is anyone here going to stick with windows 7 till the end of support

[packersfan036]

is anyone here going to stick with windows 7 till the end of support in 2020? the only reason id switch to windows 10 is because of direct x 12

 

[JQB45]

I will most likely stick with Window 7, which I only use for work.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Nope. Loved 7 but 10 is better once you turn all the crap off.

 

[Archaic59]

I'm glued to 7 till the end. Probably go to Linux after that. Installed it on my laptop and learning my way around it slowly.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

I have never, not even once had an unrecoverable crash with 10 and I've been using it since the week of the first Insider Program release over a year before the public release. 10 is just better. You can turn off all the spyware and install Spybot Anti-beacon and it will track you less than Windows 7.

And as a gamer DX 12 will be important soon.

 

[Archaic59]

What about this-
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/11/02/microsoft-confirms-unstoppable-windows-10-tracking/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix&ref=yfp#98d7e32f4a2b

and this-
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/26/microsoft_renamed_data_slurper_reinserted_windows_10/

and this-
http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/21896-microsoft-windows-10-reports-on-users-can-t-be-stopped

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Can't be fully turned off by settings in Windows. 3rd party programs like this aren't limited by what Windows lets you do.

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

And my car collects data on me. So does my phone, my DirecTv DVR, my Fire TV, gmail........you name it and it collects your data and I don't even have a Facebook account to worry about. If you use adblock you might notice it blocks some items on this very page. Some items that exist to track you

 

[Archaic59]

I hear you. It's just that I read so many articles about win 10 privacy issues it just turned me off completely. I try not to recommend it in my builds unless its' asked for. I was kinda hoping you were gonna tell me all that crap has been fixed...meh

 

[Deleted member 217926]

If you use the Spybot Anytbeacon program it kills all tracking. I don't bother with it but I've talked to people who have and it kills all the network traffic associated with the spyware. It's free and it works. Spybot Search and Destroy was the go to antispyware program for many years before Malwarebytes. They're legit.

I hope you don't use Chrome or gmail. Google is even worse than Microsoft :lol:

 

[Archaic59]

Thanks for the tip. No, I don't use google for anything. I use Firefox for browsing and Startpage for all searches. I do have yahoo mail I can't stand. I could use a recommendation for free alternative with some level of privacy if there is such a thing.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

I use gmail and yahoo for a throwaway account. Firefox with adblock plus and Ghostry. That's more so I don't have to deal with ads and social media buttons on every paragraph than any sort of privacy thing for me though.

There are free, secure mail options out there. And you can use a VPN and or Tor if you really want privacy.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

We totally hijacked this thread. Sort of. Sorry OP 😀

 

[packersfan036]

ill stick with 7 till im forced to use direct x 12