I'll have to vote "other"...I'll install it as a main OS when I'm fully convinced that I really want it, and that it's a positive step forward (in various ways) from Windows 7...which may take some time yet.
I specifically wanted to know if I could go back to W7, via an imaged backup, if W10 was not working out for me. I have an OEM license on my laptop and so far it looks as though the answer to that is NO, either via a backup partition or an external HDD. An MS Answers Forum MVP states that OEM licensing rules remain unchanged, however if you install the free W10 upgrade, your W7 license gets ported over to W10 and that is it. Your motherboard now only recognizes W10. For this reason alone I had to select: when W7 extended support ends.
If this is true, and I assume it is since I've seen it mentioned twice now, then that's not good. I was assuming I could return to my W7 image if things didn't work out. If I can't, then I now have to reconsider the upgrade. That along with the inability to control Win Updates makes this a difficult decision, and I'm leaning towards sticking with 7 now...
Aside from rewriting every OEM machines BIOS (which would be a very risky undertaking), I don't see how they could prevent you from restoring an imaged backup as OEM computers for Windows 7 used generic information stored in the bios along with the same key at install per vendor. Any type of full disk imaging software, eg Acronis True Image, etc would be able to restore your PC to the state it was in before the upgrade to 10 and they'd have no idea. Just save it to an external drive and ensure it's not connected while you update to 10. The same won't hold true for OEM 8 versions however as they embedded unique numbers so the 'ported license' could be invalidated on the MS side and deactivated the next time you went online as they said. The same could be done to Windows 7 copies that were purchased or upgraded instead of received with the computer though. It might just be 'against the license agreement' or ToS for Windows 10 for some reason. I've never heard that making and using backups to restore my system to a known working state was illegal though. If it is, many of us would be in trouble.
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/windows-10-announced.368734/page-38#post-2497756 We need to know from the Imaging Software companies what they have to say about it. A rootkit can over-ride bios settings. Just make it a KB....for W10. Would MS stoop that low? Hope not.
I plan to test that one. I don't see how they are going to be able to keep a backed up image of a slic table activated copy of Windows 7 from working. Not technically feasible because they would have to disable every single copy of Windows 7 from every OEM manufacturer. Slic activation uses the same product key for every copy of Windows from a given manufacturer. Windows 8 and Windows 7 retail and OEM copies using a unique product key are another matter.
I will wait as long as possible (I voted within 12 months). From what I've been reading, it's hardly an improvement over Win 8.
I am starting to lean that way but July 29 is 1 and 1/2 months away, lets see if Microsoft can pull it's thumb out (OMG their up to the shoulder) by then....it may take a lot longer.
Definitely not on the 1st day of release. I still need to see how they are handling updates for those using Home Edition and the license issue on laptops with OEM Windows 8.1.
i guess i'll get it when i buy my next laptop or windows tablet/phone, unless we are up to windows 11, 12 or whatever by then. or i might install it on my work desktop simply because i don't really care what happens to it (i use my personal laptop for most of my work). i'm afraid to update because i think some of my programs might not work with windows 10 and it might mess up my computers...
If I keep WIN7 until the extended support ends in 2020, I'll be 80 years old and probably won't be upgrading for a few reasons if I can remember why I have a computer.
I'll try to avoid it if possible. If I need a new machine, I might consider a Mac... 10 seems to be garbage...
This breakneck speed at which they want us to upgrade is really annoying. I may skip even 10, unless it's worth it. I have a lot of software I don't feel like fighting to get working.
On my old W7 laptop, never, but I might buy10 preinstalled. When W7 support ends, the laptop will be converted to Ubuntu.
I'll wait to see how Windows 10 deploys, expecting a 10.1 before the end of the year, many cries from newbies who will have followed blindly Microsoft's incentive to upgrade, a leading forum topic about 'how to downgrade to your previous OS'. If Windows 10 brings good news, enough for me to consider it is worth it, I'll start thinking about the one-year "free" update delay. At this time I rather believe to stick on Windows 7 until I buy a new computer equipped with latest Microsoft OS. Lastly, I dislike installing an OS over another OS even if I know Microsoft has specialized itself in the layer business, one over another like painting an apartment over and over again (this image is from a sys administrator friend of mine...) Wait and see. certainly not July 29th, 2015. Edit : Microsoft announced there wouldn't be a post Windows 10. They didn't mention 10.x ...
There's supposed to be a feature-set update in October and then there's Redstone slated for release next summer. Both are under the Windows 10 banner though.
I only run one Windows machine now (a custom built box running 7). If it's still running when Win 7 support ends I'll switch it to Ubuntu. My most recent laptop was purchased preinstalled with Ubuntu. If I actually buy another desktop it'll almost certainly be an iMac.
I have already installed RTM, I can not really give support, if I do not know, what to expect myself. Like you need to have Windows Firewall service running to be able to install store apps, even if it is off. Still trying to figure out though, how to get Diagnostic Policy Service running to avoid DCOM errors in logs.
W10 RTM to be rolled out July 29, 8am. Or maybe that depends on what side of the International Date Line you reside Time: July 28, 1pm in Seattle Washington it is July 29, 8am in Sydney Australia. I assumed the start gun fired Seattle time, but for all the assumptions I have made regarding what MS will do, I might as well just also add this to the list. Depending on how much fireworks there is through August and September, I may change my vote.
