To be or not to be..

I have read  reasons to upgrade to Windows 10 and reasons not to and frankly the reasons not to make more sense than the reasons to do it.. Mostly I think it would be an unneeded risk..  To me had I been able to get windows 8 or 8.1 I would have been left with that feeling of why... Why did I think that was  a good idea.. The sites that say here is why always make it sound like getting the new OS is only the right idea.. From a couple sites, first the reasons to upgrade :  From PC : http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2487499,00.asp

Reason number one : 1. Speed Startup and more. If you never made the move to Windows 8 or 8.1, you've missed out on one of the best things to hit Windows operating systems in forever: Fast startup. 

Who wouldn't want a faster start up??  I love the idea of fast start up.. I love the idea of start up that doesn't take the turn it on today and start using it tomorrow around tea time..   Just joking there it actually does get going fairly quickly.. But on my moms laptop it runs windows 8 or 8.1 or whatever it is and while I can get used to it, it does take some getting used to.. It seems more sensitive to even the remotest of touch on the touch pad..   


2. The Start MenuThe loud voices in the tech community have long clamored for the return of the Start menu after its replacement by the Start screen in Windows 8. 

I miss the start menu on 8 (8.1) and some of the things I am used to finding easily are harder to find.. Not impossible.. I'm not a computer geek so this might be so easy, and some people love rubbing the nose of everyday barely able to get he things to work type of people.. But I say the thing that a computer should do with ease is turn on.. And then solve the worlds problems.. 

 3. CortanaIt's nice to be able to talk to your technology. 

NO IT IS NOT... Actually I talk to mine (YELL OBSCENITIES) at this computer all the time.. Who doesn't??  

 
4. Universal AppsIf you use Windows 7, you don't have an app store.

Universal apps.. I want mine to turn on and off.. Run the browser and take me to the site I want to go to.. NOW.. 

5. TouchJust about every screen in your life these days is a touch screen—your smartphone, your tablet, even your car navigation system.

When mom had that tablet for a couple days (a week.. ten days at the most) the touch screen thing was so cool.. I will however admit that Android Kit-Kat was so much easier to use than any windows OS.. Who would want clunky windows computer.. Oh year that's right.. It's cool to have a computer that will work great for a year and then suffer from "REPLACE ME NOW-itis" after that.. 

Now reasons NOT  to upgrade: From PC world (not the same magazine at all) :  http://www.pcworld.com/article/2950649/windows/9-reasons-not-to-upgrade-to-windows-10-yet.html

Number one, probably the most important : 
1. Your system can’t run it  

Specs have to be high end, not just ok.. High speed processor for all apps not just video playback.. 


5. Security updates for Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 will be available for years

That's good to know.. 

9. You don’t need the pain of early adoption


I was skeptical   about windows seven but kept waiting to be blown away with their 64 bit technology.. And still I wait.. But truth is going from windows 98 to XP was nothing and from XP to 7 was still very little.. From windows 7 to Android was a huge step in the right direction.. From 7 to 8 (8.1) that was the biggest failure to me.. I never used Vista  they say it was very buggy.. Too bad I never used vista, I may have gotten away from computers altogether.. Better luck next disaster.. 

Badge Henry