I'm about to do my annual format of my C drive and wonder if I should switch to windows 10 from windows 7? I have yet to use a computer with win 10 and wonder if there are any benefits?

Yes there is a few as well as down sides.
There is no reason not to switch tbh unless your either paranoid or ill informed.
TBH long as your going to a pro version which has deffer-ed updates option you won't have any issues.

I think with these kinds of things it's more important to have a reason TO switch than to have a specific reason not to.

I haven't found any reason to. The performance meme gets thrown at me a lot but my system benches just as well as w10 machines with the same hardware. Meh.

There's also the security argument but they wouldn't need to release security updates so often if the os wasn't swiss cheese where the holes are intentional back doors and vulnerabilities that Microsoft needs to keep out of reach of hackers in an eternal game of keep-away.

@OP if you have monthly internet caps that's already good enough reason to stay away from 10. Microsoft has no respect for those and have been known to screw 10 users with caps over in the past so I'd just avoid even the possibility of it happening.

This post was edited by DCSS on May 11 2017 01:05am

Ok reasons to switch, direct x12, New features, virtual desktops, Bash through windows, PC game DVR for
xbox users, and more support for out dated games that couldn't run on windows 7.

windows 10 is not less secure then 7 so idk where your getting your info from.
Both 7 and 10 still get security updates and will continue to till 2020 and 2025 respectively.
It's just as fast and with an ssd most will not even notice a difference as to where each comes out on top.
Your worried about Internet caps , oh lordy, dude that shit can be changed in the settings.
People crying about spyware at all shouldn't be on windows period, get linux and use it on another machine.
Though 99% of it gets turned off and the remaining 1% of it is well look into what data its actually sending.

i guess since i haven't and don't think i ever will see a dx12 only title on pc i didn't think that was a good enough reason... new features is kind of vague. Virtual desktops is interesting but I've never really felt the need to have more than one box running with the same os. I don't have an xbox, and I've managed to coax every old game I've tried (save for one stubborn 199x title) into running eventually.

But even though there's no real reason for me yet, these might be good reasons for him.

This post was edited by DCSS on May 11 2017 02:32am

Well good luck in 3 years cause you have no fucking choice as security support ends.
Before you give me that linux argument just know you could be on it now.

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

If you were standing in front of me like right now, I'd bitch slap your smug ass.

Wtb you a plane ticket if he provides address.
Gotta record + extra hard slap for me

This post was edited by Penguins0690 on May 11 2017 11:56am

This was wonderful guys. Informative yet entertaining. Thank you