Windows 10 - pros & cons?

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Whilst I got a pop up about MS issues new windows 10 update warnng thread in world news from back in May, but I still wish to ask members if they use windows 10 or some other OS.

Yesterday I got a pop up advising me that support for windows 7 would be ending in early 2020. So now, I need to decide whether to take the jump to windows 10 and hope all will be well, or do I take the jump and start using Linux or ???

What in your opinion is good or not about it and if you don’t use windows OS, what do you use?
 
I only used Windows when my work required it. For personal use I prefer MacBooks with MacOS. My six year old computer runs like new as does my wife’s. When I worked a year didn’t go by without some major hardware issue and even when working they were slow as molasses.
 
I delayed upgrading to Windows 10 when it first came out - for which I was glad due to the many issues people had at the time. And yes, whilst they did issue fixes, I am still hesitant to upgrade to it it. When it was first released a friend clicked on the upgrade without backing up to another HD beforehand, only to loose literally everything on his computer. Thankfully he had a friend who could help restore it for him as his files were automatically backed up to the cloud.

So I’m just not sure. As I also run open source programs, I’m not sure whether they are compatible with Linux or even Chrome OS - so again, I’m hesitant in case once I changed to another OS, nothing worked and all my files etc would be unusable.
 
I automatically back up my files to Carbonite. Photos also go to iCloud. Certain documents go to Google Docs just for simplicity.
I bought two backup drives for my parish because they didn’t have any backup capability. The office folks are my friends for life now. 🤓
 
Actually I really do need to back up my pc anyway - it’s been too long anyway since I last did it, maybe even a year. Yeah, I know I’m bad for that.

That was a very generous gift to your parish and yes, I’m sure they are indeed your lifelong friends - the relief now of knowing their files are back up and easily retrievable in the event of a mishap or virus.
 
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Yesterday I got a pop up advising me that support for windows 7 would be ending in early 2020.
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Mine is Windows 7 but I haven’t seen any notification of that kind. I hope I don’t have to change to Windows 10. I used it briefly on another computer and I remember disliking it, though I don’t recall the details.
 
Yes, after working sixteen years in IT I couldn’t believe they didn’t have backups. Apparently a few months earlier they had a hard drive fail and lost a ton of records. Fortunately they had paper, but it took them forever to re-enter all the data. So I taught them how to back up the data on both backup drives and then store one in another safe location. They update one nightly, and the other monthly. I hope to get them to back up into the cloud eventually.
 
The only issue I have with the cloud is I honestly don’t believe our data there is safe from being hacked. Yes, I know, there are some determined people out there and where there’s a will, there’s a way. The incident with X-box being hacked comes to mind, as does other recent breaches including banks according to news I read.

And as I’m on a desktop computer, and most computer programming etc goes over my head, I don’t even know if a mac thingy being apple would even run on my pc.
 
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I don’t even know if a mac thingy being apple would even run on my pc.
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A MacBook is a different type of computer than a PC. You don’t run it on a PC. Apple is the company that makes the MacBook and the MacOS is the operating system. You can buy MacBook compatible versions of Microsoft Office, Adobe, PhotoShop and many other software programs.

The key to storing data in the cloud is to make sure they encrypt the data and use a complex password of at least 16 characters. But honestly, I think people who use external hard drives that are not locked in a safe are more at risk.
 
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Thanks for the pic! I haven’t seen that yet. Maybe they’re not sending it out to all countries at once, and it’ll be a few days before I get it here … Do you think that’s possible?
 
Being MS anything is possible! I honestly don’t know. But I do think I’ll go to their website and see what I can find about the support etc for win 7 ending.
 
Thank you for the explanation! Desktop/laptop/tablets/eBooks/Kindle/MacBooks - whilst I have most of these understood, some I still find confusing when working out the differences when people say the various names. But I am learning!

You’re right and yes I knew that there were different versions for some programs depending on which OS you used as well as for windows whether it is 32 bit or 64 bit. Until current second hand computer which son gave me, all previous ones were 32 bit.
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But honestly, I think people who use external hard drives that are not locked in a safe are more at risk.
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I agree with you here too. Oh, well, I guess I’ll have to do more research then.
 
If I could which I can’t…a Mac is the best. I upgraded to ten. You just have to do what they ask as the steps go. But one friend had to bring the computer not lap to computer shop to have 10 put in, she had problems.
I am use to it now, i really like the picture screen they have before you go into desk top, beautiful, changing pictures from around the world.
 
Thank you. Two votes for Mac. Will investigate the cost of these, though son prolly wouldn’t be too happy with me if i buy one after he spent $$$ getting this one for me.
 
I switched from Windows 7 to 10 when it first came out and it did not work right. I had to remove it, but then I reinstalled it a few months later and I’ve had no discernable problems with it since then. Whatever differences there were between 7 and 10 I can no longer really recall. I’m used to 10 now.
 
That’s interesting that you’ve had no further issues.
1 vote for win 10.
 
When it comes to operating systems in the computer realm (mobile devices are a different thing), I’m generally upgrade averse and only do so through acquisition of new hardware. Example: I went from Win 95 directly to XP when I replaced my laptop.

The current laptop was purchased with Win 8. I upgraded to Win 8.1 when it became available since 8.1 provided functionality I wanted but didn’t have in 8. (Some have said that 8.1 is what 8 should have been in the first place.)

Almost immediately, Microsoft tried to push Win 10 on me as a free upgrade. This went on for months, eventually including several maneuvers on my part to keep 10 from installing automatically. 😡 Ultimately I prevailed and I’ve never regretted it. MS will pry 8.1 out of my cold, dead fingers. Or when I next replace my laptop 😁
 
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Yes, I too firmly remained attached to whatever program it was before admitting defeat and moving to XP. Then I moved to Windows 7 only because I got a virus that wiped my HD. And I encountered the same as you wrt having to manually prevent the auto upgrade to win 10 - the same as you did.

After looking into the requirements to run win 10, which my current desktop pc can handle with ease, my choice is between buying the license to win 10 as according to MS website free upgrades to it ceased back in 2016, or installing an open source program.

Anyone use ubuntu or Chrome OS???
 
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