RE: Microsoft Surface - light & fast to powerhouse performance
I disagree with your opinion that Microsoft are not heading in a great direction. If you look beyond the norm of Windows 10, Office and Surface....you would see that there are numerous projects Microsoft are working on or collaborating with that will definitely benefit the world in the years to come. One example is that they have invented a wristwatch that will allow people with Parkinsons Disease to write without having to battle with their tremors. Do you not think that's a great step forward?
With regards to your opinion of Windows 10, I think referring to it as "a bug infested piece of crap at launch" is said without merit. As with anything new whether it be a new system, new product or service you are going to experience technical problems in the first few months or year. That is how things are tested, on real people and in the real world because you will get a totally different outcome compared to testing it in a virtual environment because that is controllable. Real life isn't.
Windows 10 is a very sophisticated operating system combining Windows 7's great features & Windows 8's modern app interface. Most laptops these days are far superior compared to laptops that were out when Windows 7 was around about 5 years ago. Things change, technology moves on and we have to adapt to it and embrace change not resist it. There are many great features in Windows 10 that make it a great operating system....
Let me ask you an honest question. Have you used Windows 10 and all its features to the full extent? I would imagine not as you've come up against some error messages or blue screens and instantly made the assumption that, compared to Windows 7, it isn't a great operating system.
Microsoft are not forcing you to use any operating system in favour of another. It is the way technology is moving forward that people upgrade. People demand more from their technology these days and because people are leading more hectic lives where time is important to fit everything in, it is more about convenience and time saving than being "forced" to upgrade and use new operating systems or technologies.
Thank you for replying with your opinion though.
MrScottJ
I have used Windows 10 and it's currently installed on my laptop (I also have a PC). I'm actually quite tech-savvy. I didn't make assumptions, I compared my experience with both of them. For example, Windows 7 never tried to access my webcam without permission or reason, but on the first day of installing Windows 10, after changing all of their privacy-invading settings from default to custom options, Windows 10 tried to use my webcam for no reason and without telling me. My Antivirus (the same one I had on 7, Kaspersky) warned me about this and I declined. Also, there's a reason Windows 10 Home Edition has 2.5 stars on the Microsoft website. So much for ease of use.
If you research the subject a bit, you will probably also realize that Intel + Microsoft made it on purpose that the new laptops and PCs are incompatible with 7 by not putting out any Kaby Lake USB drivers for Windows 7. You install Windows 7 (through USB,nonetheless) and after installation all USB ports stop working. You can actually extract the driver files from the W10 driver executable file and install them manually from Device Manager and they work perfectly fine, but the executable file will refuse to work. Why else would they do this if not to push you to W10? According to statistics from August 2017, 48.43% of people still used Windows 7, and only 27.99% used 10, but they're acting like nobody uses 7 anymore, just like with the DirectX 12 bullshit they pulled by not making it compatible with W7.