Thank Palm.

The reason I'm thinking of doing it is that I don't want to fresh install 8.1 if 10 is coming out in a couple of months.

Also, windows announced that 10 will be the last OS the ever make - every single version from this point onwards will just be a never ending evolution of 10.

For that reason, I'm hoping I can just do 10, and then update as needed. Just not sure if when the full release comes of 10 comes out, the beta will need replacing or if they will just do a service pack.

recent reviews are saying they've ironed out the bugs and the version that is available for download now is basically the final release.

One thing i'm concerned about is program compatibility - I use the Adobe suites and I can't see if they will work on 10?

If it was my decision, I'd be scouring the interwebz for someone selling Windows 7 and, if not, then do a clean/minimal install of Windows 8 to get rid of all that stupid bloatware (lemme guess - Best Buy, right?). Being a W10 guinea pig might be fine for a secondary computer setup, but I sure wouldn't want to be using a beta OS for my main system. I doubt that most of your music software, hardware drivers, etc. will be supported yet and it could be a never-ending series of headaches. I would wait until W10 has been released, your software/drivers are officially supported, and the reviews say that it's safe to go into the waters.

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Thanks guys, and lol at Best Buy - fucking nailed it Dave.

They just had too good a deal and when it comes to laptops I want to hold the thing before I part with hard earned.

Oh well, the voices of reason are telling me 8.1, so 8.1 it is. I just would have liked the start menu back

That's what i've been doing but it's a pain for when you want that program you use once a month; it doesn't go on the menu bar, but you still need to reach it and that silly windows button screen is plain annoying. I don't want all that shit, so I end up removing 90% and I juts have a minimal blank scrolling page to access a handful of programs.

It's a shame that windows really is the fruit of trying to make an OS that isn't OSX, rather than juts a logical and intuitive system.

You know you can boot directly into your desktop right? With a start menu and shortcut menu bar? Standard stuff in 8.1

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8.1 is surprisingly stable, fast and consistent. It'd take a catastrophe to get me to even fuck with my system in the next year. No time. sizzling hi hats more important imo

If you really want the start button back in Win8, there's always Start8. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/

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So no, I won't be changing yet

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Originally posted by Zak McKracken I would go for 8.1 now. It's pretty stabile and you get free upgrade to 10 later. 8.1 is like SP2 of win 8 and rock solid, tested well and with good driver and sw support. Win 10 I am sceptical just like win 8.0 wasn't really working. Remember it's always every second windows which is good. 5(xp),7,9(8.1), etc. win 10 are doomed just like vista with some new things but trying to keep the old motor. Even numbers are considered beta in most firms.

Windows 8.1 is not 9, and it's not the "every other" version.

He's not. As far as I'm aware every data-call within windows will tell you it is a V8. And for good reason. If it would internally communicate it was V9 all hell would break loose. The skipped v9 for a reason .

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Originally posted by tehlord I'm still on W7-64 and will be for the foreseeable. 2.5 years and 3 machines later and I've not had a single crash or issue. So no, I won't be changing yet

nor me, dont see any reason to change just now

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