I'm out of town until after that date anyway. Windows 7 is fine for those and how I use them. Thanks for the info though.
Well, I agree. However, I did update my Win7 and Win8.1 machines. I prefer 7 but I'm a cheap bastard. My thought was a few years down the road, when MS is selling Win15 and Win7 isn't being supported anymore but Win10 is, I will wish I had upgraded for free. I hate paying for Windows because I could live without it but my kids love their video games.
FWIW, the upgrade was totally painless. Surprisingly painless, even with my Win7 machine that had a linux dual boot setup, though the GRUB still sees the Windows partition as Win7. It was actually easier than just initiating a new system out of the box has been in the past. I know, I know, some claim is should be called Windows 8.2 or whatever but they definitely did a better job of getting the bugs out.
I can't say that I notice any performance differences one way or the other though. I hear that it is more secure. I hope they are right.
Well, I think that is a bit confused. It isn't a Linux-style command line, it IS Linux, or more accurately apparently some compatibility layer for Linux. It is incredibly interesting in theory, yet most of what I do in Linux, like everyone else in any other OS, is browsing and the occasional word processing. It seems like it would still have all the Windows safety concerns though. I prefer Linux because it's safer (little to no virus concerns), more stable (doesn't crash ever), and because it's free. Running Linux through Windows destroys my first and second reasons for running it. The other thing I use Linux for is fixing Windows problems (especially disk problems) or bypassing Windows security (easily I might add, and I'm a completely untrained novice).
I wonder if it will allow access to Linux program libraries? I imagine a few small utilities would be all that interest me. Can't imagine wanting to do that within windows.