Windows 10 free upgrade

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  1. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    anyone do it yet? I'm at 91 percent, had a friend say it was pretty sweet and I hate windows 8, I want my start button back and I want the app page gone.
     
  2. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    I use windows for one specialized program and it runs in a window on my Mac. I never switch to a new version for a year or more because in decades of doing this, they have never once had a rock-solid system at launch. When they hammer out several decimal revisions and are getting good reviews, I upgrade. This allowed me to completely skip Windows 8. Seven continues to run the one program just fine until Ten pans out . . . or doesn't.

    It has always amused me that to shut down Windows you hit START.
     
  3. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    I just want it while it's free.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Go for it. I'm just telling why I'm not.
     
  5. tirk

    tirk im the lyrical jessie james

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    I will but you can get the start button in 8 but 8 rally sucks balls.

    7 is much better. Which ain't saying much.
     
  6. shane0911

    shane0911 Helping lost idiots find their village

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    Where do you get it?
     
  7. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Windows should give you a notice, look for the windows icon on your taskbar
     
  8. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Well after a 10 hour upgrade, it's running and guess what, no more app page and I get the start button back. Well the app page has shrunk and is now part of the window that pops up when you hit the start button but that's way better than 8. Plus it has Cortana, Windows' Siri. That's what I got so far.
     
  9. Tiger Exile

    Tiger Exile Long time lurker

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    Keep us updated. I have waited so far.
     
  10. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    yeah, I'm willing to jump in early but not "week of launch" early. I'm looking to wait another 30-60 days although I may not be able to hold out on my laptop with windows 8. That is a dogshit OS
     

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