I have several machines running 7, one with Linux/BSD, a macmini, an old laptop running XP, and my main laptop is running 8.1. I don't want to upgrade that last one, but should at least upgrade one of the others. I'm still cautious, but getting closer to taking the plunge.

I loathed, detested, hated, and even disliked 8 and 8.1 until I got classic shell. Now I like it except for the occasional Metro crap that peeks through. Maybe 10 will be everything 8 should have been.

Maybe.

If I had small touchscreens I might like the big tiles. 10 sets the tiles the way they should be and you can resize the Metro screens now. Applications are pretty much the same as they were

Got a work computer last month that has 8.1 and a touchscreen and it's odd getting used to it. But most of that is the way the gummint sets up its computers-- haven't had one yet that made sense.

The XP box is over in the corner waiting for something to use it for something and I hate with a passion the 7 laptop. Maybe it's the way Lenovo set it up, but It's now a Linux laptop.

Picked up a 10 laptop at a good price and play with that every so often. Works nice.

One scary thing about 10 is that it's as online as it can get and MS watches damn near everything you do. You can turn most of that off, but not all of it.

"One scary thing about 10 is that it's as online as it can get and MS watches damn near everything you do. You can turn most of that off, but not all of it."

That one concerns me quite a lot. It was bad enough with 8 which forced a Microsoft account name on me for the their app store but I was able to switch that to a local account at least.

Still hesitating....

The gains from 7 to 10 might not be substantial if the computer is more than a few years old, 10 is resource-heavy but uses resources better than 7 or 8 or 8.1. I doubt the XP machine will take it without a lot of hardware improvement.

10 is really the 8/8.1-killer. It is absolutely everything 8 should have been plus everything 8 aspired to and never even attempted to achieve. It's really the best WinOS I've ever used. It's clean, functional, adaptable and user-responsive.

and full of tons of security crap and other major changes. I can't even install a better mail program or note taker.

No gains for the 7 laptop-- it's just not fast enough and I have another 10 laptop now anyway. That one is now Ubuntu for playing around.

And, yeah, MS fired the guy who gave us 8 because he screwed it up so badly.

I once had a work computer that I swear they went looking for the worst software and applications they could find.

I wasn't aware MS fired the Win8 project lead...not surprised.

I was actually responding to Ron Obvious about his Win8.1 laptop being the only computer he wasn't interested in upgrading.

My computer came with 8 right out of the box and I immediately upgraded to 8.1. I haven't had much trouble with it, but I've heard good things about 10 and it's free so here we go. I like faster.

No intervention required. Everything came back just as it was.

Both my laptop and desktop. Both systems running smooth and faster than before, and it hasn't let up.
I still do routine maintenance, but frankly, I don't do it as often as I used to before Win10.
Yep...I dig it.

This is a lot faster than than 8.1. I've been able to upgrade for a couple of months now, I just was a little shaky about doing it.