Microsoft planning to automatically offer Windows 10 to existing PCs

[Mem]

that's true. I'm not sure I could help her with this one though, it usually takes about 10 minutes to locate the menu or url area in Internet Explorer (tried to get her on firefox but that wasn't happening). I think the trick is for people who don't understand computers but who have memorized how to do specific things... such as "click on this blue icon located in the top right corner of my desktop to read my email", etc.

For these people any request for thinking about the computer system by the OS would lead to instant confusion.

You can walk her through, simple short cuts on desktop or taskbar for things she needs, that is how I started with my mum back then in WinXP days.

Win10 is quite customisable like Win7. I've not even mentioned third party Start menus if she really needs it to look like Win7.


My favourite is still Win+X menu(on 8 and 10) ie right click on Start button to bring it up and all those handy OS shortcuts.

 

[RampantAndroid]

I few weeks ago I read news articles on how the rate of adoption was slowing down after the initial surge of early adoption. It's still growing but just not at that same fantastic initial rate.

Do you think that Microsoft didn't offer the free upgrade to XP users because those computers are likely to be dinosaurs?

Those computers are probably all ancient, and who knows how much software that people have installed on XP would work on Win10. An in place upgrade would make no sense IMO.

Which shouldn't be bundled with.....

I have no really strong opinion here...being that I updated to Win10 the day it was released...but I don't see a problem with it as long as they have a switch to say "no thanks."

 

[Zahid Iqbal]

Till now, I really didn't like win 10. So i still back to win 7 again. After automatic updates issues, privacy issues and bandwidth issue solved in win 10, i will again give a try to win 10. Till now, no change.

 

[xgsound]

Well duh...at some point it will slow down. Yet I see nothing official stating your hypothesis!

They already have used updates to force you to upgrade. Over the years I have had little complaint about Microsoft's tactics ... until they suddenly turned off MSE in XP with a big red warning that the OS was obsolete through the updates. It convinced me to turn off all updates. I cannot see how turning off the A/V helped anything or got new business.

Similarly, I cannot see how including an OS change in recommended updates will help Microsoft keep or get more customers.

Remember that cell phones are replacing more computers every day and irritating customers will only accelerate that change.

Jim

 

[SPBHM]

last month I got a new acer laptop with 8.1 and windows update was basically already forcing the upgrade, it wouldn't show other updates just the windows 10 option as recommended, even when I put some effort into not getting it, it came back,

my intention was since the start to update to 10, so no big deal, but it was annoying and to aggressive IMO.

but I wouldn't not go back to 8.1/7 or whatever unless there is some compatibility issue with a hardware or program (and I had to go back with one PC at least because the OpenGL performance was not as good for what I was using, but you can blame that on the Intel drivers for outdated hardware I think)

it would be nicer if MS was more clear about their data gathering stuff, about the updates ( a simple description for each update would help), and less annoying with attempting to force win10 for 7/8 users, but overall win10 is an improvement for user experience I think, I heard to no complains for the PCs I updated for family members and friends, and I'm using it on my main PC replacing win 8.1 and it's going well.

 

[ArisVer]

This "forced" upgrade a lot of people talk about, I don't understand. If you look at the lower left of the picture you will see a "Cancel reservation" link. So who is forcing you?

 

[Ham n' Eggs]

This "forced" upgrade a lot of people talk about, I don't understand. If you look at the lower left of the picture you will see a "Cancel reservation" link. So who is forcing you?

You're a different type of computer user than your average technical illiterate. I would either see that link or "alt+F4". It is no accident that the "close box" is written as "close" and not "no thanks, I'll keep windows 7" or something clearer. Each step of processing and thinking that Microsoft inserts is going to lose people, we are not working with rocket scientists here.

This is very shameful IMO.

 

[Ham n' Eggs]

This is more straightforward.

 

[Raduque]

Guess I'm gonna have to firewall my HTPC at the router. It'll be impossible to use it as an HTPC with Windows 10. The two main reasons are no Media Center in 10, and the GPU doesn't have Windows 10 support (HD6450 rebrand).

 

[nemesismk2]

Surprised, Microsoft isn't taking care of the XP/Vista users.... Quite a bit still using those dinos :]

i agree with you because i am using windows 7, ubuntu and windows xp. yes i have tried windows 10 and i don't like it and i also don't like windows 8 much either. i guess i will be going linux all the way with all of my computers and leaving microsoft all behind. i will have to move house to the city because i don't get broadband here so can't get windows 10 which is a 6gb download.