On 24/04/2016 4:16 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-04-24 5:32 PM, Je�us wrote:
>
>>> You can still purchase new PCs
>>> loaded with Win 7 or pay to upgrade your old PC but that would be
>>> dumb.
>>> It's silly to put good money after bad,
>>
>> Ignore Sheldon's very questionable advice.
>> Well, it's complete crap, actually.
>>
>>> you'll need to obtain a
>>> Win 10 PC within months anyway
>>
>> More complete bullshit.
>>
>> Win 7 is the best choice in this situation, especially for someone
>> like Gary who is still using Win 98.
>
>
> I upgraded <?> my desktop with Windows 8 and my old laptop with 7 to
> Windows 10 and lost my sound. I switched back. The desktop kept bugging
> me to upgrade to 10 and I eventually did that, thinking that they had
> fixed the sound driver problems. I was wrong. I switched back to 8.
> Meanwhile, I had bought a new laptop with 8. One night I was using it
> and it suddenly started an upgrade all on its own. It turned out that it
> was not a minor upgrade but a change to Windows 10. It works. I will
> keep it. I suppose my next desktop will be Windows 10.
>
>
>
My son, who is very tech aware, has advised me not to upgrade to 10. He
also said that there are a lot of data gathering features in 10 that
might compromise ones privacy.