Mark Pickavanceoutlinessomeofthe plausiblemotivesyou mighthavefor passing onthe freeWindows 10 upgrade10 Good Reasons To
Stick With Windows 7
A
s we’re almostsix monthsintothe free upgradeperiod,it
seemsan appropriatetimeto considerthe choicethatis
facingmillionsof Windowsusers.By makingthe upgrade
free, Microsoftcleverlyremovedsomecost(butnotall) from the
equation.Butwithregards to Windows10, the devil,as theysay,
is mostcertainlyin the detail.
Nextweek,I’ll giveten goodreasonsto acceptMicrosoft’s
offer, butthisweekwe’lllookat a bunchof validproblemsand
concerns thatmightencourageyouto stickwiththe OS you’re
currentlyrunning.
1.TheDevilYouKnow
Thismightseeman obviousthingto say, but as youget older,
continualchangebecomesa lesscompellingexerciseandoneyou
mightlike to avoid,giventhe chance.I’ve learnedto use every
versionof WindowsandOfficeso far, so surely Windows10 is just
anothertransition?
Yes, it is, butthatdoesn’t meanit isn’t annoyingto findthat
methodsthatworkedperfectlywellsince 2008 whenWindows 7
arrivedare nowpotentiallyvoid.
Butactually, if youdidn’t useWindows8, thenWindows 10
is a more radicalexperience,as it still breakswithmanyof the
traditionsthatstayedwithWindowsfrom 95 until7.
WhileMicrosoftcanreel off a longlist of improvementsin
its newOS,butonethatit doesn’t includeis a full Windows 7
compatibilitymode,whichis oneof the reasonsthatEnterprise
stayedawayfrom Windows8 almostcompletely.
In fact,oneof the biggestcriticismsof Windows8 wasthat
whenit arrived,there wasno tutorialto guideyouthroughthe
interfacechanges,andyouwere left to encounterthe ‘charms
bar’andotherobscure additionsentirely by chance.Windows
10 doeshavemore help,andit gotrid of ‘charms’,butlotsof
partsdon’t worklikeWindows7 or evenWindows8. Themajor
bugbearI’venoticedis thatthere are nowtwoentirely separate