In reply to a post by micksharpe:

Why buy new gloves if your old gloves are perfectly serviceable and fit you like... well, a comfortable pair of old gloves?

At the weekend my son emailed to ask if I'd upgrade his Win 7 PC to Win 10 as he wasn't comfortable doing it himself. The fact that he lives in Kent is clearly one problem. I asked why he wanted to upgrade? What was there in win 10 that he truly needed? And he should bear in mind that in effect Win 7 will be supported till January 2020 by which time his PC will have died/been replaced.

He came back and said that perhaps he didn't need Win 10. Knowing him I'm fairly sure that he wanted Win 10 because it was new, and because it was free.

But, as he now admits, he doesn't need it.

I wouldn't be surprised if that scenario applies to quite a number of people.

For me, multiple desktops are enough to justify the upgrade. I can't think why it has taken Microsoft so long to implement what has been common in Linux distributions - and even OS X - for ages. But I'm glad to see that, having done it, they have done it right.

As a developer I am also interested in the new APIs that are present (Universal Applications) that allow rich applications to be built that will work seamlessly across a range of devices. Obviously software publishers are going to use these new APIs so we will soon have a good range of software that just won't work on earlier versions of Windows.

And, whilst on the subject of phones, the integration of Windows with mobiles is now very good. And Cortana is fun too - although present in a primitive form on 8.1 it is much enhanced on 10.

I've still got my comfortable old gloves but I find that I haven't put them on for a couple of months now; the new ones are warmer and fit me better.

In an attempt to build a bridge over troubled water, I should record that a couple of the much loved progs I run are somewhat ancient - rather like me. And one piece of kit is a USB transcription turntable which may just possibly, maybe, perhaps, be in question?.

When I tried the upgrade a few months ago it reported, I think, three incompatibilities. Of course the references given meant nothing to me. As someone has identified, I am a simple soul, so I abandoned.

Thinking that after a time during which MS had done a major update it must be worth another go I gave in to their waterboarding. This time, however, nothing was identified as a potential prob. The procedure just came to a full stop, period, endof.

What also gets up my nose is that, although I deleted it, BigBrother insists on downloading the upgrade on to my pc again. And sends messages almost daily about how splendid it all is - e.g. even since this abortive exercise "designed to work with your pcs, printers, etc", "up and running fast".

Edited by deleted (Tue 22-Dec-15 12:07:55)

OK. Windows Update has finished updating my laptop with the latest hot-fixes for Windows 7. It's only taken 10 hours to download and install 155 MB of updates. All is sweetness and light... except that I am now getting nag-ware to upgrade to Windows 10. "Upgrade now or upgrade later." No other choice is offered.

Is there not a close button on the dialog?

In reply to a post by TinyMongomery:

Is there not a close button on the dialog?

There is... and there's also the option of moving to Apple or Linux, but Microsoft don't tell you that.

Microsoft endorse Linux and will quite happily tell you all about it: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/arti...

I suspect if they started to suggest that people buy expensive new hardware to run OS X there would be complaints.

Article about it: http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/12/21/...

I don't think the window appears unless the W10 tray icon is clicked though.

In reply to a post by Oliver341:

I don't think the window appears unless the W10 tray icon is clicked though.

It does appear, unasked and often, I can assure you.

There is an update to disable it but I'm not sure that I can bring myself to apply it right now. Maybe when my blood pressure's gone down a bit...

Edited by micksharpe (Tue 22-Dec-15 13:18:59)

Your first link points to a non genuine copy issue.