Originally Posted By: Triton_330
Originally Posted By: Wolf359
I'm not sure why you never upgraded to Windows 10 when you had the chance. You're just making things more complicated. You can still upgrade to 10 for free, people using assistive technology like the magnifier qualify.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility/windows10upgrade
Heck no! I just graduated from college with a degree in Computer Science, and also interned at a local college in their IT department last summer. Windows 10 is baaad. Windows 7 is still the best Windows version at the moment.
The problem with Windows 10 isn't that it is "bad" per se, but rather that it is, like any other "new" Microsoft OS, not "final", which makes dealing with it in an enterprise environment difficult.
Since SP1, Windows 7 has been very static. What works with it works with it and nothing magically changes itself seemingly without warning. The same cannot be said for Windows 10 where with the major build updates still being rolled out, things change significantly.
The problem for me however is that MS's approach with 10 has changed in that it will never be "final", that there will supposedly always be another "release" around the corner which, for environments that depend on static images, promises to upend the stable model which they have traditionally followed.
When discussions like these invariably come up I find it quite common for Jimmy Home User to thump his chest telling everyone how awesome Windows 10 is, just like he did with Windows 8 and 8.1, neither of which ever achieved any significant penetration in the Enterprise. The logistical challenges posed by an OS still in a state of flux; still a moving target doesn't register on his radar, nor should it, as those challenges are generally unique to large-scale deployments with which he is unfamiliar.
That's my 2 cents anyways. The healthcare industry is still rolling out Windows 7 in new deployments and Lenovo, HP and DELL still sell business systems with 7 as the default image, demonstrating that even in smaller scale deployments where a common image and downgrade licensing aren't in place, that a significant demand for 7 still exists.