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Originally Posted by koland
But... I have a working notebook with 8 (which I ignore all the 8 features on and run desktop only with a mouse).
I may update my teeny tablet, since I don't use it much and see how I like it. Still contemplating on my desktop and older notebook (both are on 7 and I can't afford for them to break).
Might not mind updating my oldest nb, but it's not eligible for the free upgrade, I don't think (and again, can't afford to break it, if the update doesn't work).
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Yeah, that's what I had to do when I had Win 8--just try to stay on the desktop and in a browser.
The conversion from Win 8.1 to Win 10 was very smooth. I had to wait a few days for Microsoft to get me in the queue and send me an email that I was ready to make the change, though. I've forgotten how long that it took to get everything actually changed over, but it was a few hours anyway. It's a good job to have running while you're asleep for the night, when you won't need the computer for a while.
I don't think that you'll break anything by making the change. I haven't heard any horror stories anywhere about such a thing happening to people. Make sure that you back up your data files, if nothing else. If I had a good
clone backup, where I easily could put everything back like it was in the event of the worst possible scenario, I wouldn't worry at all about any disasters. About the time that I was making the conversion, I did see an article (maybe from Kim Komando?) where the person recommended that people do a clean install instead of doing a conversion. But, again, everything went smoothly for me going the conversion route.
As I mentioned, if a person has Win 7, I don't know what I would suggest that a person do. I had Win 8/8.1, so the decision was a no-brainer. I think that the thing that would end up tipping the scales in favor of Win 10 over Win 7 would be the fact that you will have support (including updates, "patches," etc.) from Microsoft for the OS for a longer time in the future. I've found that using Win 10 is very similar to using Win 7. The tiles that Microsoft introduced in Win 8 are still around, but they're very unobtrusive. If you have a device with a touchscreen, they're probably very nice to have.
Good luck, whatever you end up doing.