Originally Posted by
endersblade
Preface: I HATED Windows 8/8.1 so much. SO much. I stuck with Windows 7 this whole time. Windows 7 has probably been my favorite version of Windows, and I've been on the Windows bandwagon since 3.1.
My computer has having weird issues, like lots of locking up, slowing down, crashing, the whole nine. It'd been about a year since my last wipe and reinstall, so I figured, why not. Well, I got the drive wiped, but it turns out I didn't have my Win7 CD key anymore for some stupid reason...I usually keep the stickers for windows on or near the disc. Instead of cracking it, like I have done frequently in the past, I decided, what the hell, upgrade to Windows 10.
It took some effort to get a bootable Win10 disc, and ironically in the process of setting this up I was able to retrieve my Win7 CD key from the registry of an old drive, but I decided to go with it. I haven't regretted it. My computer boots up much faster than it ever did in Win7, I haven't had any incompatibility issues yet, it's been absolute smooth sailing. I have the Win10 menus set up to function like Win7 even.
I also find it kind of funny that for once Micro$oft is GIVING their newest OS for FREE, and people are complaining about it. You're getting what normally costs $100 or more, FOR FREE. And the offer is going to expire at some point. What happens when Win7 becomes legacy software, and nobody supports it anymore? Instead of having an up-to-date OS, FOR FREE, you're going to have to pay for it. Unless you're running extremely old hardware, I'd say just go ahead with the Win10 upgrade. Once things get settled in, you get it customized to your liking, you might surprise yourself and find out you actually like it.