I'm of the "if it ain't broke..." school. Windows 10 will look vastly different than 7 so that might be of concern for you. I would suspect that after you adjusted to 10 you'll find that it really doesn't do anything for you that 7 wasn't.

I'm all for moving forward with technology and excited about W10 an all new browser no more IE which I never had a problem with, but the new one you will be able to talk to and it will answer you, how kewl is that?

..I had the same here, so I've registered my interest and they will let me know when the download is available.. I notice it's 3 GB... that's quite a size... but I like to be on the latest system...

You will be able to us Apps on Window 10, something Windows 7 is unable to do. You will be able to set Windows 10 up to look more like Windows 7. Can't really tell you all the advantages but there are quite a few. I use to be the first in line to buy the new OS when it came out.

After Vista (Which I liked) it took me a very long time before upgrading to Windows 7 (almost up to the release of Windows 8). I do like Windows 7, but I think I liked Windows Vista better (but it was a memory hog). Last year I took a leap and jumped into Windows 8 on my Smart Phone. I liked the Windows 8 OS on my phone and like the upgrade to Windows 8.1 even more.

About 4 months ago I decided to try out a Windows 8.1 Tablet, Acer Iconia W4-820, I love it! This got me thinking; if I could find a Laptop With Windows 8/8.1 on it that had Touchscreen for a decent price I would upgrade! I looked and looked and finally found an Acer Aspire V5 573p-6896 w/Intel i5 Processor and Windows 8. I have since upgraded it to Widows 8.1 and I'm liking it a lot. It is much easier to use than most people were saying, you just have to play and maybe watch a couple of YouTube Tutorials.

The nice thing about having a Windows 8.1 Phone, a Windows 8.1 Tablet and a Windows 8.1 Laptop is that many of the Apps will share the same information. On the Calendar I only need to enter an appointment on one device and then on the other devices the info is instantly be shared. I'm sure Windows 10 will have this ability also. This was one thing Microsoft worked very hard to implement with Windows 8! BTW, Touchscreen is awesome!

..I have found out that some apps and installed programs won't work with Windows 10 when it's installed.... there is an option to 'check your pc' (click on the 3 short horizontal lines in the top left hand corner)... on that Windows 10 pop up and it tells you right away what isn't compatible on your machine.

On mine my Dolby Home Threatre V4 isn't compatible and that I will need to reinstall it.. also my Norton 360 isn't compatible at the moment, although I think they'll do something about that... also all the Bluetooth's, which I don't think I use anyway, are not compatible...

MS is hyping windows 10 somewhat. The "July 29 2015" deadline is only for "reserving" your free download, but you can actually get a free download up to a yr after that "deadline" as long as you have a valid (not pirated) windows installation. There are certainly some bugs still lurking in Win 10, so I'll wait & get the download near the end of the free-period -- I hesitate to mess w/my customized & tweaked Win 7. Plus there's something about Win 10 (secure boot) that tries to prevent any other "unapproved" OS (Linux) from dual-booting w/it, but Linux developers will eventually get around that.

"Reserving" your download is kinda silly -- is MS going to run out of Win 10 copies? No more electrons left?

From what little I've seen...it's not a matter of adding a number to the reserved copy list. MS seems to be slowly/quietly prepping the systems of those who have opted to sign on for Win 10 when it's released. It's a smart move on their part. Hopefully...it will ensure an easy, glitch free installation of Win 10 when the day comes. I'm still not interested...but I admire their new approach.

What do you want? they are offering it FREE even to W7 users by passing W8 and it's going to be awesome! getting all onboard with the same OS is very smart!

Win10 is really about the same thing as windows 7 & 8 except the newer apps have some bugs. Working nearly OK for me here. I've been using it since October.

They seem to have the upgrade working well enough that if it fails, mostly it will revert to back to what you started with. Think about 4 million testers.. and there certainly isn't an excessive percentage of serious upgrade problems. So no big deal to microsoft if some upgrade failures - Well unless its yours.

Imagine, you buy a newer pc or tablet or win cell phone... with face recognition or iris recognition - you might never need a password again. But then again walking through places like BestBuy - all the computers login to your account as you walk down the display isle.

(little Cortana things works amazingly well for me on most things, if one loves to talk.. they should like Cortana.)

When are they selling computers already installed with 10? I'm still using XP. I will buy a new computer when Win 10 is already installed. By then, the bugs should be fixed.

I remember the upgrade to XP from Win 2000 (or whatever it was called). I don't want to go through that again.

Jane

Win10 they have announced will be RTM.. Released to Manufacturing last days of July. I forget exact day but July 29 or later.

Actually - There is a build now that is marked OEM-RTM some have installed. I have a copy - but it supposedly has a major bug they are supposed to be working on right now. Install bug.

The speech recognition amazes me. My built in laptop mic is usually very weak... under my left palm. I can quietly ask Cortana almost anything and watch it type out, make a mistake and correct itself.. then opens Bing Search for it, or one of the windows settings menu's. Whats the temperature like outside... instantly Bing search opens the webpage showing my local city weather report & temperature. I ask her to find a brown dog.. it types out find Brown Dawg.. hah

We will have an all new browser no more IE the new one is Spartan, so very different from 7 or 8 and it will have Cortana for search engine, she will talk, you can ask her to find what you need etc. and for multi taskers we can have our tabs as pages on our desktop instead of on top of each other. Quite a few changes in W10.

It sounds neat. I will be receiving a computer this Thursday. I talked about it in another post. My other computer was corrupt. I will have to buy Microsoft package which will be Win 8.3. For my new computer that is coming in. Practically nothing was saved from the corrupt computer that I threw away. haven't done that yet but should do it sometime this week. Should I wait to buy the Microsoft software that is coming out in July or should I try and find Win 8.3

From what I've read, most of the changes are of a User Interface nature. The under-the-hood stuff has been stable and efficient back to 7. Of course, we all know that it was just the UI area that caused Microsoft the nightmares that they're trying to put behind them. WIn 8 has been great to work with as far as my experience has gone. The infamous Start button problem became something most people found could be quickly and easily fixed.

Smartphones have had useable voice recognition capabilities for many years. My five year old car has it for telephone use, and in my newest car I can control everything in the center part of the dashboard, except climate control.

I've found that the novelty quickly wears off. Even with very capable voice comprehension software as is now available, it remains easier to not use it, in most cases.

I need to delete my comment concerning 8.1 from me Maggie 200. Can I do it now that it is posted?

I seem to go from my Houzz user name to GW user name today. I am Ellie45 here at GW and Maggie200 at Houzz. I probably need Admin help.

Maggie if you are getting a new PC it should come with W8.1 or? OS , you will get a reserve W10 in your windows updates, then when it comes available it is a Free download.

If it comes with no operating system... you might want to register for the windows insider program http://insider.microsoft.com and load the win10 preview .. free ! From what has been said, by one of the department heads at Microsoft, all the insiders will be able to simply upgrade to the win10 final with no need for proof of key.

I have been beta testing Win 10, too, since October 2014. It has had it's ups and downs, but so far, I have been able to work through and solve problems with all of the issues. I really like it. The one thing I cannot get to work is Cortana - says it is not available in this market; however, Microsoft says it is available all over the US. Haven't looked into it too much. It may be because of the router that my internet connection uses. Personally, I am having lots of fun with Windows 10 Preview. I did just notice that the toolbar at the bottom doesn't "hide" anymore. Will have to see if there is anything to do about that; it was hiding previously.

Regardless, to my way of thinking, wait for Win 10, or as Mikie_gw suggested, go ahead purchase the new computer and download the preview.

My router is marked for the European market only. I thought it was just the wifi part (power settings & extra channels) but I did change its time server and DNS address's as windows 10 here was having problems getting a time server and name resolutions reliably.

Cortana is tied to Bing & language & not avail in some countries. If you somehow are blocking bing.. Cortana breaks. I installed ToolBar.Yahoo.com just to get yahoo search plugin. Then uninstalled the toolbar and by mistake deleted rather than move down Bing IE search plugin. hah

Aputernut, I will start a new post and get out of the way here