Win 10 From Win 7 Pro x64 - What Do I Gain - What Do I Lose

I struggled to install Win 7 Pro x64 about a year ago. I thought XP Pro was fine. I'm now glad I moved.

That said, I use a lot of 'legacy' software in compatibility mode, things that do what I want like PSE 6, Acrobat 8, and Office 2000. I use ZTreeWin many times a day.

What Do I Gain? What Do I Lose? Are there links where I should start, where I can see Win 10 screenshots, etc? Just how significant is the learning curve? Believe me, it gets harder after age 75.

My hardware seems to fit the MS specs.

Gigabyte EP35-DS3P (Intel P35 ATX) based custom machine by GamePC delivered March 2008
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz) processor
8GB RAM (the max my MOBO will permit)
ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics card with WDDM 1.1
My bus speed is 266 megahertz.

thanks
baumgrenze

Thank you for replying, MilesAhead.

Wow, it is "independent' that it requires another registration and account profile.

Do I commit the 'sin' of cross-posting if I resubmit my post there? I do not want to be offensive.

Your reply will tell me whether or not to open yet another account.

thanks

baumgrenze

baumgrenze said:

Wow, it is "independent' that it requires another registration and account profile.

Do I commit the 'sin' of cross-posting if I resubmit my post there? I do not want to be offensive.

Your reply will tell me whether or not to open yet another account.

thanks

baumgrenze

You are free of sin by joining and cross posting, it is recommended actually since it's geared towards 10. :)

A lot of the same people are over there from here and our other sites, a lot of first hand knowledge too.

Thank you ThrashZone.

Yes, when I moved from XP to Win 7 I was convinced I wanted to keep using RAID1 on my C:drive (OS and Programs) but others 'here' persuaded me it made no sense. That drive is available. I am on Win 7 Pro x64 and it and my program files are now compatible so I gather I should download the x64 version of Win 10.

I had rotator cuff surgery 2 weeks ago and my dominant arm is in a sling until 1 August (Swiss "Independence Day" or "Schweizerischen Bundesfeiertag") so I will probably wait a month before do the install and evaluation. Working the keyboard with my left hand only is tiring.

I installed Win 7 from an ISO on a thumb drive onto my other SSD. I will review my experience. It took a bit of doing. How much longer is the download link good? I thought I read that time is short.

If I try this, can I drag my program files from the drive now containing Win 7, or is the best path the careful re-installation of each program? That would certainly persuade me to wait.

Thanks for you patience in advance,

baumgrenze

The W10 TP Insider programme rules HAVE changed, as of build dated 2/7/15.
IF you want to use it you now have to have a windows logon identity, the local login route, NO PASSWORD has been discontinued, however the iso's for the previous build are still available.

Roy

I'm in the same camp as the OP. Running Win7 x64 on my desktop with 8GB ram and a SSD I wonder exactly what Win10 would be bringing to the party - for me anyway.

Recently purchased a new laptop as the old one expired and yes, it came with Win8 installed. Promptly added ClassicShell and apart from the 'flat' GUI, I'm not impressed. There is no way of 'bombing' the new laptop back to 7 as the drivers are not available but I find the lack of options available to change different aspects of the UI to be frustrating. No doubt this is all part of keeping things minimal under the bonnet to shave a few nanoseconds off the load times here and there but in reality - for me - there is nothing that puts it head and shoulders above Win7.

Have been testing Win10 and as far as I'm concerned, it's really just another Win8. So no benefits for me although I'm sure that others will feel different. It's really a case of giving the thing a test drive, see if your programs and hardware are compatible and if there's anything else that sways you. All a personal decision.