Poll: Windows 10 users: Do you miss Windows 7 (or any other previous version)?

Question

I agreed to get a Windows 8 computer almost a year ago because Windows 10 was being released in a few months anyway. I was expecting it to be more like Windows 7. Obviously I was very disappointed. I wanted to go back to Windows 7, but I couldn't, so I began to look into Linux even though my dad told me it was really complicated and hard to use. (He's never actually used Linux. What he said might be true about some flavors, or distributions, of Linux since there are thousands of different distributions, but it isn't true about Linux Mint and several other distributions.) Linux is better overall, but there are a few unimportant things that I can't do in Linux, so sometimes I miss Windows. For example, you can't watch Netflix on Linux without installing some special program, but it isn't a big deal because I have other devices I CAN watch Netflix on. I also can't play Facebook games without a special program, but the only one I played was Ghoul Catchers which I can get on my phone and my tablet, so it doesn't matter. If I were to go back to Windows for some reason, I would like to go back to Windows XP because it was awesome, but since Microsoft doesn't support it anymore, that wouldn't be a very good idea. I am so unhappy with Windows that I'll use OS X if I have to go back to proprietary operating systems for work or something. (That's actually a pretty big possibility because I'm thinking about being a proofreader.)

Answer 1

Since Windows 7 is also EOL now (though still on life support), you might as well jump in and get 10. It is an improvement over Windows 7, and a huge improvement over the Windows 8 series.

Answer 2

I don't miss previous versions of Windows. The older stuff stuff feels so limiting compared to newer stuff and I definitely could never go back to Windows XP which doesn't have search built right into start.

Answer 3

Windows 10 is pretty damn solid. I'd still take 7 over 10, but either way, it works great with little to no issues.

Answer 4

I loved XP.

I loved Win7Pro because it was XP like.



I hated Win 8.1 - because it came with everything a little 14 year old girl into social media would ever want........ me, I use my computers for editing photos, video, and business.



Win 10 - is more like advertisement for Windows yet to come. Hate the browser...... they made the task bar and favorites impossible to use - bunch of fricken dolts really ruined a good thing.

Answer 5

windows 7 was boss

Answer 6

We are M$. Resistance is futile. Your puters and lappies will adapt to service us. We will add your technology to our own. M$ has announced that Windows is NOT a top priority. Pushing people to use the cloud and mobile has become their main focus now. Now the truth about 10 is coming out.



Windows 7 and 8.1 is far better than 10. Windows 10 is far better at being spyware then any OS previously released to date. I find that people who are blinded by loyalty to M$ know little about Windows 10 and the spyware in it. They base their opinion on second hand knowledge and propaganda spread by M$.



With Windows 10, M$ owns your system.

YOU can no longer pick the updates you want installed.

THEY can choose which drivers are installed.

THEY can choose what THEY want on your system.

THEY even installed a backdoor in it so THEY can SPY on you at all times.



If you miss Windows 7 then why not install on your system. It is possible for some system to be upgraded to 7 or 8.1. People are going to tell you it can't be done or the drivers are not available. That is all a bunch of Bull manure spread by the people who make a profit off spyware and love the government knowing what you do on a daily basis. They are truly in love with Windows 10 and the profits it is going to put in their pockets. They are also posting a lot of false info on how to do this so it wont work for you. There are those who do not want you to do this so BE WARNED.



If your current system came with UEFI the install disc for Windows 7, which is intended for a BIOS system, will only boot so far and just stop. To fix that, you will need to build a UEFI boot thumb drive. To do this you will need a .iso copy of Windows 7, a good product key, a 8GB thumb drive, a program called Rufus, and the DRIVERS for the system you are going to install 7 on. Finding the Windows 7 drivers is not that hard for most systems. You will need to find the chipset, GPU, LAN,WiFi, and audio drivers. If it came with a SD card reader or finger print reader you will need them to. Post make and model and I'll check if they are available.



Once you have the .iso file then you need to download Rufus. You can find it here.



http://rufus.akeo.ie/



When you run it to make the bootable thumb drive, you're going to see this screen.



http://rufus.akeo.ie/pics/rufus_en.png



Follow these instruction for making the thumb drive.



http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html



Once you have the thumb drive made then follow these instructions.



http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/186875-uefi-unified-extensible-firmware-interface-install-windows-7-a.html



Before doing any of this you should make an image of your hard drive just in case you run into problems.



If you do not have imaging software use Clonezilla. You will need to download Rufus USB installer. You need to read the instruction carefully and know a little about Linux to use this. There can be dragons present if you do not understand what your doing. I make no guarantees.



https://rufus.akeo.ie/



You need to download the ISO alternative version of Clonezilla. It is written to run on UEFI systems.



http://clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=alternative



When you run Rufus it will ask you what distro you want to use, select at the bottom iso image. Then browse to where you have Clonezilla on your drive and choose as the image you want to use.



https://rufus.akeo.ie/pics/rufus_en.png



Once you have the thumb drive made you can boot your desktop using a USB port and run Clonezilla. Just follow the instruction in the link below and you will have an image of your drive. If you use a external hard drive to store the image the process goes pretty fast.



This link is for step by step instructions for Clonezilla



http://clonezilla.org/show-live-doc-content.php?topic=clonezilla-live/doc/01_Save_disk_image