windows. With a good computer you can use a virtual machine over Windows for some special software.

I installed Windows 10 in my father's computer because he is retarded and the old computer runs slower than Windows 7. All that after uninstalling the keyloger, and all that malware. Never go full retard and install w10. Stick with 7. Or change to Linux master race and become free

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it lets me downgrade anytime I want, whenever I go to advanced startup I see "revert to previous operating system"

>Linux runs 10x times faster than that crap

kind of easy to do when you dont have crap to run

Yes, don't worry my lad. I'm always responsible for my belongings. I have ton of old videos, memes, and etc.

Now the question for all these fuckers who upgraded to Windows 10 is what do you do when your hard drive fails? You can't restore from.backup unless you have a ghost image of the current setup... you can't follow the free upgrade path again from.your original install because no longer free... lol this is why running Linux is such a better option, you can always start over, switch distributions, always of shit... no bugs... maybe 1 or 2 hours downtime whike MScucks spend days getting shit back

it's the opinion yes but it's pointless and retarded
every new release has functional improvements over the last, more efficient code and use of hardware
ppl can keep using a dinosaur like win7 but they're not keeping some evil bogyman at bay or whatever their delusions are, and frankly it's fucking stupid to intentionally miss a free upgrade to 2 generations newer OS which would normally cost $100

Stop installing malware you fucking retard.
>Pirated stuff
Well there you go dipshit

Utorrent then?

what is stopping you from making a copy lf the hard drive while it is working

>upgrading an OS
>upgrading then downgrading OS

>too stupid to do clean installs

Cheryl loves watching the world burn too

Just before you click on it. Research more. It's just I'm not in your problems. I'm after the one month. Good luck though. I saved all my crap.

Hated 8, 10 is no better. Wish I still had XP.
Basically I was working on an important document for work and Windows decides to kick me off and take about an hour of my time and force upgrade.
The interface is a bit more user friendly than 8 but I've noticed it takes longer to start up and runs a little slower.
Windows sucks. I wish I was savvy enough to run an obscure OS and have endless customization and freedom but alas I don't have time for that.

I never installed a malware. I never torrent or download anything sketchy. It's just funny that 2 days after I install windows 10 my PC went to shit. Soon as I get windows 8 back and replaced my RAM, everything is back to normal.

I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!

sarcasm, software doesn't destroy hardware like it was claimed unless windows somehow overvolted everything or some shit. something else was wrong to begin with

you fucking reinstall clean with a USB stick that holds the windows install image, exactly like linux, and you don't need the key beforehand because it's stored in the motherboard firmware and/or retrieved automatically from MS servers

qbittorrent is my recommendation...
Utorrent and mainline are full of malware and adware now

qbittorrent.org

Well it's top tier without system32.
But I guess you could say that about
Win8 as well.

>Windows decides to kick me off and take about an hour of my time and force upgrade.

See. this is why i say Linux is for people too stupid to use windows. The number 1 reason people hate on windows is auto updates that they are too stupid to turn off

How often is a Windows idiot likely to make a ghost rather than just a backup?

this, qbittorrent is the only way to go these days
utorrent was good like 10 years ago..

And if you want to torrent on your phone/tablet, use FLUD, hands down the best, free or paid

Went from xp to 10 3 months ago.


None of my games work for more than 5 to 10m before crashing. They freeze up and shut down. Then I get the "video driver stopped responding " bullshit.

I've tried every fix on google....nothing.

Yeah I didn't turn it off, my bad. I always auto update and it usually happens when I shut down my system. I was not expecting it to just force that shit on me in the middle of a project.
But yeah I'm probably too stupid to use Linux

Linux has automatic updates too, you just keep working while it does it's thing in the background, maybe reboot if it is a kernel uodate

I went from 7 to 10, nothing in between. I like 10 and you will too if you liked 7. There are a couple of little things that annoy me, like there always are, but no big deal.

I vote for windows 10.
I say you should get it.

If you decide to upgrade, I will suggest a few things.

1. After upgrading, do a "refresh" where you delete all files and settings. (but don't downgrade back to 8)
2. Turn off internet before you set up windows 10

2.1 Select NO/Off to all options when setting up win10, if you read them all you will understand why. Every option is basically asking to send data back to MS.
3. run a program called "disablewintracking" (can be found on github i think) to disable telemetry and other useless shit.
4. download windows tweaker and turn off notifications and whatever the hell else you want.
5. find a script to kill one drive and remove it from explorer.

Otherwise it's a good OS. It needs work, but which OS doesn't?

stop playing japanese visual novels from 1995 and you wont have that problem

Don't listen to the fucking idiots. It's better than 8, better than 7, and all the spyware crying is by people who don't understand that it does exactly what iOS and Android have been doing for 5 years.

Just get it.

Nobody is too stupid to use Linux these days... linux mint is a good distribution for people who have never used anything but windows, and FreeBSD is good for people migrating from crapple, simce it is the same OS as macos

Also
Hide cortana and ask not to web search through the windows search bar/start menu search

Hi. You sound like a fucking idiot. Cheers.

I actually can give you a pretty in-depth answer, OP. Because I'm an advanced user.

PROS:
>It is OBJECTIVELY faster
>The whole DirectX 12 thing (admittedly, I don't game much b/c my actual hardware is 6 y/o and no graphics card - integrated)
>interface is NOT bad
>Cortana can be fun (though not super fantastically useful)
>Microsoft Edge (once extension support comes out)
>Most mods work on the system so far (in example, I use Classic Shell, because fuck not modding my stuff*)

CONS:
>The updates can be a bit annoying, because it wants to restart whenever it feels like
>Dat spying doe! (there's guides to turn it off if you actually care. I don't, though; I have nothing that fucked up)
>*There is currently NO [free] WAY to change the Explorer background... I don't like a white-screen in my PC folders. (I MIGHT be able to fix this with Stardock, though....)
>As stated above, Cortana is cool, but really not that useful
>Some compatibility issues (such as with some Bluetooth shit on old machines - my Bluetooth no longer works, but I never really used it. I actually lost the remote...)

An analysis of when TO upgrade and when NOT to:
DO upgrade in the following situations:
>Computer is slow as shit
>You are basic to intermediate user
>You are NOT hiding stuff that Microsoft's 007s might wanna send to the Party Van
>You just want faster
>You could use better gamings
>You are using Windows 8/8.1 (SO, OP, THIS APPLIES TO YOU)
>You want Edge
>You wanna fuck Cortana

Do NOT upgrade if:
>You got a problem with a bit of extra spying, although mostly not much
>You have a serious problem with updates
>You are an advanced (AND autistic) user who will be significantly bothered by minute fixes such as not being able to change your Explorer background anymores

MAYBE upgrade if:
>You have Windows 7. In this circumstance, you will need to assess the costs and benefits. Windows 7 is objectively better than Windows 8/8.1, so you may want to keep that (Does NOT apply to OP).

I use Ultimate Windows Tweaker to disable telemetry and Classic Shell to restore old start menu. Those are the main issues I had to fix.

10 has worked well for me. Even when it was failing to update for a month it was fast and sorted out the failed update with no hiccups.

You know you can run a Windows XP virtual machine right? Play all those games in XP running in Windows 10, hell you can run any flavor of Windows in virtual machines in linux

OOOooooooooo

The only issue I runned myself into was the start button not working. I'm still trying to find a solution to this… other than that, Windows 10 is a lot better than Windows 8. Trust me on that.

Yeah the new start menu kinda sucks, one of the annoyances I had in mind when I was typing that. Is classic shell an option in the control panel? I only upgraded about a week ago.

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Can you explain more of the spying shit user?
Also why is Microsoft edge so good? I haven't even used it yet.

They are more proactive about piracyndetection, especially with games in any way related to Microsoft

>there's currently NO WAY to change the explorer background
Ha. It never gave me the explorer background. It let me keep my old one.

It's a program. Download, install. Next time you open the start menu, it should bring up the settings. You can choose XP, Vista, or Win7 start menus.

Serious question. For a casual computer user like me what would be the benefits of using Linux over windows?

OP here, thank you for the detailed answer. Basically I hate being spyed on. I don't have any CP on my computer, but I do have SOME animated (cartoon) loli stuff in my porn folder. I don't know if that's just as bad or not, I don't know the legal shit on that.

Other than that? I have nothing to hide. I just don't like being spied on. So if 10 means you get spied on MORE? I might have to take a pass on it.

i love and use windows but jesus fuck those autistic shill cunts need to fucking kill themselves

Oh awesome, thanks, I'll check this out. Cheers!

>desperate marketing pajeet switches to Sup Forums because Sup Forums shits on him all the time

Five more rupees for you

You don't get spied on you retards.

Windows 10 is far more stable than 7 and 8.

Boots faster, runs quicker especially if you keep your PC on for days without restarts.

Why wouldn't you upgrade, fucking hell!

I'm currently stuck in a hybrid 8.1 because I disabled the hidden background Windows 10 file downloads. It downloads gigs and gigs of Windows 10 files "just in case you want to update" (which is sketchy bullshit). My laptop is partially registered on some websites as a windows 10 or a windows 8.1 (although my laptop is surely just a Windows 8).

Ok, then what about the games that won't work in xp? They crash in 10 also.

If it wasn't for the gay direct X requirements in new games I would have never upgraded. Xp was great. 10 is a pile of shit. Literally every game crashes.

That depends what you mean by casual user, if you mean you mostly just do internet, watch movies, and maybe do some work in documents, the biggest benefit is freeing yourself from the tyranny of Microsoft... lol... they build a behemoth of an OS in order to supply all things to all people... the idea behind linux Is that your districts ome asishit for everyday use, and you add what you want to it, as needed. So no more behemoths... plus the life of service of your pc I'll quadruple at least, because while every new version of Windows needs newer better hardware, linux will still run on one of those computers your granddad used in the 80s

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Hmm well I don't have CP or torrent anything but I do have a personal porn stash. Should I be worried?

if you're comfortable with windows and your current software, then none tbh
might even be worse especially if you run into any problems with software or hardware, or plan on using a printer with it (certain manufacturers don't play well with linux and there was a full site dedicated to searching for linux compatible printers a while ago)

generally the software a major distribution comes with will satisfy needs of most people but you'd have to try it first. ubuntu or mint are recommended for people wanting to switch from windows

Fuck off faggot

not unless you live in the southern states

POO IN LOO

As I said, you need to use a virtual machine I recommend Oracle's free Virtual box, as window XP runs really well in it. Just start the virtual machine inside windows install XP in it, import your save files. And play just like it is an XP system... I till play afterlife and doom 2000 this way

Pros:
-uuuh... DX12? which is being used by... few big titles, including Quantum Break (which isn't worth upgrading to w10) and ROTR (which doesn't benefit from DX12 that much...)
-many people that had this shit autoinstalled come to people like me and ask if I would be so nice to remove that cancer and install windows 7 back

Cons:
-spying, fucking spying everywhere, telemetry and all that shit
-you can't fucking decide to disable updates AT ALL ( watch youtu.be/sxXs0Yy5-0Y - it's below 2 minutes)
-fucking microphones cease to work correctly (just type in google "silent microphone windows 10" - and while many claim it's fixable, IT'S NOT)
-(totally subjective) dumb, touch-oriented, shitty ugly GUI that torpedoes daily work
-who the fuck actually uses tiles and thinks it's an improvement?
-(may be just me, but worth noting) when I had to install that crap just to perform a BIOS upgrade, because I couldn't install W7 on a laptop a friend brought to me, I haven't had an explorer icon anywhere, not on desktop, not in the taskbar; I had to win+R and type "explorer" to get that fucking window, because "start menu apps" displayed fucking tiles
-I don't like the idea that somebody gives you something for free and after a month of owning the thing, you can't give it back or toss it away in any simple way
-I don't like the way M$ pushes w10 down your throat in any possible way and they shit themselves out of happiness that "over 9000 users have installed w10 recently"; since that shit ("due to a bug" - yea, rite) installed by it-fucking-self if you left your hardware unattended for long enough period, I genuinely hate it
-apps (mainly some older ones) just give up, won't run or you have a shitton of problems if you, ie. own an older Office suite or other licensed apps that think that you've copypasted them to some other PC and say "fuck you, it's unlicensed" and you have to deal with that "somehow"

Sounds like you have a shit video card or drivers

Eat shit and die