# windows 10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 1, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717 "2015-08-01T12:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/21 "2015-08-01T18:11:05Z")
Microsoft skipped 9 because 10 is 1 better. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/22 "2015-08-01T18:15:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Seven ate nine. (More or less) seriously, I’ve heard two theories. The first is that Microsoft want to put the kibosh on the idea that Windows 10 is an “updated” Windows 8; the other is to prevent confusion with Windows 9x (95, 98, &c). ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/23 "2015-08-01T19:58:48Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > I thought that if the icon appears, it means Microsoft has determined that your machine is compatible. From [answers.microsoft.com](http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-win_upgrade/i-want-to-reserve-my-free-copy-of-windows-10-but-i/848b5cce-958b-49ae-a132-a999a883265b?auth=1): > [@](#): > > PCs that we determine cannot run Windows 10 will not see the Get Windows 10 app before July 29th. After July 29th, we’ll enable the icon in the system tray. This is to help ensure that you can easily check your PC’s compatibility if you choose. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/24 "2015-08-01T21:41:27Z")
With a computer that old, why would you want to burden it with running Win10? Just leave it on Windows 7. (If it’s not broke, don’t try to fix it!) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/25 "2015-08-01T23:02:19Z")
Here is how to check if your system is compatible, if you have the “Get Windows 10” icon in the system tray. 1. Right-click on the Get Windows 10 icon in the system tray. 2. Select Check your upgrade status. 3. In the upper-lefthand corner there will be an icon that looks like three parallel horizontal lines. (This is called the highly technical term “hamburger menu”.) 4. Right-click on that and select Check your PC from under “Getting the upgrade”. It will tell you if there will be any problems with upgrading your system. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/26 "2015-08-01T23:11:17Z")
In other news, Service release 1 is apparently coming out next week to fix some “issues” with Win 10. Waiting until then might solve the not loading program. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/27 "2015-08-03T22:36:48Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > With a computer that old, why would you want to burden it with running Win10? > > Just leave it on Windows 7. (If it’s not broke, don’t try to fix it!) Because the whole point of Windows 10 is that Microsoft is trying to get everyone on the same version of Windows. The system requirements are not supposed to be any higher. That’s the point of making the free upgrade only last a year, even. So, later, if you find that software you need that would still run on your older PC requires Windows 10, you’d be straight out of luck. (Of course, other than Microsoft products, this is unlikely. Most developers still support Windows XP. The ones that don’t only don’t because something broke.) ---
**Author:** ![Ornery\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/28 "2015-08-03T23:15:37Z")
_I have windows 7 and that is supposed to be compatible with windows 10._ This is a misunderstanding on your part. It’s your computer that has to be compatible, not different versions of Windows - in other words, Windows 7 is compatible with computer but Windows 10 isn’t and that depends entirely on your computer itself, and has nothing to do with what version of Windows you run now. I’ll add my vote to the “don’t bother with Win 10” team. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/29 "2015-08-04T01:39:44Z")
Most reports I’ve read indicate that Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 both use significantly _less_ resources than the Windows 7. Gaming performance is widely indicated to be about 10-20% better as well. That’s what motivated my upgrade to 10, after not bothering with 8. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/30 "2015-08-04T01:45:04Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > While it may very well be that the OP is garbling the error message, it does appear that some Windows 10 upgraders are getting some really odd messages. The most [famous](http://bgr.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-something-happened-error-message/) of which is: > > "Something happened > > Something happened." Imagine William Shatner saying that. Truly classic. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/31 "2015-08-04T03:29:38Z")
The D630 will not even run Windows 8.1. This is not a 32 vs. 64 bit issue as Win8 x64 runs just fine. Unfortunately, Windows 8.0 is the end of the line for the D630 ---
**Author:** ![stosh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@stosh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/32 "2015-08-05T20:59:12Z")
Hi guys, It’s me again. I just went on the windows 10 site for the hell of it and it asked for my email address and said that my copy of windows 10 is ready for me and they will let me know when to get it. Today is 8/5/2015. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717/33 "2015-08-05T21:24:59Z")
> [@stosh](#): > > Hi guys, > It’s me again. > I just went on the windows 10 site for the hell of it and it asked for my email address and said that my copy of windows 10 is ready for me and they will let me know when to get it. > Today is 8/5/2015. Nah, don’t bother waiting around. Instead go to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763725) and follow the link in the first post (and read the rest of the thread, too, as it has useful info in it). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10/726717.md?page=1)