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Cactus Stitchin 03-04-2016 02:22 PM

I migrated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 last summer when it first came out. For me, its been a seemless transition with no problems at all. Although its deaign is different it is similar enough that I've had no problems finding what I'm looking for or figuring out how it works. It is faster than Window 7 and so far has been very stable plus I've not had any compatiblity problems with existing software. I would say go for it. I will say both my husband and I are pretty 'tech savy'.

toverly 03-04-2016 02:29 PM

I upgraded to Windows 10 when it came out, I hated 8 and figured it wouldn't be worse. It's okay. It took a while to figure out that I wanted to post my favorite sites (this one especially) to the toolbar so I could hop from one to the other without going all the back to the start page. Just today I figured out that I could type in a website direct by hovering over the page at the top that I was on. Silly I know. My absolute favorite thing, is a little box that disables my touchpad on my laptop when a mouse is detected. I always use a trackball mouse and never the touchpad. So much easier.

slbram17 03-04-2016 02:51 PM


Originally Posted by jodypeabod (Post 7483961)
For those of you that use Windows 10, how do you like it compared to 8 or 7? Was it hard to learn and do you wish you hadn't switched?

Windows 10 seems fairly easy. I upgraded from Windows 7. My older machine has Vista and support for Vista will be discontinued next year, I believe.

I do not regret moving to Windows10. At least there is one machine that is caught up with the latest version now.

slbram17 03-04-2016 02:55 PM


Originally Posted by GEMRM (Post 7484021)
I have Windows 10 since July 2015 when it came out. I love it and have no problems with it - I can from Windows 7 on my little one.
However, my husband, who is using Vista on an old laptop didn't like 10 on his new one.
In any event, they will be discontinuing support for 7,8 and Vista and that isn't a good thing.
The upgrade to 10 is free still but that will change too, I think in the summer sometime.

Using Vista to access the internet will get to be a problem when the browsers drop their support for it. I have Vista also, and am getting the message from Chrome that they are dropping support. I read on the Chrome forums they are dropping Vista this April, a year ahead of when Microsoft drops support for Vista. Bummer.

QuiltnLady1 03-04-2016 08:24 PM

I have Windows 7 and haven't upgraded my laptop yet. It will delete my Windows Media center and I use that to watch my recorded TV shows -- I also have a picture processing program that is quite old, works great but is probably not going to work on 10. I will probably buy a new laptop and get 10 on it rather than upgrade and mess myself up.

Lady Diana 03-05-2016 03:43 AM

10 is closer to 7 in visuals and navigation...don't go with 8.

mirish2 03-05-2016 05:15 AM

I'm worried about how it will effect my printer. Seems as if upgrades don't include a switch for my printer.

maviskw 03-05-2016 05:42 AM


Originally Posted by mirish2 (Post 7484681)
I'm worried about how it will effect my printer. Seems as if upgrades don't include a switch for my printer.

My IT man told me that my printer was not compatible with 10. I love my printer. It works soooo well. But if I could never print another picture of a quilt I want to make, I will have enough to last 3 lifetimes.
I'm still reluctant to switch to 10.

duckydo 03-05-2016 06:00 AM

I will tell you this, I upgraded my old laptop to windows 10. Your old computers do no do well with windows 10 they frequently crash because they do not have what it takes to run windows 10. New computers have windows 10 already on them. Be careful when trying to upgrade. I have things in my old laptop that I cant' get out. Best Buy wanted $100.00 to retrieve it for me. Ask someone that knows about computers b4 you upgrade, I am getting used to windows 10, but still a lot I don't know about it.

Snooze2978 03-05-2016 08:18 AM

I went from 7 to 10 and after a little bit it seemed okay. I hate change but found 10 almost the same as 7 excluding the "apps" stuff. I didn't find any problems with my embroidery or quilting programs either so I'm happy about that. Haven't updated my laptop yet as I only use it for my quilting machine to run the webcab under the quilt to view the bobbin stitches so really don't need anything more but did make sure that the webcam program would work on both the 7 and 10 so when I do decide to upgrade I shouldn't have any issues.


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