Windows Version being Used?

[Neto]

Curious what OS people are using, and if Windows, which version? Anyone planning to continue using Win 7 after the end-of-service date in January? (Or did you drink the Microsoft coolaide?) Anyone (else) still using XP?
If I knew how, I'd make a poll, but there are too many options.
For instance, I build Windows 10 systems, but personally use Win 7 for my on-line system, and plan to stick with it for the foreseeable future. I also still use XP for some things, but it hasn't been on-line for over 10 years. I still service XP for some customers, too, although the numbers have dwindled significantly.

[ken_sylvania]

Windows 7 for all the desktops at the office.
Windows 10 on the newer laptops.
Windows 10 on the desktops I built most recently for a client whose major software will not be supported on Win7 starting next year.
I'll probably keep on Windows 7 until there is a good reason to change. I like it way better than 10

[Fidelio]

I have been using Linux Mint (Cinnamon on my computer, Mate on wife's computer) for the past 5 years and love it. Of course at work I have to use Windows. No forced restarts. Updates in background while continuing to use computer. Many free software programs that don't come with viruses or toolbar hijackers.

[ohio jones]

Windows 7 and 8.1. No plans to change.

[Neto]

Windows 10 on the desktops I built most recently for a client whose major software will not be supported on Win7 starting next year.
I'll probably keep on Windows 7 until there is a good reason to change. I like it way better than 10

What is the software package that will not be supported on 7 starting next year? I'm guessing some CAD program, maybe SolidWorks? I haven't looked at that program's projections, but I do have a client using SolidEdge, and maybe there is one or two of 'our' systems in Indiana & elsewhere that has SW installed. Office 2019 of course already isn't supported. Any others?

A brother in our congregation just told me last Sunday that he was forced to purchase an entire new C&C laser system in order to switch to 10 - they claimed that his older one could not be used with that. I kinda' wonder if they told him straight on that, but probably that was also a software update that pushed the change from 7 to 10.

I do prefer 10 over 8 or 8.1, but still think 7 is about the best OS Microsoft has come up with since they started Windows. I think they could have kept the basic structure & operating procedures and just made the adjustments necessary for advances in hardware w/o trashing the whole system, but that didn't fit with their objective of the "smart phone user experience", and "pay to use". The changes which favor touch screen should have been made a toggle setting - that would have kept businesses much happier with 10, in my opinion.

[ken_sylvania]

Windows 10 on the desktops I built most recently for a client whose major software will not be supported on Win7 starting next year.
I'll probably keep on Windows 7 until there is a good reason to change. I like it way better than 10

What is the software package that will not be supported on 7 starting next year? I'm guessing some CAD program, maybe SolidWorks? I haven't looked at that program's projections, but I do have a client using SolidEdge, and maybe there is one or two of 'our' systems in Indiana & elsewhere that has SW installed. Office 2019 of course already isn't supported. Any others?

Thompson Reuters CS Professional Suite - tax/accounting software package.
For that matter, EBMS 8.2 is not supported on Windows 7 according to the documentation.

I do prefer 10 over 8 or 8.1, but still think 7 is about the best OS Microsoft has come up with since they started Windows. I think they could have kept the basic structure & operating procedures and just made the adjustments necessary for advances in hardware w/o trashing the whole system, but that didn't fit with their objective of the "smart phone user experience", and "pay to use". The changes which favor touch screen should have been made a toggle setting - that would have kept businesses much happier with 10, in my opinion.

Yes, exactly.

[JimFoxvog]

I was lazy and went with the forced update to Windows 10; I wish I could have stayed with XP, but too much software won't run with it anymore. Windows 10 frequently doesn't let you use your computer when you want to because they want to update some more.

[Hats Off]

Just in the process of switching from Win7 to 10. It has been much easier than I had dared to hope. I was told too much of our software is no longer designed for Win7. The tax software people recommended Win 10 so I moved.

[mike]

I was lazy and went with the forced update to Windows 10; I wish I could have stayed with XP, but too much software won't run with it anymore. Windows 10 frequently doesn't let you use your computer when you want to because they want to update some more.

I manage 8-10 Windows 10 machines and the most aggravating thing about them is that there is no option to restart without installing an update that has been downloaded. When you need a server to restart quickly this can mean a chunk of downtime depending on the size up the update, which is a real pain.

Other than that, I don't have many complaints. I feel that Windows 10 has basically become the new Windows 7. The machines run relatively fast particularly if upgraded to SSDs even if they don't have high end specs. The constant push to have everything connected to online data sources is annoying - such as start menu or taskbar weather and news widgets. I disable all of them.

I also use a couple of Chromebooks which are perfect if you just want to use Google products and browse the web. I use Gsuite for work so for certain applications they are a godsend. They start up in seconds, and you almost forget the OS is there. One can only dream of a Windows computer that works so well.

[cmbl]

I have been using Linux Mint (Cinnamon on my computer, Mate on wife's computer) for the past 5 years and love it. Of course at work I have to use Windows. No forced restarts. Updates in background while continuing to use computer. Many free software programs that don't come with viruses or toolbar hijackers.

I'm using Ubuntu on my machine, with a Windows Vista virtual machine for the scanner driver and Microsoft Office.
(Yes I use Vista. It was the OEM OS on my machine, and the differences from Vista to 7 weren't enough to make me upgrade.)