Free Upgrade- Any Downsides?

Any downsides to thes "free" windows 10 upgrades? Will all the windows 7 or earlier programs and harware work. Or if WANT windows 10 why not just buy PC that has it so all will work? I upgraded windows 98se to windows ME, kept it 2 months and was so unhappy I rolled back.

 

I think Cindy is right you want to use relatively newer hardware if you can, but I will tell you AMD older hardware is very forgiving. I know you can run Windows 10 fine on 7 year old AMD hardware since they mostly use 770-870-970-990fx or 760g chipsets and they are still supported fine I have installed windows 10 on all of those. It's mostly the older Intel chipsets you have to worry about.

 

Here are some helpful tips.

A) write your printer model number down find out if it will work with windows 10
B) Make a backup for any type of upgrade
C) User interface if you play with it for about 4-5 hours you will know most of it

 

That is true me too.

 

Here is the way I look at it. Deciding whether or not you should upgrade a version of Windows should depend on several things.
Does the new OS do things the old one will not? Does the new OS do anything better or faster than the old OS?
The answer is no to both. Then will the OS better utilize the hardware? Again no and the opposite may be true.
For the most part the upgrade would be best done when you buy a new pc because the new hardware is best intended for the new OS but
that is strictly my opinion, and Cindy is right you will hear many.

 

Do take Tony's suggestions into consideration. If you are really thinking about upgrading you can post your exact computer specifications here and printer model and we would be glad to work with you on some advice. Upgrading to a brand new operating system is not for everyone because everyone has different hardware and different usage considerations. In some cases leaving it be is the better option.

 

The old adage, "don't fix it if it aint broken" comes to mind. I am running it and I like it once a proper start menu is installed. You have up to a year to decide BGBG so wait and see.

 

That is true! But yet I always broke things on purpose repeatedly just so that I could now what it really was and how to not only fix it but learn how it really worked. That is what I am doing with Windows 10 now.

 

It doesn't take a great effort to break Windows 10.

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For what it is worth, concerning older hardware, and also drivers and firmware associated with the hardware, older systems may not take the upgrade or maybe not as well as newer hardware, resulting in a slower than expected system.

I discovered that the fairly old NVidia graphics chips on my desktop will not work with W10 and no drivers available, also for some unknown reason my laptop will not allow an install either.

So, if the computer is more than four or five years old, I personally wouldn't recommend trying it.