Ask Slashdot: Would You Recommend Updating To Windows 10?

Plenty of users are skeptical about upgrading to Windows 10. While they understand that Microsoft's newest desktop operating system comes with a range of interesting features, they are paranoid about the repeated update fiascos that have spoiled the experience for many users. Reader Quantus347 writes: Whenever I think of Windows 10 these days I, like so many others out there, immediately feel a swell of rage over the heavy-handed way the "upgrade" has been forced on me and so many others. I had to downgrade one of my computers that installed windows 10 over a weekend I was away, and as a result, I have been fending off the update ever since. I find myself wondering if Windows 10 is actually that bad. With the end of the "free" upgrade period quickly coming to an end, my fiscally conservative side is starting to overwhelm my fear and distrust of all things new, and I'm wondering if it's time to take the leap. I've been burned too many times for being an early adopter of something that proved to be an underdeveloped product, but Windows 10 has been around for long enough that I'm wondering if it might have it's kinks worked out.

So I ask you, Slashdot, what are your experiences with Windows 10 itself, aside from the auto-upgrade nonsense? How does it measure up to its predecessors, and is it a worthwhile OS in its own right?

Comments

ABSOLUTELY !!

[Anonymous Coward]

I know a few assholes I would love to have install that thing !!

Re:You have to know how to secure a Windows 10 PC

[Anonymous Coward]

All the security of a Microsoft OS combined with all the security of using torrented/cracked apps! GG skiddies.

Re:You have to know how to secure a Windows 10 PC

[HornWumpus]

BOFH and PFY both recommend 'Squid' for their transparent proxy needs.

You'll need to custom compile it. Once you do it you should post your mods, so the community can grow it. Who knows the number of unchecked buffer overflows microsoft has on the server side of the snooping...