Should I upgrade my laptop to Windows 10?

[ThatDarkNinja778]

I would have thought that being able to run an OS implies that it doesn't slow you down since, you know, it's supposed to not slow you down

I wouldn't blame joe for being worried about the performance when the new OS is installed, One time I upgraded my Nexus 7 to Android 5.0 and it ended up slowing it down to hell and back.

Anyway assuming the laptop doesn't struggle Windows 7 already, it should be fine on Windows 10 too.

[Ad Bot]

[Sideswipe]

no.

[shitlord]

haha taking up that massive ammount of space was 100% needed, right?

[Darryl McKoy]

no.

Why not?

[Sideswipe]

Why not?

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2972298/microsoft-windows/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-upgrade-to-windows-10.html

[Darryl McKoy]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2972298/microsoft-windows/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-upgrade-to-windows-10.html

Nice necro bump, but anyway:

10. Ongoing privacy concerns
No longer a concern. You can download Spybot's Anti Beacon to solve all these issues with one click
9. OneDrive regression
I remove onedrive as soon as I install, so I can't comment on this. Dropbox has always served me better.
8. Missing Media Center and DVD player
I have never used the default media center or DVD player on any version of windows. Third party applications are almost always better for this.
7. Not much in the way of Universal apps
I remove all apps on install (bar calculator), they are stuffty and add nothing to the OS
6. Key apps, including Mail and Edge, aren’t ready yet
I remove all apps on install (bar calculator), they are stuffty and add nothing to the OS
5. Win10’s Tablet Mode may not appeal to you
OP is on a laptop, not relevant.
4. The installer may not be ready for you yet
The OP said he was offered the update, so not relevant
3. Forced updates
This is no longer a problem, and I never had it to begin with
2. Ain’t broke, don’t fix
Not a reason
1. Questions, questions, questions
Not a reason

[77x5ghost2]

http://www.infoworld.com/article/2972298/microsoft-windows/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-upgrade-to-windows-10.html

these reasons are invalid

[Ipquarx]

10. Ongoing privacy concerns
No longer a concern. You can download Spybot's Anti Beacon to solve all these issues with one click

I've been over this tons of times. Microsoft has released absolutely no information on some of the routes they use to collect highly private information from peoples computers other than they exist. There is no reason to believe that this program magically solves that.

[Darryl McKoy]

I've been over this tons of times. Microsoft has released absolutely no information on some of the routes they use to collect highly private information from peoples computers other than they exist. There is no reason to believe that this program magically solves that.

Which is surely about as much as we know about win 7, 8, 8.1 anyway.

[SpongeCraft1212]

*sigh* here we go again..

[Darryl McKoy]

*sigh* here we go again..

Discussion is not a bad thing, don't be a baby. If you can't handle it, don't read the thread.

[Ipquarx]

Which is surely about as much as we know about win 7, 8, 8.1 anyway.

The one in particular I'm talking about was most likely added in to win 7, 8 and 8.1 through optional updates that can be easily uninstalled (Some updates have added in win10 data sharing, you can look up some of the update numbers online).

I've come to this conclusion because the only mention of it is in Microsoft's Privacy Policy ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/default.aspx under "Reasons we share data"), and it was only added in in 2015 (according to the wayback machine) when the windows 10 previews came out, meaning most likely they added it in because it's coded into windows 10 by default.

There's also no mention of it being something optional, in fact quite the contrary. If you look at the privacy policy on their mobile site you see the same passage with the text "Mandatory disclosures."

If you're worried about windows 7, 8 and 8.1 having an at-the-time illegal backdoor in it, then you shouldn't have been using any windows in the first place. According to those theories Windows has been backdoored since '95.

[shitlord]

yea im trying to move to linux because i really dont like the way that windows is going