Jul 20 2016
Windows 10 Upgrade – Should You Do It?

Microsoft is stepping it up, and it wants everyone who can upgrade to Windows 10, to do it, offering incentives including a free upgrade until July 29, 2016.  Will the date be extended? Perhaps, as the one year anniversary of the release of Windows 10 approaches, approximately 350 million devices are now running Windows 10, this is a sizeable number by any standard.  Still may companies and individuals remain on Windows 7 and 8, with some still on Windows XP.

The best advice seems to be to upgrade provided your applications are compatible and that you have backed up your files and that your hardware is capable.

Most hardware is capable.  How it performs after the upgrade is up for debate, and your mileage may vary, taking a five your old Dell desktop and upgrading it to Windows 10, could be the best thing you do, or it could be a disaster. Fortunately Microsoft is offering “free” support, for instance if you have trouble activating a copy of Windows 10, or download the Windows 10 upgrade, you can go on chat, email, or call, and get support fairly quick and attempt to resolve your issue.

An update to Windows 10 is forthcoming with some upgrades. Stay tuned.

I would expect to see Microsoft stock climb further as adoption of Windows 10 grows. In the last week of the free period, expect to see millions of users scrambling to install Windows 10 on their existing computers, and hopefully with minimal troubles.

 

 

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