Re: Should I upgrade.
Originally Posted by
Tachyon
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I quite agree, Realist. As long as my anti-virus & anti-malware software gets updated I'm happy to stick to Windows 7 for now. I have an update disk to give me Windows 10 and frankly they're always having to release important and even critical fixes for it to patch newly-discovered vulnerabilities. Maybe in another year it might be worth me blowing the dust off the disk and installing Windows 10.
I agree, but would add that when I bought my laptop I, indirectly, purchased an operating system - Windows 10 in my case.
Generally speaking, when you buy something it is yours to do with whatever you want to do.
What I find difficult to accept is that in the case of Windows software things are rather different in that the manufacturer insists on taking control every now and then on the pretext of updating the software to improve security, etc.
I'd be much happier if this were to be made optional. Microsoft, by all means offer updates, but don't insist that you know best and that, unless users go to the trouble of avoiding them in some way, they
will be installed sooner or later.
They seem to do this with Windows Defender which, in my experience, works very well. I choose to update it at every opportunity. So why can't they leave me alone when it comes to Windows Update? Offer it, but don't try to demand that I accept it if I don't want it. I shall take responsibility if something goes tits up.