Windows 7 Vs Windows 10 Microsoft operating system

Also, for how much longer will Win7 be supported?

You get something called "edge" and a whole jumble of app thingies. I put chrome in and don't use edge, so all looks as it was, and a bit faster.

Still using good old XP so can't really comment

I used XP on my computer until I had to get a new tower. At that time I believe support for XP was due to end soon and that included security updates. The tower I bought  was fitted with windows 8,later becoming 8.1. Now after applying the free upgrade that was available I am using windows 10.

I think perhaps support (including security support) is no longer available for XP and this may also be the case for windows 8 but not 8.1. Perhaps somebody could give fuller info about this and also when support for windows 7 ceases.

Thanks.

I heard Win10 had certain "snooping" issues?

if new really means new and it comes with win10 already loaded should be fine,if not stick with win7,snooping issues on win10-well you can switch them off(dont believe it)....but virtually any agency in the UK can access your browsing,nothing you do online is secret

Support for Win 7 ends in January 2020. I'll stay with 7 for now and if nothing better than Win 10 is out by then, I'll move to Linux. I might even consider a Mac.

There are some things you don't do if you want to keep others out of your system. Don't use Win 8 through 10, don't use Wifi and don't buy a machine made by Lenovo. Of course, it might just be rumours...

If you need a little more speed, try fitting a Crucial SSD and do a complete reinstall of 7. Also, if you only have one stick of Ram, add another.

I upgraded from 7 to 10.

Then found my television tuners wouldn't work with 10. So I went back to 7.

By 2020 there should be enough television tuners around that work easily with 10.

The trouble with Linux is stuff won't work with it.

I replaced my printer and found there isn't a driver readily available for it that works with Linux.

Thanks again for the tips

with every new version of windows, it gets worse.
you don't see the architecture anymore just pretty buttons.
the old windows 3.1 fitted into 10 floppy disks.
thats 1.44 mb x 10 = 14.4 mb.
then windows 95 - 700mb
then xp - 4.4 gb

my first generic Pc had 400mb hard disk. and it ran as fast as the one I have now?
the operating system seems to swallow up all the resources in a weird way?
it never seems to work as good as it should. i compare it to building a pyramid from
the point to the base. upside down, unstable crap.

I cannot open some files unless I get the latest version, which is ballz. It should be backward looking, so all your files are relevant. It frustrato machinery.

you move a file and it says 3minutes to completion, then ten, then 1min, then twenty.... it can do a trillion operations a second? but it cannot give an accurate time of completion? Proper dick technology.

My laptop's seven year's old.

HP 17" widescreen £399 back in the day.

Can't find anything similar for less than £500 now.

WTF?

^ I know what you mean with the timings, Zorro.

PDT, indeed!

XP on this ,10 on the lap Top don't Like 10 , had 8 and Upgraded wish I had not.

you seem to lose function with every upgrade. My sister gave my mom a tablet and i tried to open a word document on it. nope. drawing prog? nothing on it? it was only geared up for internet access? my mom had no wi-fi so it's useless?
dedicated internet machine? no workstation capability at all.

Get your Mum wifi !

(Picture a Stone Age Woman Tapping her finger on a slate )

*Picture of a....

^ quicker than uploading a picture

Feb 28, 2017 -- 7:51AM, The Leopard wrote:

Get your Mum wifi !

It's his Mom, not Mum ffs

Leo, I'm really getting quite concerned about your current state of health.

Has the vet prescribed new tabs?

Mom = mum

And vise versa

Hope this helps

*Vice versa