My Windows 10 goes to 11.

I plan on keeping Win 7 on my dual boot system as its needed to transfer patterns to my wife's Singer Embroidery machine.  I have a USB/RS232C adapter but it will only work on Win 7, not Win 8 and not on the Preview versions of Win 10. 
 
But, Win 7 is the new Windows XP.  Support (fixes) have stopped.  There are still some security updates but that will end at some point (before 2020).  Like XP, or whatever older version of Windows,  it will still work after 2020.
 
My main PC went down, Jan 2014 for warranty repair of the motherboard.  I used my backup system that has Windows 8.1 on it.  I never "missed a beat" either with Sonar projects or regular PC operations. I'll be upgrading that system to Win 10 since my testing  of Sonar Platinum and my recording hardware all works with the Preview versions of Win 10. 
 
Its been reported (I think on this forum) that Win 10 will have some advantages for audio and even lower latency.  Exactly what the "advantages" are, I don't know.
 
It looks to me that the PC version of Win 10 is getting a free ride as Microsoft is updating their phone and tablets to Win 10 and like Apple and Android providing the new version free.  Microsoft would like to have one current OS across all platforms. 

jbow
What is the catch with the "free" Windows 10? I've lived long enough to know that if something is free, there is a catch. I clicked the little icon and reserved a D/L for my W7 laptop. I guess I'll need to get my DAW out and set it up long enough to get it there too in case I want it.
I'm just not sure about this. The whole "free" thing worries me. Why is it free? What are they going to want from me later to make up for the "free" part?
Thanks.
J
 

 The catch is it's only free after within one year of it's release. If you want to upgrade after that you will have to pay for it. 
  So far I don't know if the license is like an OEM but worse when it comes to changes.  Windows 8 OEM is better than W7 OEM. 
  If anyone has W8 Pro you should be able to test W10 via the virtual machine in W8 Pro.
 

Windows 10 will probably require me to go to a new control surface as I'm sure my FW-1884 becomes obsolete. I seem to recall that even 8.1 did not recognize some users' FW-1884,

What if I want it on a disk?

jbow
What if I want it on a disk?

The download is an ISO that can be burned to a DVD....

The way I'm reading it is that it is going to download when it is available. So does that mean it will just come down when MS wants it to or will you get a notification asking if it is ok? What if you are tracking when they decide to send it down?
 
It does say you will get a notification after it is downloaded then you can install it when you want.
 
I have tried to hide the notification in the task bar but it keeps popping up every time I restart the machine. If I knew it would not screw with my machine I would reserve it and let it DL in case I might want to install it someday but I don't trust MS.

I'm always off line when I do anything in Sonar (disable the network interface).  That would eliminate any downloading interference with Sonar.

i am thinking of leaving all of my computers at win7. Then when I eventually get a new computer it will have win 10 already installed.

i have the icon on the toolbar but it opens a blank dialogue box. hmm, i think i'm getting RapPro  win 9...
 
hmmm strikethru isn't working on rapPro...conspiracy?