Windows 10

David Root · Post by **David Root** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:10 pm

Well I got my "new" computer (refurbished Dell OptiPlex GX-760) last week and got it set up. Has Windows 7 Pro 64 bit so I signed up for the free upgrade to 10 which is out today July 29.

So... is there any possible downside to getting Windows 10? I hear all these stories about half of Windows OS upgrades just suck, Vista, 8, etc., is there any reason I might not want Windows 10? I have no i-anything smart gear and don't watch movies on computer and am not a gamer.

Garthhog · Post by **Garthhog** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:15 pm

I have done the same thing. I read an article yesterday that this is it for Microsoft... no more OS upgrades, just updates to Windows 10. I am a little worried about all of my apps working after the upgrade, but I have become frustrated with Win 7 lately and am ready to move on.

Phil_S · Post by **Phil_S** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:38 am

The main concern with upgrading to Win 10 is whether peripherals are compatible. Hey, you know that color laser printer you invested in? You don't want to find out it's now a table sculpture. That scanner you use all the time...maybe it's time for a new one?

I suspect most software will run OK. I may still have a DOS program that will run on Win 7.

The OS is free. What goes with it will not be free. If you are lucky and your printer is HP and not too old, you'll find a driver for it quickly. That off brand scanner...nope.

I'd like to upgrade. We have a year. I'm not going to be on the bleeding edge.

David Root · Post by **David Root** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:37 am

I have a Canon MP210 inkjet printer that has a built in scanner. It's probably eight years old. Doesn't look like a table sculpture....!

We have a year to upgrade at no charge?

vibratoking · Post by **vibratoking** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:06 pm

As mentioned, peripherals will most likely be the problem. Things like printers, but also wireless network cards, sound cards, etc... I had this problem upgrading from XP to 7.

David Root · Post by **David Root** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:30 pm

I somehow managed to get 7 to work with my printer.

If I were a company that regularly introduced new products that didn't work with other previously compatible products and didn't seem to care if they could be made to work, I would probably go out of business pretty quick.

How come this doesn't apply to Microsoft?

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:36 pm

Have you ever used a macintosh?

ROFLMFAO Mac is the king of EFF YOU upgrades. Thousands and thousands of lost dollars and hundreds upon hundreds of lost hours.

The EULA precludes me from using win10. It's as intrusive as Apple and Google now, because we let them. Thank you, government toady asshole.

Win10 is an answer to your question above, which is 30 years too late, the question and the standardized opsys.

vibratoking · Post by **vibratoking** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:37 pm

David Root wrote:I somehow managed to get 7 to work with my printer.

If I were a company that regularly introduced new products that didn't work with other previously compatible products and didn't seem to care if they could be made to work, I would probably go out of business pretty quick.

How come this doesn't apply to Microsoft?

Writing drivers for peripherals is the responsibility of the peripheral manufacturer, not Microsoft. In the case of older hardware, the manufacturer's stop support. I have quite a few wireless network cards that are useless for this exact reason.

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:38 pm

^^^^^^

Reeltarded · Post by **Reeltarded** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:48 pm

https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-p ... ta-abused/

vibratoking · Post by **vibratoking** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:58 pm

^^^^^ WTF!!!

David Root · Post by **David Root** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:40 pm

What's EULA? I'm a babe in the woods on this stuff.

Fortunately I don't have all this modern stuff that Microsoft apparently sticks its nose into, so about all they'll get is maybe data on my printer use, assuming it will work with Windows 10 in the first place. And I don't think any commercial outfits will be interested in what I look at, they wouldn't know a 6X4 datasheet from an EL37.

vibratoking · Post by **vibratoking** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:47 pm

David Root wrote:What's EULA? I'm a babe in the woods on this stuff.

Fortunately I don't have all this modern stuff that Microsoft apparently sticks its nose into, so about all they'll get is maybe data on my printer use, assuming it will work with Windows 10 in the first place. And I don't think any commercial outfits will be interested in what I look at, they wouldn't know a 6X4 datasheet from an EL37.

End User License Agreement. It's what you agree to whenever you install MS , and most other, products. The new EULA basically gives them the ability to mine your complete system as well as networks, passwords, emails, contacts, private folders, financials, etc...They can also provide or sell that information. It can't get much more invasive than that. Win 10 is 'free', but we all know that nothing is free.

Post by **HeeBGB** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:44 pm

99% of the Internet using public doesn't care about their privacy. As long as they get their FB and their porn they're good

Garthhog · Post by **Garthhog** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:54 pm

HeeBGB wrote:99% of the Internet using public doesn't care about their privacy. As long as they get their FB and their porn they're good

That's a bad thing?

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