7 or 10

From: Serg (NUKKLEAR)11 Apr 2017 17:48
To: ANT_THOMAS 14 of 22
Neither, go for 7 of 9 instead. Definitely, John.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)11 Apr 2017 18:02
To: ALL15 of 22
Can't remember the source, but apparently there's a way to download a legit free 10 from MS if you go in through some kind of special accessibility portal/page. So you get a free accessible version which you can then tweak to run like regular version.
From: Serg (NUKKLEAR)11 Apr 2017 18:08
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 16 of 22
It's the "Accessibility" edition or whatever it's called, pretty easy to find - but that's for upgrading from 7 or 8 to 10, not for going from Home to Pro editions, that's normally a paid-for extra.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)11 Apr 2017 18:16
To: Serg (NUKKLEAR) 17 of 22
Ah.
From: ANT_THOMAS11 Apr 2017 19:03
To: ALL18 of 22
Bugger it, straight to ubuntu, I don't like this Dell Win 10 installation.
From: Dave!!11 Apr 2017 20:00
To: ANT_THOMAS 19 of 22
Quote: 
Bugger it, straight to ubuntu, I don't like this Dell Win 10 installation.

FTFY :-Y

EDITED: 11 Apr 2017 20:01 by DAVE!!
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)11 Apr 2017 20:32
To: ANT_THOMAS 20 of 22
What don't you like? We've got 10 on an old Dell SFF here (upgraded from 7 coa) and it seems ok. But we only use it for testing.
EDITED: 11 Apr 2017 20:33 by DSMITHHFX
From: ANT_THOMAS11 Apr 2017 20:42
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 21 of 22
I use 10 at work and quite like it.

I think I just lost my patience with the Dell stuff installed that was popping up. Albeit not a lot installed but I'm just used to clean Windows installs with no bloat. I'll probably partition and dual boot 10 Pro sometime soon.

Just need to find a desktop environment that handles HiDPI screens nicely. Could do with some granular scaling.
From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)11 Apr 2017 21:10
To: ANT_THOMAS 22 of 22
I had to swap in old (& with bad sectors) hdd, format it and clean install 7 pro, then upgraded it to 10 whenever the rc came out. No dell cruft on board.