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I got used to W10 on the job, but I prefer W7 due to less data sent around and less obtrusive stuff.
Games nowadays are requiring W10 (damn you, Star Wars: Squadrons) so I will move to it on my home/gaming PC. Also it's slowly dying so I'll have to reinstall, therefore I will upgrade in the process.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I so rarely play any computer games that it's not a problem for me. If I do, it's usually something I've had for a long time that runs on W7.
For someone that writes ActiveSync Services, HTTP based APIs, IP Screening and Geolocation stuff, I honestly hate being "connected".
Windows 10+ fights you like hell to force you to be "connected". Ain't having it.
When I'm not working, I try to avoid getting near any of my systems. I prefer to be out in my garage, shop, pasture or woods building, fabricating, growing, cutting or shooting things.  I purposely turn off my phone and just carry a radio for emergencies. Drives the g/f nuts!
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I too run Win7,but given the age of my PC I may have to replace it one of these days. So I will have no choice regarding what version of Windows I will have.
Speaking of choices, I could have selected several of the responses to this survey question.
Joan F Silverston
jsilverston@cox.net
nhswinc.com
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which is probably in <= 2 year's time.
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No because at the new job we run on Mac books
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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... with 'whatever' being that Win 7 is going to be my last Windows. That's what you get for trying to lock me in and then telling me what we are going to do today on my own machine, Mickeysoft.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I've joined the insider, so one morning I had Win 11
There're some issues of course but none of them blocking so far. It is my main computer by the way.
Getting used to taskbar is a thing; I use (was using) taskbar on right. And use separate windows. Now they combined into icon.
File Explorer right menu; I use Tortoise Git, so I'm using Shift+F10 for opening menus. It still weird... And sometimes it stucks for a while, while navigating in folders.
Am I happy? Yeah, generally.
Will I downgrade to 10? Nope.
Will I suggest to others? Not yet, unless if you like adventure, and backup everything on cloud etc, and can reinstall everything within a few hours.
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I suspect it'll be pushed to my Surface, and will run just fine.
But my desktop doesn't have the security hardware, so that'll either stay on 10 or have to be replaced.
The decision will depend on how much hassle I get from it on the surface, I guess. I'm not going to want to spend the dosh to replace the desktop just to get a start button in the middle of my taskbar ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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... I've switched to fedora 34 and I'm loving it on my main machine, running Windows 7 in Virtual Box for .net stuff when needed (Win7 uses less resources and works with VS2019).
Exception up = new Exception("Something is really wrong.");
throw up;
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Win98 - ok
Millenium - skip
WinXP - ok
Vista - skip
Win7 - ok
Win8 - no comment (yes... skip!!!!)
Win10 - ok
... So guess, what's the best idea for win11? 
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To make this "every second version" myth appear to be true, you have to close your eyes every now and then.
And also to tell stories about "bad" versions that is confirmed by a lot of people who never used these versions, but have heard a lot of rumours about how "bad" those versions were, so it simply must be true that they were bad, regardless of what the people tell who have used it. (They just refuse to admit that they made a wrong choice using those versions, and try to cover it by making false claims about stability.)
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And NT?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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well, back in those days, there were "two" windows versions - those for companies (NT3.51, 2k, etc) - They got merged later on (today's windows still based on NT kernel)
but the private, "home" versions were 95,98,Millenium. With XP they were "one" as far as I can remember.
I may be wrong, it's been a long time since then.
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With the exception of Vista (which was cr@p), I have tried all of the Windows versions from WIN 3.1 onwards.
I beg to differ regarding Windows ME. I found it quite stable. It may have helped that the shop I worked at was an almost completely Microsoft shop (with the exception of a few people who swore by the Borland C++ compiler...)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: I beg to differ regarding Windows ME. I found it quite stable.
I'm fairly certain we are the only two people who think that. On my Pc it was faster than Win98 too.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Yeah - that's the general rule I've lived by since the Win 3.1 days. NT4 and Win2K were rock solid.
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."
-- Marcus Brigstocke, British Comedian
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Maybe Microsoft has learnt its lessons from the past, and this is indeed a good release.
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Oh, that's funny. Microsoft learning its lesson! Yeah, when cows fly. 
It might be a pretty good rule to skip every other version but I'm still going to give it a try. It's a free upgrade. I don't think it's going to differ all that much from Win10.
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