Windows 10 is just about here — and many customers (particularly the ones who have been wrestling with windows eight) are probably keen to improve. However despite the fact that you may get it now — the upgrade can be despatched first to folks that signed up for the home windows Insider beta software after which in “slow waves” to absolutely everyone else — you could want to preserve off.
These are nine reasons you might want to put off a Windows 10 upgrade.
1. You get a year for the free upgrade offer :
Windows 7 and Windows 8 users get a free upgrade to Windows 10. But you don’t have to upgrade right away — you have a full year. (The clock starts on July 29, 2015.) So you can upgrade at your leisure and not waste a bright, summer day doing it.
2.Your system can’t run it
This will appear apparent, but from time to time it is the plain that receives overlooked. In order to run Windows 10, you need a PC or tablet with a 1GHz processor or faster, 1GB of RAM for 32-bit machines or 2GB for 64-bit machines, 16GB hard disk space for 32-bit machines or 20GB hard disk space for 64-bit machines, a DirectX 9 or later graphics card with a WDDM 1.0 driver and an 800 x 600 display or better. For more details, go to Microsoft’s Windows 10 specifications page.
If your system doesn’t qualify, then you’re going to have to upgrade your hardware before you upgrade your operating system.
3.You like Windows 7 desktop gadgets
Windows 7 includes desktop gadgets that do things such as check the weather and stock quotes, monitor your CPU, report about the state of your system, let you listen to streaming radio stations, and check your hard drive speed and the state of your network. They don’t work on Windows 10 and will be deleted when you upgrade. So if you’re a gadget fan, don’t upgrade.
4.You’re using Windows 7
Windows 10 undoes the damage done by Windows 8, an operating system that was built more for touch devices than for traditional PCs. In fact, two of Windows 10’s big improvements over Windows 8 are the addition of a Windows 7-style Start menu and the ability to work entirely on the desktop and ignore the touch-focused Start screen.
if you currently use Windows 7, you’re already set — you have a Start menu and you work only on the desktop. In short: If you’re happy with the way Windows 7 works, you may want to stay with it.
5.Security updates for Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 will be available for years
Microsoft has a habit of pushing people to its latest operating system by ending support for its old operating systems, halting security updates and leaving users potentially open to security threats. If you have Windows 7 or Windows 8, you’ve got years before that happens. Microsoft will keep issuing security patches for Windows 7 until January 2020 and for Windows 8 until January 2023. Even Windows Vista will get security updates until April 2017. So no need to rush.
6.You use OneDrive placeholders
In Windows 8.1, OneDrive placeholders, also called smart files, let you see all of the files in OneDrive, even if the files are located in the cloud and not on your device. When you double-click a placeholder on your PC, the file is downloaded. However, when Windows 10 ships, OneDrive placeholders won’t work because of the upgraded OneDrive software.
Microsoft says it will try to bring OneDrive placeholder functionality to Windows 10 by year’s end. But if OneDrive placeholders are important to you, don’t upgrade until they work with Windows 10.
7.You don’t need the pain of early adoption
Regardless how widespread beta testing is for a new operating system, it can’t uncover all the bugs and gotchas. A new operating system hasn’t been tested on every possible piece of hardware, with every piece of software, and with every hardware/software combination. People who upgrade immediately are the guinea pigs. They’re the ones who feel the pain.
If you’d prefer to go with an operating system that’s had enough time for a shakedown cruise, wait another six months before you upgrade.
8.You love Windows Media Center
There are some people who are big fans of Window Media Center, which was released way back in 2002 and which is used to play video, music and other media. Microsoft has been trying to kill it off for years, and even disbanded the team responsible for it back in 2009.
Media Center was always a nightmare to set up and has been superseded by streaming media services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Spotify, Apple Music and many others. Still, there are die-hards out there who love it — and who will be dismayed to learn that Windows Media Center won’t work with Windows 10. If you’re one of that group, stay away from upgrading.
9.You have old peripherals
The Achilles heel of most new operating systems is handling older peripherals, such as printers and scanners. Microsoft doesn’t always make sure that drivers for vintage devices work with the new operating system – it would take too many development resources. As a result, some of these peripherals won’t work with newer operating systems.
if you have old favorites with a lot of mileage on them, don’t upgrade right away. Scour the Internet for news of whether they work with Windows 10, and only upgrade to it when you know that they do.
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Honestly, the only one convincing me not to upgrade is #7
The only real reason to not upgrade to 10 is either ideological or political, pretty much. The points presented are sort of erratic, and really the best thing to tell anyone not sure about upgrading is not "7 is still fine, so stick with that!" It's, "Microsoft is a terrible company, and maybe you should try an alternative OS, preferably Linux."
What a joke of a post. 1. Good point, but it's only a reason to wait a little bit before upgrading. This is actually the solution to numbers 6, 7 , and 9 of the list. 2. Yes it can. This will affect almost nobody. It's not even worth double checking before you upgrade. 3. Download Rainmeter. It's better than Gadgets, and it always has been. 4. Windows 10 has a ton of improvements, and it's not just a fix for Windows 8. That's what Windows 8.1 was, and it's arguably a better operating system than Windows 7 already. 5. Valid point, but this doesn't make Windows 10 any less appealing. 6. Never heard of someone using that, but it's remedied by #1 on the list. 7. Remedied by #1. 8. Again, never heard of anyone using this, and it really seems to be terrible compared to many options out there, but I guess if you really hate change that much even when it's change for the better, this could be a real issue. 9. Good advice, but like #2 this is not a reason to avoid the upgrade. It's just a thing you may want to double check first, but chances are you won't have to. Also, it's remedied by #1. 10. I'm not following a link that's spammed here and giving them a pageview for not trying to contribute to this community, so I don't know what #10 is. I know I sound like a shill for Microsoft, but in reality one of my pet peeves is just people being blindly resistant to change. This list is a perfect example of that.
No, I completely agree with you - I was going to post that. My points were going to be like that: 1. Sure, you get a year. But doing it now, sure it might be less stable (lol Vista) but you're helping, AND you won't forget in a year. 2. Minimum requirements, I've found, were merely a suggestion. I've seen Youtubers install versions that should not work (like I think Vinesauce made a full upgrade branch - from 3.1 to Windows 7 on an XP-era machine) and made it work (albeit sluggishly). And if my experience in "alternate versions" is right, I guarantee that before the trial period is over, there'll be patches/home-modified versions to make W10 even lighter. 3. RAINMETER FTW (even though I never managed to get it to work). Even then, for me the Task Manager was comprehensive enough to replace the CPU and RAM desktop gadgets, with the added bonus of being able to terminate apps on the fly. For music, if it bothers you that much, buy a media keyboard (available on Amazon for $20-$50). Or even better yet, if you got a tablet, look into Unified Remote. Works with phones too, but you can buy a small, older tablet and keep it at your computer as a media remote. 4. I upgraded to 8.1 from 7 for two reasons: first, I got a chance to try out 8.1 at work and just FELL in love with it (funnily enough, for the exact reasons people hated it, most notably the lack of a start screen being replaced by the Metro interface - I'm hoping there'll be a way to enable it back in 10, and I'm on a desktop), and second, Windows 7 was notorious for needing bi-yearly reinstalls because of a nasty bug that would cause the OS itself to have memory leaks. Windows 8.1 then proved itself to be even more amazing by running every single thing, from the browser to my games, better than they ever ran on 7. The compatibility was also superior. 5. Sure, they'll be available for years. But then again, Ubuntu has LTS releases that make me capable of upgrading (for free) versions every what, five years or so? And Fedora has a rolling update schemes which means updates are available forever. BRB switching to Fedora (do I get to tip it?). Also OH MY GOD MY SIDES. Vista updates? Seriously? Being on Vista alone would be a reason for me to get 10. 6. I'm not sure how many people use that. Waiting, as per #1, will eventually fix it, probably. Or, you know, just have a files manager like DropBox or something. 7. Yeah. But that's forgetting that some people (ergo me) LIKE that. I like seeing a product evolve, from it's release to it's semi-final form (before the service packs - will there be service packs?). I like sending bug reports. I like knowing that a product isn't perfect, that it's still made by people. It feels homely. Just like computers: I'd pick a computer I built with my own hands over a computer factory or professionally built, even though it could be less problematic in the long run - because it's mine, and it feels homely. 8. There's a group that made Windows Media Classic for Windows 7. Then they made it into a Cinema edition. I'm sure they'll do the same for the XP/Windows 7/Windows 8 version in Windows 10. 9. As far as I can tell, the only way that you can get a scanner to not work on a modern PC is if you're still using a printer with a parallel port. And if your PC has a parallel port, it most likely has no business installing Windows 10 anyway. Most USB/wireless printers work just... "fine" (as fine as a printer can work) with the default USB/wireless drivers, at least from what I've seen. 10. Your title says 10, but your list is 9, also berg insider. I'm calling spam on this.
Thanks for the reply, I completely agree with you. And FYI, there is a way to enable the always-fullscreen start menu. I think you can find it by right clicking the taskbar and going to properties, if memory serves. (I just used W10 really early on, then stopped when that computer died for unrelated reasons.)
Amazing. Now I'll just need to uninstall Candy Crush on install if they pull through.
This is just a collection of reasons to maybe delay upgrading a bit. If the hardware can handle 7 or 8.1, it won't suddenly explode with 10. As long as one is happy to stay in the windows world, I currently see no reason not to upgrade. I'm running it on my main machine, no problems. The upgrade process went remarkably well. All drivers were upgraded to their Windows 10 equivalents from my previous 8.1 installation. All programs still work and my settings were imported right down to the position of icons on my desktop. The best reason not to switch to 10 would be a switch to Linux. Unfortunately, Windows is working too damn well for me at the moment.
Honestly, I'm suspecting it might even run better - at least my computer ran a LOT better when I upgraded to 8.1 from 7. I'm really liking the direction Windows is taking.
I'm kinda glad I jumped out of that boat long ago. Not being imposed corporate whims feels really nice.
Both have advantages. You get a free platform. We get major compatibility. I can tweak some things and get a more free platform, you can work on compatibility and make it better. Right now, for most tasks, I see little reason to use Linux.