windows 7 or 10 ?

Hi,
7 rules and 3 years is a long time :)
Biggest question is to the manufacture of this machine
Is installing 7 possible meaning did they make drivers for win-7 for it or not.

Hi:

AFAIK, availability of NEW OEM Win7 computers (even for Enterprise) ended in October.
Anything you find now will likely be "refurbished" or "used".
"CAVEAT EMPTOR" in that regard...

MM

My two cents worth I am lucky to have more than one machine and run both 7 and 10 on those machines and to be honest I set 10 up to be as much like a 7 GUI as I can. The only difference is is of course the update issue and answering problems re 7 on the 10 machine - but there ways around that.
The 10 I find a tad faster to Start up - run and shut down though 7 can be made to be not such a slouch

The only problem is finding a machine (new) that comes with 7 now and if it were me I would choose one that I could swap out the drive and get an OEM for 7 and drop that in on the new drive - something most of my machines have now. So in effect when the plug pulling comes I shall be set to go

chaosrealm93 said:

lizzrd said:

would it be a 'bad' decision to order windows 7 on a new laptop, just to get by say 3 more years ?

say NO to spyware 10 (R)

Well I have to say I was really anti 10 for such a long time and went to extreme lengths to stop it installing on my machines when it was being pushed out as free - but I have thought about it and read so much and talked to many other members in here and came to the conclusion that 7 is going to end eventually, and would have to go over to 10. So I have installed 10 on three machines now the others I keep in 7. As for spyware it is also apparent to me that Microsoft is not the only company that track us keep our info etc etc.

Lets look at say Google and Apple for examples if one uses either they have more info on you than you would care to think about and for me storing stuff in the cloud is more of an intrusion possibility than using those two companies.

In any case if any individual wants your info unless you keep everything on your machine encrypted it is fair game to be hacked cracked call it what you will. Another example is the ability of federal agencies to watch for data that is private - again for example anyone who is delving into the dark side say paedophilia. In my mind nothing is safe on the net for if an individual can take down power grids vital governmental agencies then what chance you or I??

Look don't get me wrong because I think 7 is still the best system but it goes before saying that 10 will eventually take over and a system then not supported is worth not very much, and I speak of course of issues dealing with security which as I have said above is basic at best. I prefer the GUI of 7 although it is very easy to set 10 up to look and run like 7.

So the OP can draw what conclusion he wants from my little rant - personally I would be installing a 7 OEM and also keep a 10 OEM or think about getting one for later on. I know this depends on peoples budgets but this is an option that fortunately I can afford.

DrmWarrior said:

ICIT2LOL said:

My two cents worth I am lucky to have more than one machine and run both 7 and 10 on those machines and to be honest I set 10 up to be as much like a 7 GUI as I can. The only difference is is of course the update issue and answering problems re 7 on the 10 machine - but there ways around that.
The 10 I find a tad faster to Start up - run and shut down though 7 can be made to be not such a slouch

The only problem is finding a machine (new) that comes with 7 now and if it were me I would choose one that I could swap out the drive and get an OEM for 7 and drop that in on the new drive - something most of my machines have now. So in effect when the plug pulling comes I shall be set to go

Absolutely. I prefer 7 over 10 any day. Its easy and cheap enough to swap drives and have a fresh OS to start with.

Sorry mate I was typing while your post was going through and you are quite right having both is a real advantage and truly running 10 to look like 7 is very easy take a look at my pic of my Sandy Bridge set up screen on hitting the Start button.
The apps that come with it by default you just delete them or get rid of them as you please

Edit If you want the search box you need to right click the taskbar and select from the options Cortana and from the options select > Show search box mine is hidden in the pic.