[Elecraft] OT Looking for PC advice.

[Bill]

If you built your own desktop under Win 7, it should migrate right along 
with the rest of your files.

I have had resolution issues with Win 10 and it was a bear to fix. As a 
result, I run Win 7. The problem was an aberration that came with one of 
the forced updates.

I do all backups by use of clone SSDs and also have updated one of the 
clones to Win 10. That assures having no licensing problems in the event 
of a change to Win 10 in the future.

Is Win 10 friendly? No, I would say it is not as easy to manipulate as 
Win 7, but that is my preference. Win 10 will attempt to have you only 
use MS products in your operation and to that purpose, some updates will 
change your personal program/app selections from your choosing back to 
their's.

The free version (only version I will use) of HRD performs well on Win 
10. I have had issues with drivers on Dell printers, however, have 
updated to HP and the problem went away. Dell's idea of upgrading 
drivers is to purchase a new Dell printer. Not acceptable to me.

If you do upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10 and don't like it, you can revert 
back to Win 7. Doing so should protect your licensing rights for a later 
free upgrade.

Eventually, we will all HAVE to upgrade to Win 10. New software will be 
written to only operate under Win 10 and the same with new hardware. You 
will become part of the Borge - one way or the other.

Bill W2BLC K-Line