Windows 7 vs Windows 10 x64 which is the best. Is it worth upgrading?

[Thor159]

I want to know that Windows 10 is best compared to windows 7 including interface. I know DX12 will help me in gaming. And I also heard about the privacy concerned about Win 10 & Cortana, force update and no gadgets. But windows 7 supports ends in 2020.

Should I upgrade?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have all 6 of my setups on 10 , running smooth.

 

[guanyu210379]

Win10 is ok.
I migrated to Win10 from Win7 as the upgrade was still for free.

 

[svan71]

Windows 7 is 8 years old its tired....

 

[Thor159]

Win10 is ok.
I migrated to Win10 from Win7 as the upgrade was still for free.

And what about privacy related to Windows 10 & Cortana. Microsoft will take my personal and browsing data. i don't want anyone to monitor me.

 

[guanyu210379]

You can deactivate all of them in Win10.
There are tons of tutorials in internet about that.

There are also tools for thst e.g. https://www.oo-software.com/de/shutup10

 

[Thor159]

You can deactivate all of them in Win10.
There are tons of tutorials in internet about that.

There are also tools for thst e.g. https://www.oo-software.com/de/shutup10

But I also heard that all of them can't be disabled. Some of them remains.

 

[guanyu210379]

I do not which ones are still active after I deactivated all of those

 

[helpstar]

If you have a graphics card which likes DX12, you should "update". If not and all is running fine, wait.

Windows 7 is in the matter of privacy safety not better then windows 10, depending which software you are using and where you browse the web, click on ads,...

 

[Thor159]

If you have a graphics card which likes DX12, you should "update". If not and all is running fine, wait.

Windows 7 is in the matter of privacy safety not better then windows 10, depending which software you are using and where you browse the web, click on ads,...

What do you mean by Windows 7 is in the matter of privacy safety not better then windows 10
Please explain.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You can deactivate all of them in Win10.
There are tons of tutorials in internet about that.

There are also tools for thst e.g. https://www.oo-software.com/de/shutup10

But I also heard that all of them can't be disabled. Some of them remains.

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

 

[SgtScream]

What are your existing hardware specs?

 

[Thor159]

+SgtScream

My specs are:--

Intel Dual Core G2030 3.00 GHz
6 GB RAM
GIGABYTE H61M-S
500 GB HDD

 

[helpstar]

Definetely no need to update windows with your constellation. You could safe the money and get a SSD instead

 

[LukeFatwalker]

I want to know that Windows 10 is best compared to windows 7 including interface. I know DX12 will help me in gaming. And I also heard about the privacy concerned about Win 10 & Cortana, force update and no gadgets. But windows 7 supports ends in 2020.

Should I upgrade?

Windows 10 has made huge strides for gaming. There was issues years ago with older games not being compatible on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. On Windows 10, those games work fine.

As for newer games, doesn't really make a difference.

 

[SgtScream]

On a 3-4 year old system, I wouldn't bother. Especially if everything is working the way you want it to.

 

[Colif]

Main good reason to keep that PC on Win 7 compared to win 10 is driver support.

On Win 7 you have about 9 drivers, whereas on win 10 all you have is about 4 drivers (see http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4873#dl) so actually running PC and not getting driver errors is a very good reason to stay on 7.

Driver support is only reason I tell people to stay on 7 over 10.

 

[Seton_]

i keep my laptop on windows 7 because the driver for windows 10 forces only integrated gpu, couldn't use my dedicated r9 gpu. I put it on my desktop just to keep things similar.