Moodkiller Posted April 5, 2018 Report Share Posted April 5, 2018 Windows 10 is a lot better now. Ideal if you install it as a fresh instance and not do an in place upgrade, as that usually brings across all the issues and makes new ones crop up. Pro tip: Install a fresh copy of Windows 10 and use your Windows 7 key to activate it \o/ Pro tip 2: The upgrade assistant will still upgrade your Windows 7 and 8 machines. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOneWhoSees Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Unpopular Opinion: I prefer Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agekindly Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) I really want to update to the newest generation of intel processors, but then I see the motherboard software drivers only allow for windows 10 :,/ Alas would be nice to play some forza horizon 3. Looks like its gonna be a dual boot (and let the generic drivers for windows 7 do their thing) whenever the time comes. Which didn't windows 7 push an update out so that its not compatible with intels 7th generation and onward? Of course there is a workaround but yeesh... Edited April 7, 2018 by agekindly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeutralHatred Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 53 minutes ago, agekindly said: I really want to update to the newest generation of intel processors, but then I see the motherboard software only allows for windows 10 :,/ Alas would be nice to play some forza horizon 3. Looks like its gonna be a dual boot (and let the generic drivers for windows 7 do their thing) whenever the time comes. Which didn't windows 7 push an update out so that its not compatible with intels 7th generation and onward? Of course there is a workaround but yeesh... Because Microsoft is cutting support for it in 2020, as I said. Why would Intel continue to support it if the creator of it won't? Less work for them so they can continue to support current generation hardware and software. As far as I know, you can't even boot to a Win7 installation on a 7th gen. People need to stop being so scared to upgrade their systems. I've seen too many systems become unstable and infected with malware due to a lack of security updates. Get 10, keep it updated, you'll be fine. I took forever to finally upgrade to 10 but, I do not regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckgoose Posted April 6, 2018 Report Share Posted April 6, 2018 Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vila Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) On 4/6/2018 at 12:24 PM, agekindly said: I really want to update to the newest generation of intel processors, but then I see the motherboard software drivers only allow for windows 10 :,/ Alas would be nice to play some forza horizon 3. Looks like its gonna be a dual boot (and let the generic drivers for windows 7 do their thing) whenever the time comes. Which didn't windows 7 push an update out so that its not compatible with intels 7th generation and onward? Of course there is a workaround but yeesh... I've heard that some really newer motherboards just won't work with W7 at all, as you mentioned about the motherboard driver issues, but most do work, especially laptops. You can still run W7 on most 6th gen and 7th gen Intel CPUs, with a few workaround and a small "tweak hack" to allow a workaround for windows updates 'till 2020. This vid explains how to do that (took me a while to find this, put it in the wrong private playlist lol): Spoiler Actually managed to install Windows 7 Pro on an i7 6th gen MSi laptop after lots of pain. Drivers worked well (was later re-upgraded to w10pro). Have no idea about 8th gen so yea lol personally, I've never had major issues with W7, not as much suffering that I've had with W10, it's weird way of updating drivers randomly, windows store taking up disk usage (attempting to kill the ssd), and settings and stuff. Windows 7 just works once you get everything up and running. If it aint broken it aint broken (well... unless if a program/app/feature is only available in windows 10 like DX12 support). Either way dual-booting, or having a separate SSD with windows 7 could be a better option than Hyper-V or VMware if you need legacy support that won't work in windows 10 at all. I'll forever cherish windows 7 tho Edited April 8, 2018 by Vila formating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khudea Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Currently I'm using Windows 10, because 7 will lose support in a few years and besides I love WSL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xspankyxduckx Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 XP haha, All Windows in their own right suck, Right now Im using 8 because my main computer decided to crap out on me and stop booting, But out of 7 and 10 Id say 10s better for sure, But Im an XP Dude for life haha. Once I build my PC It will have 10 of course though ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElementalCards Posted October 5, 2018 Report Share Posted October 5, 2018 I think I might move to an Apple computer one day. W10 is so unattractive and somewhat glitch infested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killua Posted October 10, 2018 Report Share Posted October 10, 2018 Windows 10 used to be pretty bad in the early stages, but now, I think Windows 10 is better than Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Kirito) Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Windows 7 is still the best OS for gaming (except for the fact that, it doesn't have DirectX 12). I don't do anything other than gaming & watching anime in my PC so I don't know about video encoding and other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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