EdM Loc: FN30JS

Old expression: "If it works, don't fix it".....If uSoft didn't come out with reasons to "upgrade" what would they sell? Unfortunately, they sold the operating system, they should have rented it on a yearly basis, then they would not have to come up with "upgrades" to stay in business... and,BTW, the first "windows" wuz just a dos minipulator, I dont think it was even an operating system, but people who were not typists loved the icons... Ed

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Understand where you are coming from, but in this modern world we seldom know what actually is broken until we find out the hard way with identity theft or other nasty things like malware or ransomware of some kind.

By all means stick with CP/M and 5" floppy disks and your 8080 or even super fast 8086 processors! You are correct that the first Windows was essentially a layer on top of DOS, but your advice is not the best in this recent context. Nearly every piece of software that we use is broken in some manner, we may just not know it or have experienced problems yet with a new zero day exploit.

Have fun riding your horse to work, lighting your gas lamps, trimming the wicks in your hurricane lanterns, and working out where to put the coal in your new Hi-Def TV. And those annoying flashing "00:00"s on your VHS recorder, they can be cured also.

Seriously, of course Mr. Softy and others want to put people on the continuous upgrade subscription path, but holding back can be both dangerous and much more expensive in the long run.

Better advice for anything computer software related is: "Of course it's broken stupid, fix it before you get hurt!"

A quote that represents a lot of modern software development philosophies is: "Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.” – Mark Zuckerberg .

I'm not saying that I like that approach, but the rules are changing and it is best if we realize that things are changing....

Collie lover Loc: St. Louis, MO

Ive heard too many bad comments about Windows 10 on this Web site and from people I personally know. Don't plan on changing from Windows 7. It does what I need.

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

As I said , I liked 10, it didnt like my computer....Ive had more than a little experience with computers. I remember being excited when 3.1 came out. But you still had to put in heads and cylinders and jumpers would drive you crazy because they never seemed to work with the configuration in the manuals. Today its a breeze but when win 10 created havoc , it was time to go. I'll try again in 6 months or so. also its working great on my wifes computer.

It could also be that win10 doesnt like something I'm doing who knows.....

EdM Loc: FN30JS

10,eh? Well, someone seems to always be ready to get me to by a 747 when all I needed is sumpin to get me to the store to buy milk... CP/m did that, and I did not have to learn anything else.... just saying.. Ed

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

As a follow-up, I intalled Windows 10 yesterday and the new computer runs better and smoother than 7 pro 64 was. I think I am going to like working the Windows 10 environment.

Peterff Loc: O'er The Hills and Far Away, in Themyscira.

Glad it worked out well, and thanks for the follow up. Appreciated.