Hi all,
Currently running Windows 7 64 bit service pack 1, 4 GB ram, AMD Turion x2 Ultra Dual-Core mobile ZM-82 2.20 GHz
Have any of you ran into any issues with installation or operating programs within Windows 10? (ie Fallout 3, TTW)
Any advice on the upgrade, any quirks etc to be aware of during upgrade?
Thanks in advance.
This is due to the Windows 10 free upgrade ending July 29th
I've been using Windows 10 64bit ever since they offered the free upgrade and I've had no issues with it installing or running TTW at all.
So would you say it is completely backwards compatible with Win 7?
What exactly do you mean backward compatible? Are you talking just about gaming and gaming utilities or do you mean in general? As far as I can remember everything that I ran in Windows 7 I've been able to run in Windows 10 though it has been awhile now since I used Windows 7. In between I also used Window 8.
I will be using windows 7 until I can't anymore, just like with XP.
@Royhr, Thanks for the input. The compatibility aspect was due to a lot of issues moving from XP to 7 that programs would no longer run, wasn't sure if there were similar issue from 7 to 10.
@Tricy, I'm leaning that way myself honestly or until I get a different laptop. Just trying to weigh all options
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@Royhr, Thanks for the input. The compatibility aspect was due to a lot of issues moving from XP to 7 that programs would no longer run, wasn't sure if there were similar issue from 7 to 10.
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Well in that regard there shouldn't be any issues at all. It was much different when it came from going from NT to 7. NT was a total different animal compared to 7. But from 7 to 10 wasn't really such a difference. I don't remember anything that actually didn't run or at least had a v10 update. The biggest thing at the time was probably compatible drivers. But those have all been worked out by now unless it's some obsolete device or something.
I know people hate change and that W10 has gotten sort of a bad wrap especially by people's paranoia regarding security issues which I think are a bit ridiculous. Every windows OS has gotten that wrap. But going from 7 to 10 is a much different animal than it was going from NT to 7. Personally if you can still get the free upgrade I'd take it. When I upgraded, granted it was from 8 to 10, it was totally seem less. I had absolutely no issues whatsoever. Now it took a bit to get use to some of 10 features and settings but not nearly as long as from going from NT to 7. Again JMHO.
Win 10 hardware drivers still do not cover many of the brandname (frex Lenovo) laptop internals like network adapters, motherboard chipsets or integrated GPUs. This means that 'upgrading' to win 10 with a (Lenovo) laptop can result in total inability to connect to LAN or internet, no USB 3 standard functionality at all and lousy default video drivers instead of correct GPU drivers. In many cases correct Win 10 drivers are still not available from the brandname manufacturers websites either (like Lenovo) - And indeed, if one no longer has internet connectivity on the only computer system at hand that is now running Win 10, this does further complicate the search for the right drivers or workaround solutions.
As an example; I do know for sure from a firsthand experience (got to fix a friends laptop with Win10 problem recently - the solution was a clean reinstall of Win 8.1) that at least Lenovo Thinkpad Edge hardware drivers (year 2013 production model) are not yet covered by Win 10. I have no doubts at all that the same issues also concern many (perhaps even most) other special brandname laptop hardware device drivers.
As a result, I would not recommend installing/upgrading Win 10 on a laptop, unless you are one hundred percent certain that Win 10 has all of the necessary hardware drivers for your computers internals, or unless that specific laptop model comes with Win 10 installed. If you decide to try Win 10 on a laptop, do make sure that you have your previous OS installer disk/thumbdrive handy. It's better to be prepared for the worst case scenario here.
Personally, I am still happily using Win 7 64bit for everything, I have no valid reasons at all to upgrade into Win 10; IMHO the cons outweigh the pros on Win 10 upgrade even if it is supposedly a 'free' upgrade - Basically I'd be going from using a tried and true OS that currently works well into betatesting a new microsoft OS and potentially giving up what little online privacy I may have left in the bargain.. These days I take anything new from Microsoft (including windows updates) with a metric tonnage of salt grains. YMMV, of course.
