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Update. Check this article. It seems you can revert after a month but you would have to do a clean install or restore an image.
you need have no fears, your ladyship..
you're in safe hands with Microsoft..
- and Windows10 is an absolute delight!
Windows 10 is indeed a bloody good OS. If you use Media Center I can see the downside but other than that I think it's top notch.
It's more than just the loss of WMC. Gadgets will also be lost (requiring the replacement of a very expensive 2.2KVA UPS), updates will be mandatory (Pro can only delay them), etc. Sorry, I just don't like the direction MS has been taking, not to mention the way they are going about it. If I wanted to be controlled that much, I would go with Apple. And, frankly, Win 10 is ugly compared to Win 7.
I think people are too fixated on the "FREE UPGRADE" part of the equation. I doubt I will upgrade any of my many licenses (both Win 7 and Win 8) but when the time comes for me to build or buy another machine, I will purchase Win 10 then.
It's not that I dislike Win 10, it's that I've never been a fan of upgrading anyway, I prefer doing a clean install of a new OS.
I'll wrap that into my Media Center statement. If something is missing that you use then I can see the downside. It's issues like this that MS relied on Insiders so much for though, if they'd had enough feedback requesting gadgets I'm sure they'd have listened and reinstated them or found an alternative.
Don't forget updates will be heavily tested by Insiders before being released to the general public. In all of my time running 7 I've only ever removed a handful of updates (one which caused issues with WMP and the GWX ones) so the probability of updates causing problems should be minimal.
Personal preference, not a fact. I used to hate the monotoned, blocky appearance of 8 but now I do really love the look of 10. Probably months of use has made it grow on me.
I don't care what OS is on my system, as long as its running fine.
Whats the point of buying an OS for €120 if you already have one?
Somebody like me could use that money on a new CPU!
Btw, if you try Win10 for free, can you still access Win7?