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> Do yourself a favor and upgrade. Don't think of it as a chore but rather a learning experience. Get a glass of your favorite beverage, sit down, and hit"Upgrade."

Upgrading from 8.x is a terrific idea. If someone doesn't like 8.x, they probably will consider 10 an improvement. If they did like 8.x, they should absolutely love 10.

OTOH, those of us who are quite content with 7 may choose to stick with it at least for a while because 10 brings nothing to the table that makes up for the differences we don't much enjoy.

In my case, I've been using Windows continuously since the late 1980's. I've adjusted to every change in the interface, and at Win2K I found what I find to be the most productive and comfortable. So I really like the Classic interface, which is still available (with a bit of tweaking) with 7 but is impossible with 8.x and 10, even with the retro shell add-ons.

You are welcome to dismiss my choice as "no accounting for taste". But there are a lot of folks like me. Microsoft will be supporting 7 until 2020 because we will still be using it.

> For some reason, probably because their Mommy dressed them funny, some FReepers delight in exhibiting their IT ignorance by scaring other FReepers with dire warnings about the horror of upgrading.

LOL. No, not that. I've been a system admin for over a decade and I was a computer systems design engineer for 30 years before that. Might want to keep an eye on your fingers, they're typing some foolish stuff. :-)

BTW you appear to be quite the Microsoft/Windows fan. I sincerely and heartily invite you to join the Windows Ping List. Interested?

Sorry for the delay, South, I replied on my Note3 running AICP and somehow hit the wrong button and lost it all. Not a big loss, yeah. Anyway you have to stretch to think I was talking about you, I was talking to you about others on this forum. You are not one of the miscreants, I like you posts so I took the time to advise you about upgrading. Imagine my surprise to find you are also IT. Even more surprised that you have not upgraded. I can understand the reluctance if you are in charge of a network, but we are talking personal computer here, right?

Anyway, Dayglo, what is the MS ping list you are talking about? I dual boot Ubuntu server at home just for fun, I like all OS's even CP/M. I can teach them all. But this MS thing, I fail to see the purpose. Can you elucidate me, haha. Somehow I seem to fail at elucidating other FReepers, they are a recalcitrant bunch when it comes to computers.