"Windows 10 or not Windows 10... That is the question."

Today it's 20 days left before Microsoft closes the chance of upgrading one's "old" Windows to Windows 10 free of charge.

How many of you have Windows 10, either from the start or after upgrade? Does anyone plan to roll back to Windows 7 or Windows 8?

 

The better question is...

"Is Windows 10 even worth it?"

I'm perfectly happy with Windows 7 thank you very much

Also this woman totally pwned Microsoft...

http://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-pays-woman-10000-over-forced-windows-10-install/

 

I have 2 PC which have Windows XP (old PC) and Windows 7 (new PC) right now. No time to upgrade into Windows 10 for some reason OR maybe some buggy on newest Windows 10 right now.

 

Nah, I just had to insert a "Hamlet" reference.

She really pwned them!

"I had never heard of Windows 10." Lol seriously?!

M.AzaryPika3172, I hear that Windows XP is vulnerable since MS stopped updating it. So I guess you don't use the Internet on your XP-PC, am I right?

Prectorian, do you play any of the Xbox Live games (found in Windows Store) on Win10?

 

I'm using Windows 10, stripped back a lot of the "features".

 

Where can I find the classic shell? And when you dial back some of the privacy abuses, there's still some info which is sent to MS, right?

 

OK, so I finally decided to upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 and the transition isn't exactly going smoothly. All my vital apps are running fine under Win 10 except for two games from PopCap...

Peggle Deluxe and Bejeweled 3 Deluxe both have issues rendering in Fullscreen mode.

Peggle Deluxe renders a tad towards the left of the screen, instead on being dead centered. This is a bit of a hassle as the "quit" button gets cut off. Playing on windowed mode fixes the problem though, except the game also doesn't allow me to enable "3D Acceleration" which I'm guessing is most likely the reason why the game is not dead centered on Fullscreen mode. Also not being able to use 3D Acceleration causes the game to not be able to change screen resolutions.

With Bejeweled 3, it's kind of the same. I can't enable 3D Acceleration which not only doesn't allow me to change screen resolution, but also causes the game to have funky graphics tearing both in fullscreen and in windowed mode.

RFE - Addendum:

I followed this guide for toning down Win 10's Privacy settings...

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2971...our-privacy-in-windows-10-piece-by-piece.html

... but I was wondering if there are other settings you guys recommend I turn off.

 

This is the reason why I started this thread. I used to have Windows 10 and like you Cahos, I toned down everything that had to do with privacy infringement. But since I didn't have the Enterprise-version, I couldn't stop Windows 10 from sending basic feedback.

Returning to an earlier version of Windows is one of the best decisions I've ever made. While I miss the Windows 10-exclusive Xbox-app, the Avatar maker and the Xbox Live games such as "Modern Combat 5: Blackout" (by Gameloft) and "Microsoft Treasure Hunt" - I value my privacy more.

Cahos, I actually would recommend you to go back to Windows 7. Trust me, it's worth the effort.

Thanks for the link, Seph!