Windows 10 vs Windows 7 for gaming

[Sniper2008009]

I'm planning to install both windows 7 and windows 10 in one machine through dual boot, with windows 7 mainly for my day-to-day activities while windows 10 solely for gaming and DX 12 support. I know privacy issues have been discussed to death with the Windows 10 upgrade but I just want to know if the privacy issues still come up through Windows 7 if I have Win 10 installed in the same machine. Will the problems carry over even though I will use Windows 7 or will they only "activate" when I use Windows 10? Thanks.

 

[Rogue Leader]

Win 10 only sees your activity when using Win 10. That said if you believe the hype they can "read" your hard drive anyway.

TBH the privacy issues have been blown out of proportion greatly, and is driven by fear mongering and news ratings. Win 10 is so much better in every way, there is no reason not to use it for everything.

 

[cats_Paw]

If you are to believe "the internet", Win10 will take control over win7 since it will use win7 key to update to win10 and lock that key to your machine.
I am unsure on how taht exactly works but does not sound good to me.
Win10 also forces you to auto update (no telling what they will come up with in the future) and you lose your win7 key since its converted to win10.

As far as I can tell DX12 aint really working yet (most tests are inconclusive), so going for DX12 reasons to win10 seems a bit premature.

What I don know is that compatibility issues are showing up here and there so If it aint broke, dont fix it is the motto Id go by until there is a legitimate reason to update to DX12/Win10.

I also dont like that Microsoft is giving Win10 "for free". There is no such thing as "free" because youd be asking Microsoft workers to work "for free", etc....
I should probably read the full agreement with WIN10 licence but to be honest I am not yet interested in Win10 so i simply skipped it.

You might want to read the agreement yourself and see at least what they are not saying loudly, but sure is public knowledge.