[dayglored]

This thread is especially for FReeper max americana. :-)

[dayglored]

Windows 7 still beating Windows 10! ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[upchuck]

Win 7 Pro 64 user here.

It would be interesting to know how many Win 10 users would still be running Win 7 if MSFT had not forced them into Win 10.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Even with Microsoft trying to force people into 10, 7 is still more popular.

[Seruzawa]

I never saw reason to switch from XP.

[PAR35]

I’d be happy to buy a new machine with a legal set of XP on it.

[bigbob]

Imagine a Windows Update message where there were two choices:

1. Continue with Windows 10 Update
2. Re-install Windows 7

(Of course the 2nd choice would produce a blue screen when you click on it).

[TomGuy]

Win7 is my main OS — laptop and desktop.

I do have a Linux-Mint laptop I use occasionally, but Linux just isn’t comparable.

A few months ago I bought a Win10 tablet. Mainly I use it to listen to radio. Whenever I try to do other things, either Win10 or the tablet configuration are frustrating.

I will stay with Win7 until both the laptop and desktop die. The problem is, however, that software is forcing the upgrade to Win10. Browsers, etc., are starting to balk in Win7, just as they did when the shift was on from XP to Win7. Most of my software is XP/Win7 because those are usable, but some won’t even load on Win10.

[Carriage Hill]

“...significantly more susceptible to malware attacks.”

Get Norton 365 and it’ll keep your machine safe..

I’m staying w/ Win-7 Pro x64. Screw MS.

[CIB-173RDABN]

My VISTA machine is still chugging along.

[Little Pig]

Why exclude Ubuntu from the Linux numbers?

Win10 still lags Win7 because of Enterprise environments. To really get the most out of Win10, you need to be installing Server 2016 on your back-end systems, and upgrading a server environment is more of a hassle. Win7 ran fine with both Server 2008 and 2012.

Also, the government is a big install base, and they’re only now being pushed to Win10; expect the numbers to change fairly rapidly over the next 6-12 months as that changeover happens.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Get a Mac.

[McGruff]

I recently reinstalled Windows XP on a older Dell PC that came with it. I was surprised to see that Windows Update still works with it.

[CodeToad]

Windows 10 is not allowed on my corporate network.

Windows 10 sends to Microsoft filenames and file contents.

Install WireShark and watch Windows 10 send megabytes to Microsoft every day, and watch those filenames go across the network.