Who's sticking with Windows 7?

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  1. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Pro x64
       #191

    Keeping 7 at work, plus all the other places I support. Mostly it will be a who moved the cheese effect, but still have some apps not going to work on 8.1 or 10, yet. Probably in 2019 will be ready for it.
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  2. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       #192

    The theory that Microsoft puts out is that each succeeding version of Windows is better than the last. We know from history, this is not true. I find it possible that Windows 7 is the best that has been made and there is not reason to switch.
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  3. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #193

    My thoughts. Of course their are those that really don't care what my thoughts are but anyway here goes.

    W-10 can and will be a great operating system if the consumers demand it to be.
    If the consumer just takes what ever Microsoft throws at them, W-10 will not be a great operating system.

    How does one be a demanding consumer is simple. Don't buy W-10 until it has what you need and or want.
    If in a small chance you are like me; Windows 7 is a great operating system but as in the past I will buy another operating system if the new operating system allows me to make choices and decisions on how the operating system works or doesn't work. I also want to be able to make the new system looks as I want it to look. I don't want my operating system to look like a cell phone.
    Trying not to be to simplistic, all I want is a newer better operating system that I control what does or does not happen and when. No mandatory updates of any kind is one example. Most know how the wrong update can do to a system.

    Yes I know that Microsoft doesn't intend to make a operating system just for me. I also don't expect them to.
    Keep in mind that there are a billion or so Windows 7 users that just want some of the things that I want. (Control of the operating system at least to the degree we have had in the past.)

    **If Microsoft gives us a fair shake we will buy W-10 just like we bought all the other Microsoft operating systems. Some of Microsofts operating were great for their time and some were not.
    Our dollars were the judging method of which operating systems were prime time and which were not.**

    My thoughts

    Layback Bear
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  4. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       #194

    Layback Bear said:
    My thoughts. Of course their are those that really don't care what my thoughts are but anyway here goes.
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  5. Posts : 1,686
    Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and numerous virtual machines
       #195

    Just think for a moment. If Microsoft had released 10 with Media Center, Aero (if you want it) a Classic Windows 2000/XP style desktop with the under the cover improvements to the kernel, better support for multi core CPU's and SSD technologies, start menu like classic shell, a tablet mode for those that want it. All they have to do is put a Seven mode or even an XP mode so the OS can be skinned like it. I would have bought 10 copies of the Pro version. But they did not. They have alienated a large number of their user base. Everything is now in the cloud. They have stopped making Autoroute/Streets and Trips, Map Point, Encarta reference (years ago) and now we are expected to lump Windows 10. No thanks. I will be using Linux on my machines with 7 in a locked up VM after Windows 7 goes EOL so I can run the few programs I like which won't run on Linux. I suspect that once July 30th comes around the adoption rate for 10 will fall to absolutely zero. People will buy machines with 10 on it and will no doubt just get on with it.
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  6. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #196

    Indianatone said:
    Just think for a moment. If Microsoft had released 10 with Media Center, Aero (if you want it) a Classic Windows 2000/XP style desktop with the under the cover improvements to the kernel, better support for multi core CPU's and SSD technologies, start menu like classic shell, a tablet mode for those that want it. All they have to do is put a Seven mode or even an XP mode so the OS can be skinned like it. I would have bought 10 copies of the Pro version. But they did not. They have alienated a large number of their user base. Everything is now in the cloud. They have stopped making Autoroute/Streets and Trips, Map Point, Encarta reference (years ago) and now we are expected to lump Windows 10. No thanks. I will be using Linux on my machines with 7 in a locked up VM after Windows 7 goes EOL so I can run the few programs I like which won't run on Linux. I suspect that once July 30th comes around the adoption rate for 10 will fall to absolutely zero. People will buy machines with 10 on it and will no doubt just get on with it.

    MS would have to also stop the spying, forced updates, and frequent major changes to get my interest. Even if they did it tomorrow, I still wouldn't downgrade to Win 10 simply because I can no longer trust MS.
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  7. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #197

    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    MS would have to also stop the spying, forced updates, and frequent major changes to get my interest. Even if they did it tomorrow, I still wouldn't downgrade to Win 10 simply because I can no longer trust MS.
    MS would also have to eliminate the malware-style dialogue boxes.

    "Pay-per-Click" is coming.

    On the bright side, Linux Mint 18 will be released soon.
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  8. Posts : 160
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #198

    rerolling back to win7, ditching win10; hi well this is my story->

    Welcome to Seven Forums [6]

    win10 is ok for ppl who want an OS hassle-free. but it really takes too many options away from the user. and they do this quite bluntly "you can turn this service off for a while... but windows 10 will turn it on again eventually!" ... is this some kind of piss joke- what does 'a while' mean can't u be more specific? and the action center is even worse than other versions ... "windows defender needs to scan your system now!" x10 wtf ... no, it doesn't. sure, u can turn off notifications, but if u check at the settings page, the choices/options available to u aren't that great. most of the time it's either on or off, u can't specify certain behaviors. or maybe this was in developmental stage. can't opt to not install system updates, you could only defer. it's designed to take choices away from u. sync settings always balls up, and i have noticed discrepancies- this feature is not yet 100% absolute ... i am better off manually cloning my pc. and i want to murder cortana ...

    the only positive thing about win10 is the right-click menu on START BUTTON .. hahaha

    ps. Hey yeah, and hardware verification and the entire win10 user acc integration is just pure bs. i have a 15" & 13" laptop, roughly same gen and chipset, but they are verified differently. i can't swap out the HDD between them, they won't run that way. and so they say, if u make minor changes to ur hardware it's ok, but if u do major changes i dunno i guess like ur cpu chip, mobo etc., would u have to reinstall everything all over again. crap microsoft, do u mean we have to inform YOU now every time we want to upgrade components?? man, i've been swapping harddisks between my pcs for years! why all the complication? i got so pissed off logging in with win10 user acc, i just logged in with a local user after a short while. Microsoft really assumed too much on ur behalf. .. of course i did NOT read ur eula LOL.... sorry but i just don't waste time reading S.H1-tt.
    Last edited by Magnakai; 10 Jun 2016 at 03:38.
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  9. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #199

    Hi,
    As far as I know switching hdd's or sdd's does not affect an install even in win-10
    cpu's maybe I've only done that on a retail install so I wouldn't know but on a laptop that is not often possible

    Mother board changes have always affected oem installs so that is nothing new
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  10. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #200

    Magnakai said:
    the only positive thing about win10 is the right-click menu on START BUTTON .. hahaha
    That was actually one of the few improvements in the W8 Series (IIRC it was introduced in W8.1).
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