Windows 10

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Dumb question. Will older windows programs still work on 10? I have a series of the old Command and Conquer games and Far Cry I like to boot up now and then, They are the newer releases redone for windows me / vista etc. My curerent system is getting rather old, 6 years now and starting to show it's age. I'm holding off until I can get a new system with 10 as I want nothing to do with 8.

Most programs that work on 8 will work on 10. Even device drivers from 8.1 work with the 10.

[ROC]

I am wild guessing here but I suspect MS wants everyone in W10 as soon as possible.  Not often they offer an upgrade like this.  Again a very wild guess.

Probably very true for the home user crowd, but the commercial people don't want to upgrade their entire system every time a new version comes out.  It takes far too long to train the users, and far too many programs, once built, are an integral part of their business.
Windows 7 will be the standard for commercial users for quite some time.  Heck I am just now retiring out 4 XP systems simply due to age, and no other reason.  The systems are out in my plan room for my contractors to come in, load up the plans and do estimating.  Nothing fancy needed or required.  That is most systems out in the small business world.

[Skuzzy]

I just bought a laptop for my Wife.  It came with Windows 8.1.  Talk about clunky and awkward.  Not to mention, every feature Microsoft was paying a royalty for has been removed from the operating system and they charge more for OS.  What a deal!

My Wife hates it.  I am trying to figure out how I can get Windows 7 on it for her.  Laptops are a pain, in that regard.

Windows 10 does not look any better.

[Saxman]

I just bought a laptop for my Wife.  It came with Windows 8.1.  Talk about clunky and awkward.  Not to mention, every feature Microsoft was paying a royalty for has been removed from the operating system and they charge more for OS.  What a deal!

My Wife hates it.  I am trying to figure out how I can get Windows 7 on it for her.  Laptops are a pain, in that regard.

Windows 10 does not look any better.

Throw Classic Shell on there. Basically makes Windows 8 run like Windows 7, giving you the good points of both.

[Skuzzy]

There are good points in 8.1? 

So far it has been a nightmare to configure and grab up all the third party software needed to make it do most of what Windows 7 did out of the box.

Her $15,000.00 printer is not supported in Windows 8.1, but it is in Windows 7 and that is the biggest issue.  The Windows 7 driver does not work with 8.1.  Just awesome. Come to find out, none of the three printer/scanner devices we have will work with Windows 8.1, but work great with Windows 7 or Linux.

Had I known about the lack of printer support available, I would have gone a different route.  I hate mobile devices.  Every day I go home I am dreading to hear about the next thing she cannot get to work.

Oh, to keep it on topic.  Windows 10 drops more support for more hardware.

[oldskool65]

I am confused scuz why would you suggest  symantec products it's like putting sand in your gearbox!!

[MrRiplEy[H]]

There are good points in 8.1? 

So far it has been a nightmare to configure and grab up all the third party software needed to make it do most of what Windows 7 did out of the box.

Her $15,000.00 printer is not supported in Windows 8.1, but it is in Windows 7 and that is the biggest issue.  The Windows 7 driver does not work with 8.1.  Just awesome. Come to find out, none of the three printer/scanner devices we have will work with Windows 8.1, but work great with Windows 7 or Linux.

Had I known about the lack of printer support available, I would have gone a different route.  I hate mobile devices.  Every day I go home I am dreading to hear about the next thing she cannot get to work.

Oh, to keep it on topic.  Windows 10 drops more support for more hardware.

What, your wife bought a 15k printer from a brand that doesn't bother to upgrade its drivers? Sounds like a rotten deal!

[Skuzzy]

What, your wife bought a 15k printer from a brand that doesn't bother to upgrade its drivers? Sounds like a rotten deal!

Yes, Hewlett Packard sucks.  Still has two years left on the support contract.

And Microsoft wonders why businesses are not willing to upgrade.

[Maverick]

Most programs that work on 8 will work on 10. Even device drivers from 8.1 work with the 10.

Please note I am not wanting to have anything to do with win 8 anything. My system is still on Vista. My question was if the win 10 will run those programs, NOT win 8.

[Wiley]

Yes, Hewlett Packard sucks.  Still has two years left on the support contract.

And Microsoft wonders why businesses are not willing to upgrade.

That kind of thing is astonishing to me, both that a new version of windows wouldn't be reverse compatible, and if that's the case, that HP wouldn't be right on top of getting new drivers out.  I know one of our users here had to wait a year before our one printer would work on his 8.1.

It just makes zero sense.

Wiley.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Please note I am not wanting to have anything to do with win 8 anything. My system is still on Vista. My question was if the win 10 will run those programs, NOT win 8.

You're already 3 generations behind. No guarantees on anything working, although probably over 90% of software will continue work normally.

[Mar]

Yeah, I'll be sticking with 7 for a while, next stop is Linux.

[100Coogn]

Yeah, I'll be sticking with 7 for a while, next stop is Linux.

It appears Windows 10 is going to be a free upgrade for Windows 7 and newer OS's.
I'll check it out when it's released.

Coogan

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Yeah, I'll be sticking with 7 for a while, next stop is Linux.

I'm going to use the best of all worlds. I'm using OSX where it works. Linux where it works and Windows for games, where it works. This is the route I recommend for you all.

Linux is excellent for web browsing, internet banking, multimedia playback etc. OSX is excellent in content cration, movie/sound editing, multimedia playback etc. Windows is excellent in almost anything except online internet activities. And DO NOT USE WAREZ WITH WINDOWS OR OSX. Warez is your number one route to trouble.