sven450
Just one more happy Win10 user.  The upgrade was brainlessly easy.  When it was done doing its thing, everything was where it belonged, all programs and devices worked and the computer itself is snappy and responsive.  I was coming from 7 which I loved, and I have no regrets with 10.

sven ... it's good to see some positive experience reports for '10'.  Question:  Are you experiencing anything significantly better now that you're on '10'?  "No regrets" is way different than "Oh, Man! You gotta' do this!"
 
 

Maybe time to share the most famous Superbowl commercial that only aired ONCE (Big Brother got me, couldn't resist)?
 

Its Apple that resembles big brother not Microsoft. Only their approved software is allowed to run on their approved hardware. However, they are the ones that scream big brother about IBM and Microsoft. Its the big lie that for some reason people believe. 

John
Its funny you keep referring to Reaper when as far as looks go it is the butt ugliest DAW on the market. Yet Windows 10 is a very beautiful OS. 

Need it be said? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

kevinwal

Then again, I felt the same way with 8 and millions of people felt otherwise.

I'm with ya on this one too. We were a small group weren't we?!!

mattyman
The thing about the privacy concerns with Windows 10 is that if you think they aren't already tracking everything on previous versions, then you are being naive.  They've just been more honest in the Windows 10 agreement.

Very true, and the reason I am methodically severing all ties to Microsoft. I had One Drive, but have moved everything to Box. Still have an Outlook account, but as soon as my slot comes up on Proton Mail, I will close my MS account. You want security? Proton Mail's servers are in a granite mountain in Switzerland. The developers are guys who used to work for Cern.

MS has a track record of "disreputable" business practices. Many "free" things were offered to put competitors out of business for which they then charged for (Word vs. Word Perfect, buying Visio, then not allowing users to install purchased copies from the previous owner, et. al.). Only Intuit (Quicken) survived this barrage (MS Money flopped big time), and if it were not for Apple, anti-trust litigation could have been brought against them long ago (although they did lose the fight of "embedding" a browser into an O/S for those who remember).
 
I am hard-pressed not to see this "free" aspect being subsidized (by agencies), which want easy access to information (very efficient, effective, and "free"). Google has been "absorbing" data (for free) and putting companies out of business for years. If it is posted online, it is public domain; Google does it, and now MS can too.
 
[Insert hard drive manufacturer here]'s primary customer has been Google for years now. MS has more "control" than Google has, so they want their piece of the action (and have access to more information).

c5_convertible

michael diemer
There's a reason they're giving it away "free." After the disaster of Windows 8, it's what they have to do, to get people to leave their perfectly functioning Windows Seven. But it's not free. Forced updating (no it can't be disabled, only delayed if you have W10 Pro);  Cortana (aka Big Sister), games that come with ads which can only be removed for a fee; but the worst is their new "Privacy Policy," which basically means that anything you put on One Drive is their property. This is a power grab of major proportions. Thank God for Linux. When Reaper gets their notation editor, Microsoft's last hold on me will be gone. Reaper runs in Linux.

Where did you find this info (that I put in bold in your response)? I searched the privacy policy for onedrive and I couldn't find this anywhere... At least not in the privacy policy here in Europe (Belgium). Maybe it is different for other countries?
 

 I tried finding the article I got this from but couldn't (there's so much out there about privacy and windows 10 right now that it would take hours to go through it - itself a red flag). but look, here's the deal: At any time, Microsoft can send anything you put on One Drive to whatever gov't agency they think needs to see it. Your stuff, and they can do whatever they want with it. This means that for all intents and purposes, they own your stuff. If you say, well I have nothing to hide...you are giving away your freedom inch by inch. I don't have anything to hide either. That's not the point. The point is that America is supposed to be a free country, built on the idea of individual liberty and freedom from gov't oppression. But we're letting them take it, bit by bit.
 
 

John
Its Apple that resembles big brother not Microsoft. Only their approved software is allowed to run on their approved hardware. However, they are the ones that scream big brother about IBM and Microsoft. Its the big lie that for some reason people believe. 

 So true but MS seems to do a better job as pissing people off.  Rumor has it before W8 came out MS execs ignored that it wouldn't go over well.

GregGraves
Mr. Paranoid says:
 
True:  you can upgrade an existing home-built machine to W10 for free
False:  you will have to buy W10 on your replacement machine.

 Depends on the license.  OEM - you will have to buy a new license.