I was asking myself the same question, and still have not decided.
I wonder if that update will tie your windows 7/8 key to the new windows 10, so you can't rollback and activate windows 7 again should something go wrong.

That's just it, I think that will very likely be the case. That's why I'm keeping a copy
of win7 and win8, since I suspect I will be supporting home users for some time
on those OSs and would like to have them for reference.

I'll be upgrading my media server initially, both to try it out and to have a machine more tightly integrated with One Drive, which I understand 10 is. I've heard good things about Windows 10 and I like the way the little 'do you want to upgrade?' icon appeared by Microsoft magic in my notification area.

If it's seamless then I'll let it rip on my gaming machine too.

I've never been an early adopter of new versions of Windows. I've always waited about two years after release before I started using them.

The Win10 release date of late July is a perfect storm for me. My Mom needs a new PC and mine also needs a rebuild. I figure I may as well take the plunge right away since I need to build two PCs anyway.

From what I've been reading, over-the-internet upgrades are being placed into a queue so that MS servers don't get overloaded by the huge downloads. I'm hoping that they'll release a DVD ISO that can also be used for the upgrade. This time around I really don't feel like waiting.

If it sucks, I suppose I'll either go back to Win7 or finally make the switch to Linux. Either way, it looks like I'll be learning a new OS in early August.

Iam not going to spill my windows 7 ultimate license for an full version of windows 10.. But i have an older windows vista Home premium version here that iam going to upgrade to windows 8..
Then using the free update to windows 8.1 and then getting the free version of windows 10.. Ill keep my windows 7 licenses for my older builds, dont want to wasting them on windows 10.

I'm on the reservation list, but this new version had better still have the desktop interface in it somewhere or else I'm going to be really angry. There had also better be a rollback feature or else I see this as a way to force the tile interface on people who resisted Windows 8. Once you have 10 installed on your system, there would be no way of going back to what you had especially if they reassign your activation code to Windows 10.

sliderider wrote:

I'm on the reservation list, but this new version had better still have the desktop interface in it somewhere or else I'm going to be really angry. There had also better be a rollback feature or else I see this as a way to force the tile interface on people who resisted Windows 8. Once you have 10 installed on your system, there would be no way of going back to what you had especially if they reassign your activation code to Windows 10.

It uses the "normal" Windows desktop with the Start Menu, but the new Start Menu/Desktop can still support "floating" Metro apps (like Windows 😎, including live tiles in the Start Menu. It's basically best of both worlds for desktop users - I've actually yet to see any footage showing an entirely Start Screen based UI, which will probably be a big step backwards for touchscreen users. You can see video demos of all of this on Microsoft's Windows 10 website, and I'm sure at other places too. 😀

Anyways, to the original question of the thread, I've got a "guinea pig" machine that will get the upgrade from 7 Home Premium to 10 Home, and then if that's good to go, I can roll-up my other Windows 7 boxes. Shame that Vista isn't supported, but I guess I shouldn't be complaining - at least a few of my machines are eligible for a free upgrade. 😊

I might first try my HTPC (core2duo 4GB - Windows 7 Professional 32bit) or daughter's PC (Phenom II X6 8GB - Windows 8.1 Professional 64bit) but my main rig (core2quad 4GB - Windows 7 Ultimate) will stay with Windows 7 until I really need the upgrade. I don't know how much it would take, considering I gave up on XP only in summer 2013, two years after I already purchased Windows 7 for it.

I don't know how it will be performance wise. Core2 duo/quad with 4GB RAM will be ok with it?

Definitely upgrading my primary and secondary machines, at the very least.

Nope

I'll upgrade my laptop from windows 8. Not sure if I'll encourage my kids to do likewise. Will it affect gog games?

I also have a couple of win7 laptops for software testing from work so might shift one of them to 10 though as we are only just shifting to 7 workwise there's probably not a lot of point.

I have 1x Vista and 1x 7 desktop installations at home, not planning to upgrade either, it will depend on whether I end up wanting to play any games needing 10.

Updating as soon as possible until I see a good reason not to.

I'm going Win10, but I'm going to do a fresh install. I'd rather have a clean experience and remove all the cruft of my Win7 install.

I'll probably update my parents computer and maybe I'll set up a new system (from old parts 😁 ) just to check how it flows on real hardware. My main's alright for now with W7. 😀

I'm a fedora linux guy 😜
Windows has its pros and cons, but I like my linux

Edit:
I just remembered I use Windows XP on my old dell laptop (the only modern laptop I own). Core Solo 1.83ghz and 4gb ram. I tried windows 7 but I like my XP 😀

I held off on the upgrade to XP until DOSBox matured to an acceptable point 😀

You could have always dual booted.

Let's see - I skipped ME, 2K, jumped on the XP bandwagon in '05, skipped Vista and bum-rushed W7 in late '12. So looks like I'll be checking out TEN in 3 or 4 years?

collector wrote:

You could have always dual booted.

I was past 160gb at the time, so I couldn't have without risking huge data loss and using those third-party workarounds that appeared later.