It has been so busy between new websites and fixing computers that I have barely had time to write about anything since last December!
Anyways, here is an article regarding why people need to upgrade to Windows 10.
Support for Windows 7, the one that’s on my production box in my office, ends on January 14, 2020.
We have less than a year to figure out upgrade paths for myself and my clients still running Windows 7.
Some of you are still running Windows 7 out of necessity as programs for medical equipment & office management have not been dialed in for Windows 10.
Personally I have had Windows 8/8.1 computers successfully upgraded to Windows 10. I took an old laptop that was designed for Windows 8 and it works well with Windows 10.
I have had mixed results from upgrading custom built machines that run Win 7 just fine and die a miserable death when natively (no upgrade – just a fresh install) running Windows 10.
Some of my computers are Windows 7, will stay that way until I can get another i7 processor, 32GB of Ram and I can probably transfer my storage drives to the new build. That will be next year.
It’s also critical for me to have an SSD boot drive or two mirroring each other for that boot in a RAID configuration.
Currently I have Windows 7 on an SSD and it runs FAST.
I tried the Windows 10 builds back in 2016 on this custom built box and it failed as soon as I loaded the operating system and drivers for the motherboard and other devices installed for my varying needs in my businesses. The crashes set me back many days of work…something I cannot repeat.
It’s estimated that there are still a small percentage of computers running Windows XP to this day – around 4-5%; Windows 10 has around 39-40%; Windows 10 has 36-37% and the rest are Macintosh/Linux builds.
Linux is a great operating system, it mimics some aspects of the Windows User Interface, but Linux definitely needs a commitment to learn some new ways of doing things. It’s more technical but less prone to any infections that can ruin a Windows box in a mouse click.
I still have Linux on a couple of older laptops that I take when I have to get onto a network that may have a box or two that is infected. But again, Linux takes a bit of a learning curve for most users, myself included.
As we get closer to the end of Windows 7 support, I can help you with the need for a new computer running Windows 10.
Here’s another read on the issue and for getting Windows 10 without cost: https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-like-windows-7-why-should-i-pay-to-move-to-windows-10/?ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=25494051826012492497109214045789
Scott