It's here! Windows 10 has landed and if the early signs are to be believed then it's the best thing since man first founded fire (or at least Windows 7). It's introduced DirectX 12 (which will reportedly squeeze a whole lot more out of high-end graphics cards), it features multiple desktops, and - most importantly - it's not Windows 8. But before we get carried away and skip heedlessly into the brand new shiny, alluring land of Windows 10, let's remember that such a big update will mean many changes, and not all of them for the better. Remember how it felt upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8, clicking the Start button only to have your visual senses molested by the garish Start screen? Or converting from the sweet and squidgy comforts of Windows XP to the cold, hostile wasteland of Vista? In the long run, Windows 10 will probably be awesome, but tempting though the free update may be, we suggest holding off and letting others test the waters first. Besides, you have a whole year to nab Windows 10 for free, so what's the hurry? It's definitely a better idea to at least wait a little while...
8. Forced Automatic Updates Can Hurt Your Drivers
One of the more controversial features in Windows 10 is that it takes control over your updates, installing them automatically without notice. On the one hand, this is good news because you don't need to worry about your PC being kept nice and secure, but it also has its problems. There has already been an uproar among Nvidia users about Windows 10 breaking various features of the GeForce Experience program. Specifically, multi-monitor setups have been crashing, as have SLI/dual-graphics card setups. In some cases, Windows 10 has been crashing and booting into recovery mode. Rolling back updates has proved futile, as Windows only goes and automatically updates them again. These problems should be ironed out in the months following Windows 10's release, but they're yet another good reason to let others be the cannon fodder for the inevitable hail of bug bullets that will terrorise Windows 10 in its early days.
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