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Originally Posted by julianh72
I've got the Win 10 upgrade "queued" on a couple of other Win 7 and Win 8 machines and a Win 8.1 tablet - I'll install the updates progressively, and report back here if the experience is any different on any of the other machines.
The Windows 7 laptop is the oldest of the lot (about 5 years old, 2 core CPU with 2 GB RAM), but the update advisor says it is up to the job, so it will be interesting to see how it manages it.
The Win 8.1 tablet is a budget 8" Toshiba Encore (quad-core, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB stoarge) which was designed for Windows 8 http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/products...specifications . I may have to clear a bit of storage space to squeeze in the update, but I will be interested to see how the Win 10 interface works on a true tablet device. |
I updated the old Windows 7 laptop and the Windows 8.1 tablet to Windows 10 over the weekend. All three updates so far have been completely painless - all data retained, all apps working, all connected hardware working, Norton 360 security working, and so on. All three machines are running at least as quickly as they did before (and I think they actually boot faster than they did before, especially the oldest Windows 7 laptop).
The Toshiba Encore tablet offers Windows 10 Tablet mode, which seems to be a good working UI for small-screen devices - it's certainly a huge improvement over Windows 8.1's "split personality", where it kept jumping between the traditional desktop UI and the "Modern" tile UI. (You can easily switch back and forth between the Desktop UI and Tablet UI if you want to.)
Having played with Windows 10 for a few days on three different devices, I'm very happy with the new experience. Windows 7 users won't find it difficult to find their way around (Windows 10 looks rather different, but it works much like the traditional Windows 7 UI), and Windows 8 haters will be over the Moon. (Well, I had to get an astronomy reference in there somewhere!)
PS: It's probably already been posted here somewhere, but if you are waiting impatiently for your update to land, there is a way to jump the queue - just head over to the Microsoft "Download Windows 10" page
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/soft...load/windows10 and download the appropriate Download Tool for your computer (32-bit or 64-bit) - this has to match the current version of Windows 7 or 8.1 that you are running now. Launch the Download Tool, and you should be running Windows 10 within an hour or two (depending on your internet speed, computer performance, etc).