To Upgrade or Not To Upgrade?
To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. We’re already getting calls from traders on our sales and tech support phone lines about Windows 10. We don’t have all the answers about Windows 10 yet. But, we thought it would be a good time to discuss how we view operating system updates.
At EZ Trading Computers our viewpoint about the latest operating system (OS) is that it has to meet three key criteria.
- The new OS doesn’t get in the way of your trading because there is no new workflow to memorize (e.g. don’t take the start button away after we’ve been using it for nearly two decades).
- The new OS has better performance than the previous version.
- The new OS is supported by the hardware and software we use for trading.
Since Microsoft is offering a free upgrade to Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 users this year, you have a new decision to make about your trading computer operating system. Maybe a few of you felt good about leaving Windows 7 and moving to 8, or 8.1. The looming question is do you upgrade to Windows 10 now or later?
Don’t Be A Guinea Pig
Here’s our advice about quickly adopting new operating systems: Because our trading computers carry so much importance to our business, we can’t afford to be guinea pigs.
New operating systems still run the risk of having bugs that haven’t been worked out.
Let someone else be a guinea pig. There is too much risk for us to have issues caused by bugs and new software.
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