If not already, it’s time to make the Switch to Windows 10 before the next major update mid 2016 of Windows 10.1.0, whilst the software is still free and being tried and tested by users to work out any of the kinks and send the feedback to Microsoft to improve the OS (they already released a minor update between November and late December 2015 Windows 10.0.1).

It’s important to understand the history of Microsoft Operating systems, so you can decide what Operating system is best to switch to without any real problems, and also the ones you should avoid. Windows have had a track record for software since Windows 95, where the first release of a new structure is always bad with many problems; as was the case with Windows 95. The next software release is essentially the same structure just with a better interface, such as Windows 98, which was a very stable Operating system, and made even better with the Second edition; like tweaking.

An overview:

In reality there are only 5 main Windows Operating systems Windows 1.1, Windows 95, Windows ME, Windows Vista and Windows 8 (all of them had critical flaws).

• Windows 2.0/3.1 are improvements for 1.1 with extended language support.
• Windows 98/Windows 98 SE are improvements on Windows 95 to include various hardware device integration into the system with hardware that was not available in systems with Windows 95, such as the HDD and CDROM, and 98 SE is an extended office and Language version and also to improve the Desktop, and improvements with the LAN/Ethernet and internet Capabilities.
• Windows XP (Stands for eXPerience), it’s a cross over from the older FAT32 to the NTFS files system and is a variation of Windows ME with enhanced device configuration, stable desktop, and the user login system has been fixed.
• Windows 7 is essentially Windows Vista, they just toned down parts of the User Interface which were graphics heavy and switched the device driver software so newer PnP devices could be identified, as well as backwards compatible with older devices.
• Windows 10 is the completed version of the incomplete Windows 8/Windows 8.1, which was rushed forward to make up for a loss in sales; this is the reason Microsoft had a paradigm shift and are now forcing users forward with updates whether they like it or not, and locking down parts of the OS. Windows 10 is the other half of Windows 8/Windows 8.1 and they fixed the integration of the Metro interface so it is now passive and not dominant, and also the start menu was brought back with an integrated app panel.

Now that we have an understanding about this pattern, we know that making the Jump to Windows 10 is going to be a smart move forward; they adapted and improved Windows 8 already with Windows 8.1, and then adapted it further with the improvements and modifications they made with Windows 10, then they brought out a minor update Windows 10.0.1 between November and Late December 2015, which was a response to bug fixes they found after polling user feedback data.

If you search Google you should be able to find links to the genuine Microsoft website for the media creation tool for windows 10, where you can download the ISO for free to soft upgrade your OS to Windows 10.0.1, or you can check Windows Update for an option to update to Windows 10.0.1, also if you don’t use IE run it anyway and it should prompt you to upgrade to Windows 10.0.1; please note that you can only upgrade from Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.0.1 and any OS before those is not eligible for an upgrade due to the different structure of the older OS’s in conjunction with the newer OS’s.