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Ten Reasons you should NOT upgrade to Windows 10
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Interesting comment was made in the comments: "Did you wait for the updater to say that your update is ready, or did you install directly? I'm seeing exponentially more driver problems with direct manual updates, as opposed to waiting for the update routine (GWX) to say it's ready"
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Ashley Hathaway
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only ten reasons should be 1 million reasons, it was so dreadful I went back to windows seven.
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I've upgraded two of my machines to it. Both are working just fine. One refused to upgrade with the Nvidia card that was in it but it was an old model that never got Win 8 updates so there were no drivers. I removed it and used the on board card and it upgraded fine. I also done a handful of client computers with no issues either.
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My computer hardware is fairly old and no drivers have been made and unlikely to be made as I cannot even get windows eight drivers. That coupled with updates that would not install meant I had no choice but to go back to seven (as there is no way of hiding them). To be honest there isn't any features of windows 10 that isn't already in windows seven that I need. I would say the only advantage is Cortana and frankly is scary the amount of information Microsoft collect for it let alone windows seven.
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I think it's peculiar they have to list reasons not to upgrade. I would think the biggest reason is that it poses no advantage(s) whatsoever for the average user. What of importance can be done in W10 that couldn't be done in earlier versions?
Overall, it's a strange situation. The decision to upgrade or not has been almost completely removed from the influence of those best qualified to provide advice (us) and instead is presented as a bright, shiny object for an infant to reach out and grab. The people who most benefit from not upgrading are the ones least likely to read such an article.
Overall, it's a strange situation. The decision to upgrade or not has been almost completely removed from the influence of those best qualified to provide advice (us) and instead is presented as a bright, shiny object for an infant to reach out and grab. The people who most benefit from not upgrading are the ones least likely to read such an article.
It's the move to Windows as a Service (WaaS). New OS features are going to come in the form of Windows Updates. While I'm not saying Windows 10 will be the last OS Microsoft produces (as some have speculated), I believe that Microsoft will be moving towards a more web/cloud based OS (think Chrome Book). They have started this with Microsoft Accounts (vs. local accounts) and this is a continuation of it. Office 365 monthly subscriptions are a stepping stone to paying for your OS per month (this is a long ways off in my opinion, but it is feasible).
"If you aren't paying for a product, you probably are the product being sold." This is how I see the Windows 10 upgrade.
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I clearly understand why this is advantageous to Microsoft. My point is that the changes are not advantageous to the vast majority of users.
WaaS isn't anything new or revolutionary. We've never actually owned Windows only rented it, and MS has been able to push out new OS features (if they wished) via Windows Update from the earliest days. MS' goal of course is to recreate the AOL / Apple model and entice its users into a new walled garden.
It is a scam (in my opinion) for end users, but eventually they'll have to buy into it (or run linux or OS X [shudder]).
However, 10 has kernel optimizations, and it performs better than 7 or 8.x. Since 10 will be supported for 10 years from now, if users upgrade they have 10 years of an updated, supported, and secure OS. We all know that some customers will be able to make their hardware last 10 years (think old lady playing solitaire), and some will give us a lot of business trying (think customer who gives computer coffee).
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#1 driver issues. I have seen some odd glitches in windows 10. For example my sound card stopped working out of the blue causing me to miss some clients chat requests until I rebooted. My GT 610 video card will no longer function at the same time as my gtx 680's in SLI. I once plugged in my USB to sata adapter and my monitors kept flashing black as if the video drivers were constantly crashing.
I upgraded from 7 though so isnt a huge surprise but I feel like some companies could have prepared for windows 10 better. I have had a few clients with HP printer/scanner driver issues lately. I have been recommending clients wait a month prior to doing the update.
I upgraded from 7 though so isnt a huge surprise but I feel like some companies could have prepared for windows 10 better. I have had a few clients with HP printer/scanner driver issues lately. I have been recommending clients wait a month prior to doing the update.
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I have installed it in my field laptop with no problems. Older laptop about 7 years old. Runs just fine.
The issue I have with Windows 10 that I tell clients is the Privacy Issues.
The issue I have with Windows 10 that I tell clients is the Privacy Issues.
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I have upgraded about 4 of my own machines (but not my main business computer that runs Quickbooks, my database, etc. - more on that below), and all of them went flawlessly. I didn't wait for the notification on any of them, I just did manual upgrades.
For customers, however it's a different story. I have had a few machines in that did the prompted upgrade (which means the GWX program thought they were ready) with driver issues. One was a laptop with a non-functioning touchpad. It was fixed by rolling back to an older driver, but that only lasted a couple of days because the driver was force-updated again. I ended up giving the guy a mouse. Two had video driver issues. The others were problems with the big updates not applying correctly (one of those customers had 1.5mbps DSL in a household with several iphones and 3 laptops, so it may have just been a sucky internet connection to blame.)
HOWEVER, it has become clear to me that to know the OS well enough, I will need to upgrade my main business computer to force myself to use Win10 day-to-day. I've got a 3yr old AMD Hexacore with 16GB of RAM running Win7, I can't even remember the video card. I just ordered in a Samsung 850 500GB SSD to replace my spinner, I'm going to do a fresh install of Win10 and see how it goes. I hope it isn't a disaster. If it goes pear-shaped, I'll just pop the original drive back in and rethink my strategy.
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Argg..alright then, maybe I'll just wait for the next update to come and hopefully after all these glitches, microsoft will come up with some solution? sigh 
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