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Windows 7 - I like to play games occasionally but I think Windows 10 is trash, I hate MS spying and advertising in my start menu, etc.
by RUG3Y 9y ago
Windows 7 - I like to play games occasionally but I think Windows 10 is trash, I hate MS spying and advertising in my start menu, etc.
- Kuraj 9y agoDo you keep it up to date? Because I'm afraid MS has backported the spying part.
- romanovcode 9y agoAnd if that is the case Win10 is much better then Win7.
- Paianni 9y agoNot really, Win7 is still far more stable, and the UI is still far superior. Also, the spying doesn't come close to Win10 as MS can't violate the TOS.
- romanovcode 9y agoOP just told that Win7 got updated to do the same spying as Win10. > Win7 is still far more stable Would like a source of this. I didn't see a BSOD in like 5 years now. > the UI is still far superior This is subjective.
- Paianni 9y agoWin7 has not had to face a major update since SP1, and has seven years of bugfixes under its belt. Not to mention that it was merely a reworking of Vista, which is even older. The consumer editions of Win10 are managed like Arch Linux, it is effectively rolling release and its users are perpetual beta testers. Since Nadella's ascension, QA/QC has declined considerably. I believe the KB3201845 update broke DHCP for a swathe of users, as an example. The worst part of Win10's interface is in the Start menu, it dedicates too much space to Metro files for what used to be links to Computer, Documents, Control Panel etc. Speaking of which, there are two control panels with overlapping features, a confusing experience.
- Hasknewbie 9y agoThey have backported their spywa^H^H^H^telemetry stuff, but as standard Windows updates that are known and can be blocked/uninstalled. More worrying is the fact that they dropped Win7 support if a new-ish CPU is detected in your setup, even though the OS is not anywhere near EOLd yet. Deeply dishonest move, or as we call it around here, "Microsoft is still Microsofting".
- RUG3Y 9y agoI have updates turned off. I don't have any important data on that drive, I just use it for gaming. If I get some kind of virus, I'll just nuke the whole thing and start fresh. I really wish an alternative to Windows would pop up for gaming.
- simantel 9y agoDepending on what games you're interested in, SteamOS can be a decent alternative: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/ http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/
- RUG3Y 9y agoI'm already dual booting Linux on that machine, but it's just not good enough for the games I'm playing. I'd abandon Windows in a heartbeat. I'm also using Windows to run Reaper (DAW).