Thread: Windows 10 - free upgrade to those with PC using Windows 7 or 8
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Old 01-17-2016, 06:07 PM   #2170
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At some point things in the Microsoft world switched from when most of the time spent configuring an OS was spent getting it to do stuff you wanted, to when most of the time is spent preventing it from doing stuff you don't.
Yep. Like trying to force an upgrade on you that you don't want. Now, if you want to use the newer CPUs -- and if you still want to use Windows -- it'll have to be Windows 10, if you want support. Microsoft is being about as subtle as a 10 pound hammer about forcing everyone to Windows 10. And no one knows yet how much it'll cost when "free" shuts down.

I jumped the Windows ship 8 years ago, but -- unfortunately -- my wife still uses Windows 7 and she doesn't want to go to Windows 10. So I have to be vigilant. I also have to be sure to buy used PCs for her going forward.
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