From the dark back into the light

[Just Larry]

Having used Ubuntu for a while now I have missed some of my Windows software and haven't been able to find Linux replacements. For instance Gimp is good but it is not Photoshop by any means.
So I purchased Win 7 for my laptop and having struggled getting Windows updates to load and being nagged to upgrade to 10 I finally took the plunge and did it.

I have to say I am pretty impressed.
Its fast, feels nice and responsive, looks good and so far haven't found a fault with it. Windows 8 was a disaster but its nice to see Microsoft back with a good OS.

I think MS have given update priority to 10 as a few seconds after installing it the updates were already downloading where as I was waiting 3 days for 7s updates to start downloading.

 

[TurricanII]

I am always amazed when IT professionals manage to be impressed or care about such things as the differences between Win XP/Vista/7/8/10. Same applies to all of them: Get it updated to fix the really crappy bugs, get it to show the desktop upon login, arrange short-cuts on desktop/quickstart, use for six years and don't mess about with it, repeat!

The leap from 3.11 to '95/NT4 was the biggie, other than that not much has changed.

Perhaps I am miserable and fed up with it all after 20 years but all MS seem to do is remove the odd feature once many people start using it. What do I want from and OS? Speed, simplicity, reliability and ease of use.

Hardware, on the other hand, is still something that does evolve and make major leaps and bounds.

 

[phaZed]

I have also been pleasantly surprised by 10. Made the plunge a month or so back and it's been great, dare I say, much nicer than 7.

 

[Markverhyden]

Perhaps I am miserable and fed up with it all after 20 years but all MS seem to do is remove the odd feature once many people start using it. What do I want from and OS? Speed, simplicity, reliability and ease of use.

LOL!!! M$ does not have a monopoly on that process. Like many people in this business I do not rush out and upgrade to the latest just because it's there. I'm an OS X user and I'll wait ages before upgrading my production machine. Upgraded to 10.11 recently and when I checked my mail after the update, using Apple Mail, mails were not grouped by conversation. Fortunately they fixed that in an update.

 

[Joe Khamis]

I have been ruinning openSUSE (now Tumbleweed) for over 5 years. If there's a *must have* Windows app, a virtual Windows PC is only a click away. At the very least Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) has come a very long way. I am curious though. Are there any aspects of Windows 10 that make it appealing enough to encourage people to move on from Windows 7 or 8?

 

[TechPJC]

Having used Ubuntu for a while now,
I have missed some of my Windows software
and haven't been able to find Linux replacements.

Do not worry, it could have been even worse...

Lack of Drivers; especially for old devices:
*Ink-Status: Impossible for old Printers or indicating false values!

*Connecting Cell-Phones with PCs impossible for old cell-phones
or malfunctioning under Wine.

etc. etc.

 

[nlinecomputers]

I have been ruinning openSUSE (now Tumbleweed) for over 5 years. If there's a *must have* Windows app, a virtual Windows PC is only a click away. At the very least Wine (Wine Is Not an Emulator) has come a very long way. I am curious though. Are there any aspects of Windows 10 that make it appealing enough to encourage people to move on from Windows 7 or 8?

Depends on the hardware. On most systems you will get a bit of a boost by going to Windows 10. Bootup is noticeably improved on most any machine. Cortana is cool and even on my laptop I do sometimes use the touch screen for things. Going from Windows 8 to 10 is a no-brainer as you get pretty much the same foundation in the background but with a better GUI. The Win 8 start screen sucks. Win 10 improves all of that. If you are on Win 7 you may want to stay with what you have.

 

[TurricanII]

One of the more compelling reasons for going from Win7 pro to Win8 or 10 has been the inclusion of Bit Locker full disk encryption. This was missing from 7 pro, and although I was happy with True crypt it was never FIPS certified.

 

[TurricanII]

One of the more compelling reasons for going from Win7 pro to Win8 or 10 has been the inclusion of Bit Locker full disk encryption. This was missing from 7 pro, and although I was happy with True crypt it was never FIPS certified.

 

[Just Larry]

*Ink-Status: Impossible for old Printers or indicating false values!

I'm still rocking a 10 year old Vaio laptop on my printer because of this problem.

 

[Just Larry]

Perhaps I am miserable and fed up.

Perhaps