One of the nifty things about the modern computing age is that you don’t have to wait months to read about an operating system upgrade. For example, when DOS 5 came out, the magazines and other material on DOS 5 didn’t hit the shelves for weeks — and most of the early stuff was based on the beta, so it was wrong.
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\nWith Windows 10, I get to tell you about my experiences from the upgrade just two days ago, Wednesday 29 July, 2015.<\/p>\n
Of course, all the Big Boys on the Internet have already weighed in. Then again, based on what I’ve read, a lot of that material appears to be written about the early release candidate and it doesn’t really relate to what I experienced in my home office or what dozens of others went through on Win 10 Wednesday.<\/p>\n
My update adventure actually began late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
I set my sites on bed around 22:00 (10:00 PM) as I enjoy getting up early. Just before that time, I popped open my laptop with the Windows 10 beta and checked for the update. Nothing. Then I checked on the Microsoft Surface 3 Pro — the same one that I couldn’t get to update a few weeks ago. Lo and behold, the Windows 10 update was read and began to install.<\/p>\n
Even though the screen said to “sit back and relax,” I didn’t.<\/p>\n
The update took its time, probably because so many systems were downloading the Windows 10 update files. The size was about 4 gigabytes. The system restarted probably 5 times.<\/p>\n
Two hours later, it was done. I watched the entire thing, being nervous about the multiple failed upgrade attempts last week. In the end, I noticed that the version of Windows 10 on the Surface was identical to the version on my laptop, the final beta. So I suppose the final beta was the release candidate (RC), and I’ve actually been running Windows 10 on my laptop for the past two weeks or so.<\/p>\n
My desktop system is scheduled to receive the Windows update, and apparently it’s still in the update queue. This is the same system that died under one of the betas. I had to reformat the hard drive and re-install Windows 7 raw.<\/p>\n
My son Jonah, who sat with me and watched the ordeal, asked whether he should update his PC to Windows 10. I told him what I tell everyone: Wait.<\/p>\n
While I need to update, and I’ll update my test computers, I’ll wait on everything else. I may never update my writing computer from Windows 7. But unlike previous Windows updates — Windows Me, Windows Vista, and Windows 8 — I think eventually people who can update will update and should update to Windows 10.<\/p>\n
These opinions are subject to change. Next week you may find yet another Windows 10 rant. Who knows?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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