Microsoft ends its free Windows 10 upgrades December 31st

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RavenMaster

2017-11-06 11:23

WalterDasTrevas:

I would not go back to Windows 7 or 8 even though MS paid. W10, for me, works perfectly.

Same.

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FrostNixon

2017-11-06 12:06

WalterDasTrevas:

I would not go back to Windows 7 or 8 even though MS paid. W10, for me, works perfectly.

Well it really depends on your hardware. I like it as well, however since I'm still running an older laptop, there are a lot of problems and missing features. And that's not just laptops, most 4+ year old products don't have proper support, even though they run adequately. Yes, some providers state they support Windows 10 on their older products, however in most cases those are windows 8.1 drivers and they don't work well on windows 10 more often than not.

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zipper

2017-11-06 12:20

Yep, so far a 7 years old Asus laptop, orig. Win7, no problems - but no way update 1703 will install on it.

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lucidus

2017-11-06 12:31

Pretty sure almost everyone who wanted the freebie took it by now *shrugs*. I'm just surprised they're still charging for home use. As far as I'm concerned the best version of Win10 isn't freely available so whatever 😉

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nevcairiel

2017-11-06 12:32

zipper:

Yep, so far a 7 years old Asus laptop, orig. Win7, no problems - but no way update 1703 will install on it.

Unfortunately thats a common scheme with laptops. They don't really work well with anything but the OS that they originally launched with, because vendors don't provide driver support - and laptop hardware is often quite "special".

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cryohellinc

2017-11-06 12:52

nevcairiel:

Unfortunately thats a common scheme with laptops. They don't really work well with anything but the OS that they originally launched with, because vendors don't provide driver support - and laptop hardware is often quite "special".

1% Cases. Have an oldie Asus laptop that parents use every day, added SSD to it + Ram + Win 10 x64. Perfectly smooth work.

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Kaarme

2017-11-06 14:32

cryohellinc:

1% Cases. Have an oldie Asus laptop that parents use every day, added SSD to it + Ram + Win 10 x64. Perfectly smooth work.

Yeah. I have an Asus laptop from 2010 or 2011, I think. Back on Win7 I already switched to an SSD. Win10 upgrade installed no problems, as well as the Win10 updates. I half-believed the horror stories about laptop Win10 upgrade problems, but, I reckon, as usual they are overblown since only people who ended up with failures talk about it, whereas the many more people with successes see nothing worth mentioning. My friend, who knows nothing in-depth about computers, has a year younger Asus laptop, and she had upgraded to Win10 per the automatic (forceful) upgrade process, and never noticed anything strange, despite a 99% certainty she couldn't have done anything about it if something had gone wrong.

#5489734

Robbo9999

2017-11-06 16:16

Windows 10 working fine on a couple of old laptops I've installed it on (& updated to latest Fall Creators Update too): Alienware M17xR3 (i7-2920XM) & Dell Inspiron 17 (i5 Sandybridge from yr 2011). I've found Windows 10 to be a more responsive & snappy OS than Windows 7 on these laptops.

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schmidtbag

2017-11-06 16:32

Kaarme:

I reckon, as usual they are overblown since only people who ended up with failures talk about it, whereas the many more people with successes see nothing worth mentioning. My friend, who knows nothing in-depth about computers, has a year younger Asus laptop, and she had upgraded to Win10 per the automatic (forceful) upgrade process, and never noticed anything strange, despite a 99% certainty she couldn't have done anything about it if something had gone wrong.

Unfortunately, complainers speak the loudest, and nobody sings praises when things work normally. One of the most distressing things about working in IT is how you can have 99% uptime and everything works great, but the moment something is down (often because of user-error or outside sources) suddenly you're incompetent, lazy, or paid too much. Thankfully, I've never had such complaints but I'm very well aware it happens.

warlord:

I am glad MS stopped free upgrades, because I feel an idiot for paying full price for my OS and gambled for next gen OS.

So... you want to spend money on an upgrade? Personally, I'd feel like an idiot paying for any MS OS. Except for some enterprise OSes, pretty much every OS these days is free. Thankfully, I get my Windows licenses from laptops I buy, or PCs people retire and give to me with the original Windows activation key sticker still on it. I have never needed to pay for a Windows license.

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Sixtyfps

2017-11-06 18:17

Im all set with an upgrade. I didnt want it before and i dont want it now.

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zipper

2017-11-06 19:49

nevcairiel:

Unfortunately thats a common scheme with laptops. They don't really work well with anything but the OS that they originally launched with, because vendors don't provide driver support - and laptop hardware is often quite "special".

But it's odd that Win10 has been working without problems over two years - until 1703 - no driver problems at all, for instance legacy Nvidia drivers have been updated without problems.

#5489829

vbetts

Moderator

2017-11-06 21:54

nattefrost:

good riddance horrible OS if I wanted to have tablet UI I'd be using one. abysmal peripherals support and endless driver errors. ms blocked me from installing chrome.

If you can't download Chrome to your system then you're doing something wrong...Windows will never block Chrome from being installed.

#5489853

Aura89

2017-11-07 00:49

sverek:

"Microsoft ends its free Windows 10 downgrades December 31st" Fixed the title, boss! I see myself out.

Ohhh, good job trolling.

#5489879

tensai28

2017-11-07 02:54

WIndows 10 x64 1607 enterprise remains the best OS for me. HDR videos work just fine with madvr and on games. Gets all the latest security updates with no stuttering or game bar nonsense either. Still can access the control panel from right clicking the start menu too. Creators and fall creators update is just terrible.

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lucidus

2017-11-07 03:17

tensai28:

WIndows 10 x64 1607 enterprise remains the best OS for me. HDR videos work just fine with madvr and on games. Gets all the latest security updates with no stuttering or game bar nonsense either. Still can access the control panel from right clicking the start menu too. Creators and fall creators update is just terrible.

Damn right you are. Way things seem to be going, it's going to be the best win10 version and edition for a very long time.