The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 will end on July 29, 2016. I still haven't upgraded

The free upgrade offer to Windows 10 will end on July 29, 2016. I still haven't upgraded.

Currently have Windows 8.1

What's your opinion on Win10?

Should I do the free upgrade?

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Just upgrade you cant downgrade for free so just try and stop being retarded

You can*

get vista bro

You should "downgrade" to 7, you mongrel.

only logical option

You have shitware, which means upgrading to spyware is more beneficial for you
However, the true upgrade would be to windows 7, as of today, that is Godware, it is both fully functional on all aspects and it doesn't waste your time

if you pay for windows you are stupid

download windows 10 for free from microsoft and use kmspico

Don't do it!

My PC is 2.5 year old average on WIN 7.

After upgrade all sorts of shit goes wrong including

Screen saver stops working, taskbar won't auto hide, had to reinstall office TWICE!

I tried the alternatives to media centre to watch live TV and they were all shit.

I went back to windows 7 and everything works again.

Yes I could fix the problems but why bother

Don't do it mate, and downgrade to W7 if you can.

Windows 10 is like an STD you get from your
Mother through Telepathy

Fuck windows 10

Also Fuck you linux Try hards Linux is nothing but an unpolished Turd.

My opinion is that you're a cunt. Fuck you.

Works well for me. I don't have a shit tier machine though.

No complaints.

If you want MS to watch everything you do on your PC, go for it.

Tests have been ran.
>Sends out webcam feeds
>Logs passwords
>Probably has your files uploaded somewhere or some shit against your will

I would love to doubt they do it on Windows 7.. So do Win7

Winner.

i have windows 11

Explain how you "think" any other version of their os is different.

see

If you're on Windows 8 you lose nothing by upgrading

If you're on Windows 7 you lose a lot of privacy

diff. user. Win10 just pushes it more and its a more blatant approach

What's with all the "it's new so I must have it" mentality these days? I'm still on windows XP and my computer is fine

No security at a consumer level will provide you any protection from that sort of intrusion, regardless of what ever version of Windows you use.

Realistically yes, especially if you havent tried it because you can always go back to your previous version. I dont have issues with any games running a 960. Plus 8.1 keys bout to drop lower so the price for 8 will be really cheap

I don't disagree.... But there is literally nothing you can do to protect yourself in that manner if they wanted at you.

Might as well at least get up to date so your not susceptible to old tricks as well as the new.

100$ pc ?

Really? You can read about it in the popular press, you can wireshark your own connection, you can, like me, literally see the difference using an ironport appliance, and you can read the technical documentation.

technet.microsoft.com/en-us/itpro/windows/manage/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services

The ride never ends

Winrar

> 2016
>2.5 year old pc
>2.5 year old
>2.5 year
>2.5
>2
>2
>2.5
>2.5 year
>2.5 year old
>2.5 year old pc

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And your point is?

>Free W10 upgrade forced on you or pay
>"We'll support W7 untill 2020 -Trust us!"
>Renig on W7 support
Whatcha gonna do?
>Pay for W10 upgrade

Learn a real OS.

Again... I know this. But explain to me how you having Windows 7 prevents any of this. It's the same core, you've got the same patches, seven doesn't mystically prevent any of those measures. It might hamper it slightly at best. If you're a Fuck up online and they wanted to check your shit out, seven isn't going to prevent that in any shape or form.

Got a Facebook, got a smart phone, got a Gmail, use anything with a TOS longer than a page and an internet connection?

You're a part of the system. Big deal.

Is it true that win10 deletes your pirated stuff?

GWX Control Panel for win7 get it git good

define '2 year old pc'

Mobo & processor are 3 years (i5 4670) old. 3/5 HDDs are older. Gfx card is 1.5 years old. (r9 200 series)

Fallout 4 sits comfortably at 60fps at 1920 as long as i don't climb that fucking tower with supermutants. Is there a reason to upgrade in the next six months?

Struggled with 10 on several computers because you know, everyone said I should "stop worrying and love the bomb".

I tried. I really tried.
At first install, it was kinda okay.

Then update after update broke something.
First only minor things. Then a few apps would not work. And things went shittier and shittier.

Windows 10 itself would not be a bad thing at all.
Windows 10 LTSB is what 10 should be. It's fucking great. Got all the features, none the bullshit breaks.

But, you need to have an Enterprise license to use LTSB, or you have to pirate it.
So yeah, if you want to have DX12, or use W10 in general, just use 10 LTSB.

It's the only version worth using.

Dx12 is a decent reason :)

Fallout 4 is written like shit, it's using an engine that was never meant to be used like this. It's kinda like how Activision raped the Quake 3 engine (and still raping it). Except they spend quite some time to optimize it, Bethesda is just too jewish to do that.

tl;dr: Fallout 4 is a bad benchmark/test.

And no, your PC is fine.
The r9 200 could be replaced (depends on which 200 card) with a used GTX780, a new GTX970 or whatever when you have the money.

Not yet. I was running 8.1 and upgraded about 4 months ago.

My music and videos are still playable
Just checked a DVD that was burned and it worked too.

Only ashes of the memes have dx12 support.
And Tomb Raider, but it runs with worse framerate in dx12.

In Ashes I had +1 fps in benchmark, and with async (both Intel + Nvidia GPU enabled), I received a +3 FPS boost. **
Three. Fucking. FPS.

In exchange of ads in my Start Menu, on my lock screen, and in my "apps".

** It was a max fps difference, so in reality it may be only a +1 boost. Maybe.

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dude what are you still doing on fucking 8, just upgrade. Even sevenfags barely have any arguments anymore to not get 10

Windows 10 is like herpes. It shows on some people, and it doesn't show on others.

You, OP, are much more likely to be herded with the group of people who do show.

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Sure.... But it's going to be standard, which means more support.

Also, cpu offloading and multicore won't require software support, that's hardware based. Fps boost from that alone is a good enough dealio.

w10 is easily the best windows since xp, not even joking

Switched from windows 7 to windows 10 and no complaints from me. Its been completely stable from me, much faster and im not stupid enough to think windows 7 isnt gathering my information, windows 10 just gathers it better. I've heard of people having troubles with windows 10 but every windows 10 machine i've fixed were all having issues due to user error trying to install it on a toaster well below the specs needed.

Aside from privacy nonsense, unless youre on a touch screen, 10 is an immense upgrade.

windows 10 + classic shell start menu = perfect

Spyware as a service. Seems okay to me.

>implying that win10 > win7

Get the free upgrade before it ends.
Win10 was shit at launch and microsoft was real c afty tricking all you faggots into bugtesting their unfinished software and then patching it.

I already Play WoW why would I want more buggy unfinished garbage

>tfw i actually LIKE windows 8

What is Kmspico?

Did you even read the second word in the OP post?

Go to sleep Timmy, it's obviously past your bedtime

Well they stopped selling win 7 4 years ago.. so I don't know how.. and did you try to reset the os to fix those issues?

But there is no FPS boost currently whatsoever.
Maybe, just MAYBE, if AMD will come out with the new cards (enthusiast series) and Nvidia will push out the new enthusiast cards...

... and then years later when developers catch up and spend time to implement dx12 properly...

... and then MAYBE you will have SOME FPS boost. Some. Maybe.

We currently have ADS and PROMOTIONS that tells us that it's so fucking great. That's literally all people have. Yet, it's the greatest thing ever.
Feels like how AMD fanboys chimp out when Zen gets mention. An architecture that's never been benchmarked, tested.

IF let's say it really happens and you magically have all the games with proper dx12 (not anytime soon), and you can also afford a new DX12 gpu (nope), then you can just upgrade to 10 ANYTIME, in an hour.

A crack, kinda.
Emulates a KMS server and tricks Windows to think it's legit.
But it works.

so?

then OP should keep windows 8.1

problem solved.

Well fuck you, you say these things because you're to stupid to figure out how to use another operating system that doesn't tell you what to do all the time.

I'm still on windows 7 but I prefer it over 10 because the games I play drop down at least 40 fps on all my games. So I just keep it at 7, but if you have a good enough computer get it. Its not bad just a little confusing at the start and if you cant find something just google it. Hope I helped.

280 3gb. Was actually keeping an eye out for a cheap one to use for crossfire. Remember, i was using onboard graphics for a year to power 3 monitors.

It's always been a semi budget build/add on project.

Previous mobo had vista on it using the oem key from the mrs' laptop, bought win 8.1 on special & got into the win 10 insider program.

Currently on my 2nd major reinstall thanks to some local user issues, working pretty good right now.

Having 6 TB across 5 HDD's has it's advantages.

they wont be updating anything but 10..
if youre that much of a nigger dl www safer-networking org/spybot-anti-beacon/

> get gentoo iso
> read quick install handbook
> wow you have a desktop in one hour with everything installed
> now you can shitpost and do nothing else because there are no professional 3D/CAD/music software and no games

B-B-BUT MUH SECRET CLUB

Yes you are reeaaally special that you were able to follow simple babby instructions. I mean, it's real tough copy pastin'.

Meh if it works, it's good enough.
Had a 7870, replaced it with a GTX780 used, I lost like ... 10$?

The difference is huge, but the 780 is a hungry and big card. So yeah. Again, IF your game runs for you just fine, there is no need to waste money. Also the Intel CPUs since Core series last forever.

And most games are CPU bound, also keep that in mind. F2P games, MMOs, most shit engine games are CPU bound. You can always check for bottleneck with GPU-Z, MSI Afterburner, and other tools.

Not a tinfoil hat but it's built-in.
There is NO way you could disable it 100%.

8.1 is better than 7 in every way.
If you were talking about 8.0 you'd have a point.

Win10 is a friggin' privacy nightmare

> There is NO way you could disable it 100%.
con't
And if you care about privacy and freedom, like a lot, use an FSF approved distribution. If you are like, kinda care, use Linux, BSD. If you want to use your PC, Windows 7, Windows 8.1.

If you are all about JUST, use Windows 10.
It's not that hard.

Reasonable argument, dx12 or not though 10x series cards making less draw calls and spreading multicore equals more speed. Even if no dx12, the hardware upgrade is worth consideration.

I'm running dual 770 gtxs and I'd spring for a couple 1070s if I get a good tax check this year.

8.1 isn't even better than vista

Just upgrade already and stop living in the past like these 7fags.

I know, but its enough to get nerds to relax.
unless youre looking at cp and being a grimy fuck. what should you worry about?

its better than 8.1

fuck skynet..!

i game on my arch Linux box every day. It is awesome. I also have a console for AAA titles which are mostly shit TBH. Most indie devs are developing for OS X, Linux and Winblows. I switched to Linux when building my last PC 4 years ago and I actually hate the Windows GUI now. So poorly designed and unintuitive. I can make Arch do exactly what I want with nothing else.

Yeah man, but that's the point.
Most current cards don't have a 100% implementation.

The new ones do perform better, yeah.
But then you have the software.
It needs to make good use of that DX12.

DX12 is not a turnkey solution. It's a raw, "bare-metal" API. If you ever had a 3D class at uni/college, you know how tough can that be.

So it needs a lot of time and good developers.
It can happen, it will happen, but kinda how current games make proper use of DX11.

Look at BF4. It runs on a toaster, with good framerates. Overwatch? Same thing. COD BO3? Hell yeah, scales up to plenty of cores.

And to do this core scaling and good optimization - you only need DX11. DX12 even needs more work.
So I say, we will see.

Using 8.1, kernel is like the same since Vista, what the fuck are you talking about?

Not like anyone cares if you fap to cp all day long on Windows 10 with full telemetry.

You recon vulkan is goin anywhere?

Get 7, end of story. end of thread.
Also you need to look up windows 10
and inquire about the 3rd partition it creates.
also "free" doesn't mean good
getting windows 10 or even 8.1 is like acting
like a jew during the holocaust.

If only major games or anti cheats solution would be available...

To be honest, years ago, Linux gaming was kinda ok. You bought an Nvidia card, installed drivers, it's good. Then you had a few native games like Urban Terror, Nexuiz.

Now? Systemd cancer. Wayland cancer. Xorg is cancer. PulseAudio is cancer.
It's a clusterfuck, more than ever.

It would not have been bad if major titles would have been simply ported, but that never happened. Valve went full mongrel and started this shitty porting of Windows code. Fuck that.

And then the indie titles. Oh my fuck, please no.
You get the idea.

Vulkan is worse than DX11. It's free, it's better than OpenGL, but it is just like DX12 - requires extensive care and investment from the developer.

So if you are developing a cross platform or mobile title, it's a good choice. It will be. Because on mobile it's worth the time to push more graphics.

But if you want to aim for the majority, just go with DX11 or DX12.

Just to add, even now that CryEngine and Unreal, (and maybe Unity will) support DX12, if you are a publisher, you need to touch the source. You have to work real hard to get something useful out of it.

Every big title based on Unreal used a very modified engine (TERA, APB). So it's not like you can just click DX12 in your game project in UDK, and have +100 magical FPS thrown at you.

Ps.: I did have Windows 10 for months, I did test all the games with same hardware and everything, but I have not experienced any difference whatsoever.

(I have a GTX880M and usually limit CPU to 99% in Power Settings, so if there is any GPU magic implemented - which is kinda impossible - it should show.)

ENJOY WINDOWS 10 OP
HERES A TASTE OF WHAT YOU WILL HAVE
FUN ENJOYING

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Yeah systemD is definantly counter to the Linux way. Not sure what you are on about xorg the last 3 builds i did i had 0 issues, even with AMD graphics and multimonitor. Just a 2 line edit with nano.

But the kernel is amazing and it is still the best option available for everything but graphic design and editing, and AAA gaming. Valve has done alot to further Linux adoption. Just set up our office server on Linux. If I really wanted to game a Windows title I would still sandbox the OS as a virtualization rather then ever dual boot.

No other solution respects privacy in the least.

Window 10 is better than 8. Just get Start10 and disable Cortana.

The patriot act was a real bad idea too. Didn't take long for all you hamburgers to forget about that either.

Roll over and go to sleep, the man isn't interested in, or caring about your weird porn fetish or your stolen gaemz.

Welcome to the new world, you don't have any rights, regardless of your OS choice. All your information is accessable by some other means.

> Not sure what you are on about xorg
It's hard to explain in 1000 chars.
Back you had no KMS.
The VESA or open source driver was barely enough but it booted your PC up.

Then you simply executed each installer (AMD or Nvidia) and rebooted, and it worked.
Now you have to blacklist the open source driver, the kms, then hope you will still boot, then fuck with driver... it's a goddamn pain.

Even back then we had this tool by that italian faggot that downloaded and installed the driver if you were real lazy.

Aaaanyway.
Ignoring all the disgusting shit, if Blizzard for example would have pushed Overwatch, it would have plenty more people. And same for every huge title.

> Just set up our office server on Linux
Hope it's not raid and you will never have a disk failure.

> If I really wanted to game a Windows title I would still sandbox the OS
Yeah but you need a very expensive (usually Xeon or a few i7) CPU with plenty of ram, good cooling, two GPUs, and so on.

How bout we make this a why switch to linux thread....

help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu

>What's your opinion on Win10?
Same feeling as my Windows 7 before. You just need to right click all the adverts in the start menu and then close them one by one. It's fucking shit tbh, there's two windows for everything eg. 2 Power Options windows, 2 Security and Updates windows etc.

Should I do the free upgrade?
No.

Keep Windows 8.1 license.
Download Windows 10 and crack it. Try it but keep your 8.1
Windows 10 is shit. Until you configure the privacy shit first but I don't know how.

I'm using win 8.1 with classic she'll. Got it all working just how I want it. Even got the free photo shop cs2 running on it.
I'm not upgrading. The pc is a tool and it works fine for me. Upgrading could mean cs2 doesn't work and possibly about fixing it doesn't appeal.
It just weeks.

This is true I only posted that to show an example
of how far its been taken, the patriot act was just
the foot in the door, it will get worse. And one day
people will snap, and not just against the government
but also themselves, and then will people wake
up and realize all the restrictions put in place made
everything worse than it could have been.

Oh okay. Yeah I do see what you mean about x org. I did have to also edit my grub settings to get it to work with amd.

The office server is running raid 1+0, filesystem is btrfs. Which I can't recommend highly enough.

I do have a computer that powerful except I probably will never have any reason to use Windows again, unless to test out a vuln box for lulz.

this

Do you care about privacy?

>btrfs
Nigga I hope you know that btrfs is still losing data in production environment.... do keep several offline backups.
Not shitting you.

ZFS is stable, mature.
FreeNAS may have been a better choice btw if it's a file server.

Back to the topic, GRUB fucks up if you lose one of the drives. It just won't boot. I spent hours and hours and it's such a nightmare to get it in a working shape again..it's a nightmare.
No a simple grub-install /dev/sda or /dev/mdraid won't do.

Personally, I like it. It is a lot more stable than 7, and it isn't as fucking stupid as 8.

downgrade to xp

10 is actually better than 7.

they aren't going to support 7 anymore and you'll be fucked.