Can the Windows 10 ISO Beta be used as the only OS on your PC?

[JBDelta]

Hello everyone,

As I'm sure most of you know, Microsoft recently released the Windows 10 ISO file for beta trials. What I would like to know is whether or not I have to buy Windows 8.1 to run this file or if I can just install the Windows 10 ISO from a laptop and transfer the file to a USB and plug into my newly built gaming PC (which has no OS) and run Windows 10 beta as the main OS.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Helious]

Yes, I used it for a few days as my primary OS and then quickly went back to 8.1

 

[JBDelta]

Why? Was it bad?

 

[Helious]

It's not polished and frankly doesn't really offer anything I need over Windows 8.1 -- being able to paste into CMD prompt using CTRL V is about 10 years too late for me to care(I've always used Right Click, Paste) and outside of that it offers multiple desktops which Linux/Unix has done/provided for a good 20 years or so and with Windows it's pretty easy to just press WindowsKey+L and jump into another profile if you needed someone to be using something other than your own desktop etc

The Start Menu is some hybrid of original windows + 8/8.1 and I personally have no use for a Start menu so it's irrelevant to me.

Give it a whirl, by all means.. but it's not polished and I had weird niggles with file transfers and gaming performance etc..

 

[JBDelta]

Okay, well... I'll just buy Windows 8.1 to be on the safe side and then maybe I'll install the Windows 10 ISO file later.

Thanks!

 

[Helious]

Windows 8.1 is awesome.

XP, then 7, then 8.1 - Microsoft is dominating.