I bought a new desktop in June 2012, w/Win 7. Now there is an upgrade to Win10 icon, is in the lower right corner. The upgrade is supposedly at
no cost. It works great, does everything I need and is very fast. I have heard rumors that Win 10 has a lot of malware. And there is no way to
prevent Win 10 from keeping track of your browsing history. I'm also concerned it may slow down my PC. I use an antivirus given free by my ISP.
On the other hand, if I don't upgrade now, I may have to pay later. And Win 10 will be supported a lot longer.
So, I guess I have no real choice. Are there any other problems or disadvantages to the upgrade?
In the past, you could always reload the OS and start fresh, if you had a problem. I have never done that w/Win 7. I have not formatted a hard
drive and/or reloaded an OS in a long time. Win 7 takes 3 Disks, which I have, but I'm concerned I may have problems doing it. I get the feeling
PC makers & MSFT don't want you fixing your own machine anymore. They want you to buy a new PC & OS instead.
no cost. It works great, does everything I need and is very fast. I have heard rumors that Win 10 has a lot of malware. And there is no way to
prevent Win 10 from keeping track of your browsing history. I'm also concerned it may slow down my PC. I use an antivirus given free by my ISP.
On the other hand, if I don't upgrade now, I may have to pay later. And Win 10 will be supported a lot longer.
So, I guess I have no real choice. Are there any other problems or disadvantages to the upgrade?
In the past, you could always reload the OS and start fresh, if you had a problem. I have never done that w/Win 7. I have not formatted a hard
drive and/or reloaded an OS in a long time. Win 7 takes 3 Disks, which I have, but I'm concerned I may have problems doing it. I get the feeling
PC makers & MSFT don't want you fixing your own machine anymore. They want you to buy a new PC & OS instead.