Is Windows 10 necessary?

no you can stick to windows 7-8 windows 10 is still kinda in beta and i would be fooling around with it just yet stick to the os ure on when it is easier to use i would be installing it

My computer keeps informing me to change to Windows 10. Now I'm also hearing that a lot of people are getting Windows 10. How is Windows 10 differ to Windows 7? Is it necessary to change it? Please let me know right away. Thanks.

I see it as more of "do YOU want to upgrade?"

Windows 8, and even 7 for that matter, were not all that bad. It depends on what you want.

In some cases you need a higher version of windows to run some apps, but as far as I know, windows 10 is designed to run apps for previous windows'.

So it is not a must. It all depends on what you want.

was windows ever necessary at all? I personally like to live in a box with as little sunlight as possible...even a door is not really necessary...

I would wait until they decide that it is a mistake and release another version. Oh wait, I'm sorry, they are not going to do that anymore. They have decided that you are stuck with this one. It is called Windows as a service. What that really means is that M$ can install anything it wants on your puter anytime it wants. Their attitude is, tough we now control you and your puters and there is nothing you can do about it.

It is a sad state when a population rolls over to major corporation, which shares what they have with the government when requested, and allows everything they do be monitored, logged, stored, and saved for ever.

Just pick up a history book and see how well this has worked out in the past. Back then they couldn't come close to how much data is being collected today. Think Germany, Russia, China, Cuba and oh so many more who have fallen prey to Totalitarian, Fascism, Communism, Socialism, Nazism, or any other ism you can think of. Give up privacy give up liberty and freedom.

I would not upgrade to Windows 10. It is spyware masquerading as an OS.

Spyware is software that aims to gather information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer's consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer's knowledge. Spyware is mostly classified into four types: system monitors, trojans, adware, and tracking cookies. Spyware is mostly used for the purposes of tracking and storing Internet users' movements on the Web and serving up pop-up ads to Internet users.

By default it logs just about everything you do.

http://boingboing.net/2015/08/03/windows-10-defaul...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-silently-u...

http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spyin...

They say you can opt out of it but it still phones home, it's a trap

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/212160-window...

Then there is the matter of not being able to turn off auto updates or selecting what they install. In other words with Windows 10 M$ can install anything they want on your puter.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2949621/windows/win...

Causing it to churn through data, blowing up usage caps

www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-churning-through-bandwidth-blowing-data-caps/

They have a bad track record with updates, but now it will get worse.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-cumulative...

http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-pulls-updates-recom...

http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-microsoft-stopped...

I saved the worse for last. The other reason for forcing updates on you is to also force new releases of the OS on you. They call it Windows as a service. This means the next time they have a Vista or Windows 8 you will not have a choice to update to it. They will use your auto update feature to force it down your throat. Everone knows the history of M$ and how bad they can be in detroying a good OS.

http://theconversation.com/the-pc-reaches-its-twil...

http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/windows-10-review-th...

If you do decide to update make a complete image of your hard drive in case you decide to go back to your original OS. We are finding using the go back feature built into Widows install is causing problem and M$ is deleting the recovery partition.

It won't be "necessary" until Win 8.1 reaches end-of-life. That will be quite a while.

As necessary as you are

Of course not. It's your choice.

yes it is you f*cking idiot