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More and more It sites are recommending against Microsoft Windows 10. Per IT news. ( http://www.itnews.com/article/2972298/microsoft-windows/10-reasons-you-shouldnt-upgrade-to-windows-10.html ) The 10 reasons you shouldn't upgrade to Windows 10 10. Ongoing privacy concerns 9. OneDrive regression may not work the same way 8. Missing Media Center and DVD player 7. Not much in the way of Universal apps 6. Key apps, including Mail and Edge, aren’t ready yet 5. Win10’s Tablet Mode may not appeal to you 4. The installer may not be ready for you yet 3. Forced updates 2. Ain’t broke, don’t fix 1. Questions, questions, questions Per PC Advisor ( http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/feature/windows/should-i-upgrade-windows-10-advice-better-good-3618139/ ) Should I upgrade to Windows 10? Windows 8 didn't get the best reception - is Windows 10 better than Windows 7 or 8.1? How good is Windows 10? Per Windows Central 14 reasons why you shouldn't upgrade to Windows 10...

Before you start, make sure the operating system you want to upgrade to will work on your computer. General steps for operating system upgrade. 1. Backup    A. Save data files and program settings.    B. Make a system image aka duplicate if possible.  (requires special software)    C. Get list of installed files. 2 Get operating system.    A.Traditional method.     1, Download new media. (up to several gigabytes.)         In some cases this could take several hours.     2. Burn new operating system to media.     3. Install operating system,  B. Ipxeboot. (MSWindows may require a special server, but Linux and BSD do not)      1. Boot with minimal media. (i.e. floppy, usb stick, or minimal cd)      2. Downloads and installs minimal OS for install control.      3. Downloads and installs the rest of the OS a...

One of my primary concerns is how to maximize computer resources. For example if you upgrade the memory on a laptop, you usually end up removing the the old memory. If the memory is still good why chunk it?  Had an old thin client that I bought for a few bucks, but it really needed more memory. Forgotten all about the unit until I was checking out what thin clients could be used with the newer thin client server,. Low and behold, after looking inside the the client, it had a slot that looked just like the same form factor as the memory from the laptop. Awesome.  Now I can upgrade a thin client to work with my newer LTSP server!!  One more piece of equipment back to work. The memory turned from a lemon into lemonade. Or as I started with "Upgrade one and then upgrade two."  Reuses for computers III is out! See it at: http://www.instructables.com/id/Reuses-for-legacy-computers-III/