Should I upgrade to Windows 10?

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Should I upgrade to Windows 10?

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I have a 3 year old laptop that runs Windows 7. I make heavy use of Office 2013 (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) for work, and I use web browsers (IE11, Firefox and Chrome) for general browsing and social media. Most of the time this laptop sits on a docking station and I use it with an external keyboard and monitor with a dual monitor display.

I am quite happy with Windows 7, and I don't see a need to upgrade, but I'd be prepared to install Windows 10 if there were any significant benefits. Can anyone give me a good reason why I should go for Windows 10, or shall I just leave this laptop on Windows 7 for the remaining 2 or 3 years that I expect it to last?
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My philosophy has always been: If it ain't broken, don't fix it. I still have a computer running on XP, the Win 8.1 one frequently suggests I go to 10, but I just ignore that, haven't heard any reports that suggest any good reasons why I should upgrade.
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If your laptop still runs well on Windows 7, I'd stay with it.
Windows 10 is OK but it is kind of half finished at the moment. Parts of it look like Windows 7, others like Windows 8.1...
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I'm still on Win 7 too, although it is a work laptop I use and our company has not yet jumped onto the Win 10 bandwagon. When they do, I will be one of the first to upgrade, but that is more for work purposes and not necessarily by choice.
Based on the few replies in this thread it certainly sounds as if Windows 7 was the pinnacle of the MS OS's and still seems to be the case.
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Rudi wrote:snip... Windows 7 was the pinnacle of the MS OS's ...snip
Never heard it put quite that way, but I think you're right, Rudi. Win 7 was about as good as it got; everything since seems to have been change for the sake of change. That said, I have switched over to Win 10 and I'm pleased with it (most of the time).
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StuartR wrote:...I am quite happy with Windows 7, and I don't see a need to upgrade, ...
I agree with all the preceding comments.
(despite my musings on Jumping Ship, I think I'm at the same point: "Should I upgrade?")

I think that you WILL need to upgrade - bit only when some external event shows you that you need to.
Almost by definition, if we ask if we need to upgrade, it's a sign that we haven't yet found a need to upgrade. :cheers:
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You have until the end of next July to get the free upgrade.
I am going to wait until June and then make my final decision to upgrade or not.

I do have a NEW Windows 10 machine, in which is my prime, but there are 4 other Windows 7 machines and a Windows 8.1 machine.
I am so far behind, I think I am First :evilgrin:
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Upgraded to W10.
Except for a few niggling issues (slow boot up from Standby, occasional screen freeze with no mouse) I like it and the various colours you can choose etc under Personalisation. I was going to wait until June myself but I love new toys :grin:
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I've said it before but again, I use Win 7 as my prime OS but have Win 10 as a dual boot option. I only go into Win 10 to look for updates and mouse around trying a thing or two, mostly to know just a little about 10 and not get caught in a bind if or when Win 7 gets yanked. I have Windows set to boot automatically into 7 and I intend to keep it that way into the future.
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Another vote here for Windows 7, at least for the next 3 or 4 months. I have Windows 10 in a virtual machine, in which I run Office 2016 (both on the Insiders programs), and I'm watching their evolution carefully. I don't yet trust it enough, especially with Microsoft's forced updates policy, to switch the host machine. If something goes bump in the night, I can drop the VM in the trash and restore the previous VM from backup fairly quickly.

OTOH, I'm probably going to upgrade the Missus' laptop from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 in the next week or two. She doesn't care that much about OS matters and also has a desktop PC on Windows 7, and I have image backups to restore if necessary.

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Thank you for all the responses. I guess I'll be sticking with Windows 7 for now then. I may revisit this question again in June, before the free upgrade goes away.
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If you ever plan to come to Australia and visit us, you'll find that we have 10 windows upstairs, and, you're most welcome to clean them so I don't have to do it myself. :evilgrin:
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:laugh:

Just watch that Stuart does not arrive with any viruses as you'll get infected no matter how many windows you have upstairs.
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Hi Folks,
I've had the image below on my laptop for ages, and I'm still getting nagged to upgrade.
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They want you to buy a new PC (or a new graphics card...) :crazy:
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HansV wrote:They want you to buy a new PC (or a new graphics card...) :crazy:
My laptop manufacturer, Packard Bell don't have an upgraded graphics card. If I get a new one it will be made by HP.
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See Andre Da Costa's post at What are the advantages of Windows 10 over Windows 7? for a succinct list.

I use a Microsoft account and like syncing settings and IE favorites between PCs. I also like Cortana the more I use her.

You can get a 90 day free trial of Win10 Enterprise at Windows Evaluations if you wish. Run it in a VM. You can then just trash the VM after 90 days and decide then about upgrading.

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