Summary: Dean asked: “I have a computer with Windows 7 and I am wondering if I should upgrade to Windows 10. Is it a suitable upgrade?”<br> <br> Dean, overall people seem reasonably happy with Windows 10. Microsoft’s tactics to get people to update haven’t been welcome, but the operating system itself seems solid.<br> So, is it a suitable upgrade? It sure seems to be, there’s a problem though…<br> You waited out the entire year-long free upgrade period and started considering an upgrade a week AFTER the free upgrade offer expired.<br> Right now Microsoft is selling copies of Windows 10 Home Edition for $120, more advanced versions of the operating system go for more money.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> If you haven’t upgraded yet, maybe it’s not for you.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> If you haven’t upgraded yet, maybe it’s not for you. While the free upgrade offer we would’ve encouraged you to try it, it’s a good OS, but now that the offer has expired and with you using a Windows 7 computer can’t be that new, you may be better off waiting until you need to upgrade to a new computer and have the $100+ Windows 10 would’ve cost you already saved up.<br> Windows 10 is just an operating system, and an operating system is just the middleware that makes software and hardware talk to each other. If Windows 7 is meeting all your needs and you haven’t felt like upgrading to 10 for its flashy new features, there’s nothing wrong with that. Enjoy your 7 and just try 10 when you have to buy a new machine, 7 was a good OS.<br>
