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  1. WATSISNAME

    WATSISNAME DI Member

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    IMO there was nothing wrong with windows 3.1 ....most user friendly of them all :smile::smile::smile::smile:
     
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    WATSISNAME, Jun 19, 2015
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    Canadianized DI Member Showcase Reviewer

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    I downloaded Window 10 and so far I like it.
     
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    Canadianized, Mar 2, 2016
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    This is very comprehensive review, I actually read all 6 sections. The laptop I bought last fall had 8.1 so I've been using it for 8-9 months. It's not user-friendly; turning on/off basic things like wifi, b/t, etc should be a one-click deal, not going into Charms>Settings>on and on. The tile desktop/no start menu was just a bad idea, I bought a 3rd party utility just to give me the Start button functionality back - as did many others. As far as performance I have no complaints. It looks like with Win10 they took the novel approach of actually listening to their customers.
     
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    MikeB, Jun 13, 2015
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    First you need to do a free upgrade to windows 8.1 then you get a free upgrade to windows 10. As far as I know there is no direct upgrade from Vista to Win10 as Vista is so old and incompatible for a direct upgrade to Win10.

    See: Upgrade to Windows 8.1 from Windows Vista or Windows XP - Windows Help

    and DailyTech - Windows XP, Vista Users Can Get Free Windows 10 Upgrade Thanks to Loophole

    Hope this helps.

    Note: your hardware must also be compatible. If not would probably be better to wait until you need to upgrade your hardware and just buy a new computer sometime in the future that already has Win10 Installed.

    DaveD
     
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    DaveD, Mar 2, 2016
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  5. ChMacQueen

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    I've had a number of my older programs not work on windows 10. I used to use Adobe Photoshop 7 because it was easy to use for the few uses I had with it but that stopped working with Windows 10 and the same for my old office 2007 and a few other older programs and the compatibility mode is a joke. Felt like they were purposefully trying to stop programs older then 2010 from working at all almost.
     
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    I liked DOS 3.3 better, It did what I told it!
    Dos 4.0 was the equivalent of Window Vista.
    FORTRAN was good, aughh the old days.
     
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    Show Pony, Jun 19, 2015
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  7. Rye83

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    Windows 10 is an entirely new version of the veteran Windows operating system - a version that is make-or-break for Microsoft.

    Even though Windows 8.1 did improve things, there's no escaping that withWindows 8, Microsoft was hugely complacent, buoyed by the success ofWindows 7. It drastically misunderstood its users with a fundamentally changed user interface which didn't make any logical sense and was hard to learn. It failed us. It failed itself.

    Thankfully 2015 Microsoft is pretty different to 2012 Microsoft. The key management of the corporation has changed. It has woken up to the fact that people can choose other operating systems. It's keen on making stuff for OS X, Linux, iOS and Android. As you'll hear, it's allowing apps from other platforms to be easily ported to Windows, too.

    Windows 10 hands on review | TechRadar

    About a week ago I had a notification on my Win 8.1 PC that asked me to reserve a free download of Windows 10. I will be installing it when it comes out. I have never been a huge Windows fan anymore (and I never liked XP, Vista or Win7) so I don't really care if they change how the OS looks. As long as it runs older Windows programs I'm good to go. Though if that Win10 wipes all the files from my Win8.1 partition AND my Linux partition that is dual booted on the same computer I will be furious.
     
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    Rye83, Jun 12, 2015
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