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Windows 10 to buy or not to buy?

by Nov 12, 2015 10:46PM PST

I've just been informed that my 4 year old All-in-One (DELL) Inspiron ONE 2310 Intel (R) Core (TM) i5 CPU, M 480C 2.67GHz - 64 bit, Windows 7 (with 4GB RAM) system is not compatible with Windows 10.
My question is... should I consider purchasing a new PC with Win 10 or should I spend time and money trying to fix multiple problems? Troubleshooter not working, can't save an Excel file, Java can't download, can't print emails - (last is probably my fault for changing back to Outlook and messing up the settings!)
My phone support advisor said to back-up everything so that he could investigate fully. Does he mean revert to factory settings?
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Re: Windows 10
by Forum moderator Nov 13, 2015 1:13AM PST

Unless you have a specific reason to go to Windows 10 (like: you love the Edge browser, or you need to use one specific app that doesn't run in Windows 7, or you need the integration with the cloud) there's no problem at all to continue using Windows 7 for the next 5 years.
Then in 2020, if it lasts that long, look around for a replacement.

You don't tell if the troubles you describe are in your new (incompatible) Windows 10 that you tried (then go back) or in your old Windows 7. In the last case, a restore to factory settings is free and guaranteed to help unless there is some hardware issue.

Anyway, upgrading a Windows 7 installation with such issues results in a Windows 10 installation with the same issues, even if the hardware is compatible. So that's a bad idea anyway.

Kees

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by Scribbler01 Nov 13, 2015 4:02PM PST

My problems are in my 4 yr old All-in-One. The proposed purchase would be new hardware, a new, more capable PC - if the cost of repairing the 4 yr old one was too great or the Win 7 support was removed. I appreciate that if I keep the existing I must get it fixed before considering an upgrade. Thanks for your help.

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Windows 10
by sailingtruth Nov 26, 2015 2:42AM PST

I think, I would agree on that ! You may not update to windows 10 unless you do have special reasons to do so. Like me, I'll rather stick to Windows 7 to avoid unexpected issues.

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try iso
by Nov 13, 2015 1:26AM PST

if you have a drive image, you can still give win10 a try on that computer and see if will work. I have two computers that were also declared not compatible with win10 by microsoft. They are because i am now running it. Yes it would be a risk but if you have recovery disks or a drive image, you might want to give it a try. but to answer your question, IMO, win7 is better. Stick with it until you do upgrade.

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO?OCID=WIP_r_Win10_Body_AddPC

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