After a loop of checking for updates to ultimately going to the M$ store for the 8.1 upgrade... I finally got the icon on the taskbar just waiting for that notification to upgrade to 10.

@Blue - I hear there's better performance yet no privacy... will have to share my thoughts once I'm up to date.

@ - there is a way to upgrade without losing your personal data, I always back that sort of stuff no matter how large the data dump. Found a good read about how Windows 10 is built to spy ... http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/

swoop wrote:all free.. just like google.. then your giving up your daily habits to everyone.

there is a reason that Frances and the EU is fighting hard for "right to be forgotten".

big brother is there, but now hes a creepy old uncle.. im just saying.

You gotta make it so that the uncle has nothing to say to the big brother, such as using a local account and following the steps in that link provided earlier...

so after upgrading 8 to 8.1 then registering to upgrade to 10 then waiting a few days for 10 to download and then about an hour for the 10 upgrade to install... my desktop looks like this

with the good old start menu and task bar from xp/7 with enhancements from 8, cortana and the quick search similar to android's google bar, this windows 10 isn't half bad at all

unlike 8, you wont find the charm bar with a swipe to the right instead you will find the action center.

the option to switch to tablet mode makes it simple and easy enough to use touch screen laptops.

Windows 10? Microsoft, so far so good, it's been awhile since I gave you guys props... just give us the option for privacy