[cjsheps]

Is it worth upgrading from 7? The only praise I've heard is "it's more like 7".

[tomtom]

I think it's faster... Also in a few years time Ms will probably stop supporting 7..

[Fultonius]

Is it worth upgrading from 7? The only praise I've heard is "it's more like 7".

So far, 2 hours into my W10 experience I'd say go for it. They've all the things that made we not even consider W8, so yeah, it's just like a tweaked version of W7.

My computer was really getting glitchy and slowing down a lot (like it needed a fresh install) and upgrading, so far, seems to have sped it up a fair bit. 

[SamT]

I've had a few issues at work with the software we use at work. It has a Microsoft SQL server 2008 R2 back end which isn't supported by windows 10. Weird things like timestamp formatting issues.
The lack of a 'recent places' in file manager/save boxes is really really bugging me at work.  The 'quick access' replacement functionality is bobbins.

However, On my home laptops its all tickety boo and its rescued a laptop that was destined for the cyber bin, which now runs as smooth as it did when it was new.

[Jim]

I was going to do something productive this evening but looks like I'll be messing about upgrading an old laptop now.
Thanks

[Fultonius]

So far the negatives are:

My WiFi toggle buttons (fn f12) doesn't work any more, neither does the fn f2/f3 which change the brightness. Bizarrely the Fn & F6/7/8 sound controls all work. 

I think it's fucked up my iSSD ExpressCache, which is a pain as it saves a load of battery on standby. Right now, the speed boost is making me happy enough to let that slide.

[Jim]

its normally a driver/patch that you'll need to download from the laptop vendor to fix the Fn keys, maybe same for the iSSD thingy

[Fultonius]

its normally a driver/patch that you'll need to download from the laptop vendor to fix the Fn keys, maybe same for the iSSD thingy

I'm  just now as I can only find Windows 8 updates for my model. (Samsung Series 7 Chronos). I tried one of them and it totally screwed up my trackpad so I got rid of it.  Got too much on, so will deal with it when I get a bit more free time.

[SamT]

yeah.. my sound card on my old dell wouldn't play to the on board speakers. .  only the headphone jack. However re installed the driver from the dell website and was back up and hearing things again.

[Fultonius]

Currently reverting to 7... Couldn't get express cache working and my touch pad driver was being a dick. (not matter what I tried) also the start menu kept disappearing. I reckon it looks alright if you have a newer,  or better supported machine but Samsung don't give a shit do we're high and dry...

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[lagerstarfish]

well, with a legit win 10 compatible copy of Vegas Pro 13 (and 14) available for £149 from the new owners, I am now thinking of switching "up" to windows 10 on 2 laptops (i3 and i7) and the desk machine (i7)

partly because I think I heard that win 7 will not be supported in 4 years and some of our machines might still work OK at that time

am I making a mistake?

[Fultonius]

I'm having no problems with Windows 10, generally quite liking it. Basically windows 7 with a few tweaks - I'd say go for it.

[SamT]

+1

[tomtom]

Run it on all my and MrsTT's machines with no problems.

[remus]

Using it on a windows surface pro 4 and its pretty good. Frequent updates that fix small issues which is nice.

[lagerstarfish]

groovy

cheers lads

doing it on the least important machine first

[lagerstarfish]

seemed pretty painless, if a little slow

no data lost

all important software working fine