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Should I upgrade to Windows 10 from Win7 Pro or from Windows 8.1 Core?
I have a new Samsung ATIV Book 9 Plus notebook with Windows 8.1 Core. I also have Windows 7 Professional from my old laptop which died a few weeks ago.
I'm thinking it could be a good idea to install Windows 7 Professional in the new Samsung so that it will give me a better upgrade to Windows 10 when it becomes available? I don't have experience upgrading operating systems, so I just want to be sure I'm thinking correctly about this. (I really don't care about not being able to use the touch screen until Windows 10 is available.)
Thanks for any advice.
(I also just looked at the thread: Why Upgrade to Windows 10?, and I see the frustration, but eventually there will be no support for 7... It took a lot of time to set up this new 8.1 laptop, including making it look more like 7 (with Classic Shell among many other tweaks), but now I'm pretty happy with it. The things that would bother me most about 10 would be no Windows Media Center and the possibility of it ever being a subscription service. (I don't do subscriptions or contracts - only prepaid cell phones and no pay TV, ever.))
But that's all beside the point - I'll get Win 10, but will also keep my Win 7 Pro disks, and hopefully learn how to keep Win 8.1 (no disk came w/ PC). I just need to know if it would be better to upgrade from Win 7 Pro or from Win 8.1 Core.
Thanks for reading.
Last edited by bluegreen1; 09 Jun 2015 at 14:47. Reason: paragraph break