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Anyone else receiving this notification on your taskbar asking to reserve your copy which becomes available this July?
Just wondering how this new version might act with DataCad.

Yeah got one last night. I ran the tech preview w/ Datacad 17 without any issues.

It will be available July 29th, apparently. I for one, will wait a while to find out about drivers, and bugs etc.

It's been stable driver wise on my two systems since the first tech preview. It still needs a bit more polish in my opinion, but it's miles ahead of Windows 8.1 FWIW. And thank the maker the icons are back to normal!

My son will be trying it at home, as soon as it is available.

Anyone getting feedback on how stable Windows 10 will be for Datacad 16 and earlier users?

I don't have the time as a one-man/one-PC office to learn all the intimate and gruesome details of Windows arcana, I don't even use the Windows 8.1 interface...that damned blue start screen and mysterious icons.

And I certainly find disquieting the rumors that Microsoft is going to a subscription system, and will demand money every few months just to use the Windows OS. I'm already nervous that I'll sit-down at the PC one morning and getting a screen message, "Congratulations on being automatically upgraded to Windows 10, send us money within 7 days or your PC goes blank and all your files will be gone FOREVER". In the old days that was considered extortion...

Following this thread with interest as the new machine I just ordered will have W7 Pro on it with a free upgrade to 10.
I found work arounds for W8 but it was still a PITA especially when I hit the windoze button with my fat fingers by mistake

Josh,
Thanks for the cogent analysis. Wood post-and-beam construction I understand thoroughly, gaff-sail boat-rigging I understand, computers just-enough to do basic tasks. The rest just scares me at-times. Even attempting back-ups makes me nervous that I'll screw-it-up. And yet I use mine everyday for hours....

I still use a manual typewriter, index cards, and snail mail.

When it comes to computer-tech I have to rely on the kindness of strangers . . . and friends.

Just received delivery of a custom built rig with W7 Pro installed and I could not be happier.
The option for "free W8" is their but no one is forcing me to go that route. Like all new software issues I play it safe and let others do the
Beta testing before I jump on board.

Robert