Well; after much thought, research, and (dare I say it) prayer; I bit the bullet yesterday and upgraded to Windows 10. So far, it appears everything is working. Oh, to be sure, I have a steep learning curve ahead of me to smooth out the wrinkles. Overall, I would rate Windows 10 as OK. I have not found anything yet that really excites me. I find no benefit to the new start menu as I had my commonly used applications set up either on the task bar or as shortcuts on the main screen. This approach allowed me to open these applications with a single click and is quicker than having to click on start, then click the tile to launch the application. I will continue the old approach on Windows 10 while I decide rather the tiles are even worth keeping. I do like the "All Apps" alphabetical display, but a shortcut to jump to say the "S" entries by hitting the letter "s" would make it much better. Performance appears about the same or a little worse than Windows 7, which is a big disappointment. Perhaps, if I can find my old microphone, using Cortana in speech mode may be OK since it would be similar to "OK Google" on my smartphone. I don't see anything in Microsoft Edge yet that will make be leave Firefox. And while I still believe Microsoft is employing significant intrusions on users privacy, I am sure ways to block their spying will be coming. After all we must all follow Microsoft's edict of (cue the Darth Vader theme music!), "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated!"
