deadite_9
time for go to bed
Built my teenage nephews a gaming PC out of spare parts nearly a year ago. It's nothing special (Asus P5E/Q9550/8GB/GTX 470), but it gets the job done. Anyway, I had to use Vista when I built it since that was the only spare license I had at the time (and I was already footing the bill on some extra necessities like mouse/KB/monitor/speakers, etc.).
I knew that Vista support was ending next April, but I've been noticing a lot more programs are starting to cut support for the OS lately, with Chrome being among the most recent. It's also a bit of a handicap when it comes to games, since a lot of newer games only support Win7 and above (assuming that the hardware will actually run them).
So I'm looking to upgrade the OS in the near future. Current options are obviously 8.1 and 10. I'm hesitant to go straight to 10 since I really don't want it to muck with their drivers, though I know if I go with 8.1 the PC will be eligible (i.e., my nephews will be harassed) to upgrade to 10 anyway.
Is the driver kerfuffle still a thing, or was it just some edge-case scenario to begin with? I still use Win7 myself, so I don't very much personal experience with Win10 (and none when it comes to a gaming PC).
Opinions?
I knew that Vista support was ending next April, but I've been noticing a lot more programs are starting to cut support for the OS lately, with Chrome being among the most recent. It's also a bit of a handicap when it comes to games, since a lot of newer games only support Win7 and above (assuming that the hardware will actually run them).
So I'm looking to upgrade the OS in the near future. Current options are obviously 8.1 and 10. I'm hesitant to go straight to 10 since I really don't want it to muck with their drivers, though I know if I go with 8.1 the PC will be eligible (i.e., my nephews will be harassed) to upgrade to 10 anyway.
Is the driver kerfuffle still a thing, or was it just some edge-case scenario to begin with? I still use Win7 myself, so I don't very much personal experience with Win10 (and none when it comes to a gaming PC).
Opinions?