It’s pretty funny how I actually find these posts pretty entertaining to myself… going back and looking at all the desktop upgrades I’ve gone through over the years.
In any case I thought it was high past time to give Windows 10 a spin so I went out and purchased a 512GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD. I did this so I could clone my 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD, providing me a very simple backout plan if I didn’t like Windows 10 or something went terribly wrong. I fired up Clonzilla Live via a USB flash drive and quickly cloned the 256GB SSD to the 512GB SSD. I installed the 512GB SSD and put the 256GB SSD in a safe pace. The computer booted up to Windows 7 fine on the new SSD and I upgraded to Windows 10 with no problems or issues. Fast forward almost four months later and I’m pretty happy with the upgrade. I’m not sure I gained a whole lot from a technical standpoint. Windows 7 had worked pretty well for me the past few years and I suspect Windows 10 will do the same but if the upgrade hadn’t been free I’m not sure I would have made the jump myself. About four weeks ago I upgraded my Lenovo T430 to Windows 10 without issue. It helps that I replaced the hard drive with an SSD about a year ago.
Windows 10 is a free upgrade for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users until July 29, 2016 so time is running short.
Have you made the jump to Windows 10? At Home? At Work?
Cheers!
Windows 10 all the way! Avoid 8.1 just no point!
I ran Windows 8.1 on my Lenovo T430 for about 18 months without any big headaches. I will say that Windows 8.1 teaches you to learn numerous keyboard shortcuts – which has made me more efficient user.
Cheers!
I’m still using Win7 at home/work, but It’s a good idea to give Win10 a chance, especially if it’s most likely going to be a standard in next few years.
Thanks for the reply Dawid!
Windows 7 is already on extended support from Microsoft as of last year. So we are quickly on the countdown to the end of Windows 7 support in just a few more years. If you want support going forward, your choice is Windows 10 now. Since we are a month away from the end of the free Windows 7/8 upgrade to 10 program you really need to bite the bullet quickly even if you don’t like Windows 10 for some reason.
I pushed my friends to all go Win 10 in the last few months and have completed my own upgrades. But my office still laments leaving Windows XP and had to be dragged to Windows 7 only two years ago.
Thanks for the comment Telair… I know a few home users who accidentally upgraded when they clicked the X button on the upgrade dialog box. Seems that Microsoft has since backed off that approach.
http://www.computerworld.com/article/3089438/microsoft-windows/microsoft-backs-off-click-the-x-trick-in-windows-10-upgrade-pitch.html