I'm still on XP for my daily driver and Vista on my desktop which gets used rarely.
I do dual boot with Linux (Ubuntu) and keep it up to date. Josh Muckley On Aug 7, 2015 6:55 AM, "Bill Bina via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > I have a digital recording studio in my house. You would be amazed at how > much hardware, as well as software, from the trivial to the major, is not > supported by Win10. What is the hurry? Let Win10 ripen for as long as > possible until you actually need it. Then again, thank you to the impatient > early adopters for jumping in early and finding the problems (the hard and > painful way) that will be fixed a year or two from now. Some present > hardware will never be supported. How many flatbed scanners went to the > recycler when Win7 didn't support them, although they worked perfectly in > XP? > > Bill Bina > > On 8/7/2015 5:41 AM, Steve Sharkey via CnC-List wrote: > >> I would expect that it would support a wide variety of hardware, but how >> about programs that were loaded on your computer? Quicken, video >> editing, navigation programs, etc? >> Steve >> *From:* Marek Dziedzic via CnC-List <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2015 1:07 PM >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Cc:* Marek Dziedzic <mailto:dziedzi...@hotmail.com> >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Off topic Windows 10 >> Generally, no (no need to do an upgrade). >> Be careful, though, with anything requiring special drivers (GPS >> receivers (they are all “special”), any extraordinary WLAN adapters >> (e.g. some of the special “extended range” ones), any older (and >> obsoleted) h/w (e.g. some older printers, scanners etc.), many security >> devices (e.g. finger print readers). >> Marek >> *From:* Steve Sharkey via CnC-List <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2015 12:47 PM >> *To:* cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >> *Cc:* Steve Sharkey <mailto:stevebshar...@gmail.com> >> *Subject:* Re: Stus-List Off topic Windows 10 >> Joel, >> I'd be interested in how other programs run with it or whether you have >> to do upgrades on those as well. >> Steve >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Joel Aronson via CnC-List >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> >> I installed Windows 10 onto my Lenovo laptop with Win 7, Install was >> flawless. Made sure that OpenCPN runs as well as Office apps. The >> new browser will import bookmarks from another browser in seconds. >> I did not have a chance to play with it much, but first look is very >> positive. >> -- >> Joel >> 301 541 8551 <tel:301%20541%208551> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > >
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