Upgrading old editing computer OS question?

[QvidZ]

Hi all,
So I've been out of the game for a while and would like some info regarding Win OS?

Having edited on ol Mag G5 and they were fun back then, I decided to retire an old win 7 tower I build, too many fans.
I found a Dell MT 9010 that I can upgrade the hardware, It's got win 10 pro and I love win 7 pro( but it's old).
Should I stick with the 10 and grind thru all the update headaches and such or re format it to win 7 and use exclusively
for Video, Audio and Photo editing and rendering?
Any info will be appreciated
Thanks.

[Richard_G]

I use a stand alone computer for video work that runs Windows XP and I see no reason to change. I upgraded it to the best spec I could with the hardware it has and it just works. All the software I use runs perfectly and, to be perfectly honest, I much prefer XP or Windows 7 to the Windows 10 on the laptop I'm using to type this. I could, if I really had to, build myself a much higher spec machine for video work but then I would almost certainly find the software I've been using for years wouldn't run on a later OS so I'd then need to change software and start another learning curve on using it. My suggestion would be to stick with what you have and what you know rather than starting again almost from scratch.

[Cornucopia]

You could always put on both (Win10, Win7), and dual boot, deciding which worked better. Other than available space, and (some) added boot complexity, it doesn't hurt. Either way, I would suggest clean OS installs not upgrades.
9010s should work fine w/ Win7, since that was the era they were produced, even though 10 should be fine also.

Scott

[QvidZ]

I use a stand alone computer for video work that runs Windows XP and I see no reason to change. I upgraded it to the best spec I could with the hardware it has and it just works. All the software I use runs perfectly and, to be perfectly honest, I much prefer XP or Windows 7 to the Windows 10 on the laptop I'm using to type this. I could, if I really had to, build myself a much higher spec machine for video work but then I would almost certainly find the software I've been using for years wouldn't run on a later OS so I'd then need to change software and start another learning curve on using it. My suggestion would be to stick with what you have and what you know rather than starting again almost from scratch.

Thanks for the reply,
Yes I love the old legacy OS's They just work with out all the acrobatics.
I may find a way to use both, but I think I'll be stuck with just one?

[QvidZ]

You could always put on both (Win10, Win7), and dual boot, deciding which worked better. Other than available space, and (some) added boot complexity, it doesn't hurt. Either way, I would suggest clean OS installs not upgrades.
9010s should work fine w/ Win7, since that was the era they were produced, even though 10 should be fine also.

Scott

Thanks for the reply,
I could try that but I think with the upgrade I'm just limited to 1 or the other.
I agree clean install is the way to go, I think I'll try 10 for while and see.
Thanks.

[davexnet]

You could always put on both (Win10, Win7), and dual boot, deciding which worked better. Other than available space, and (some) added boot complexity, it doesn't hurt. Either way, I would suggest clean OS installs not upgrades.
9010s should work fine w/ Win7, since that was the era they were produced, even though 10 should be fine also.

Scott

Thanks for the reply,
I could try that but I think with the upgrade I'm just limited to 1 or the other.
I agree clean install is the way to go, I think I'll try 10 for while and see.
Thanks.

I think so, clean is recommended, although I've been lucky with in-place upgrades in the past.

My current PC is Windows 8.1 > 10 with in-place upgrade (no problems to speak of),
and an older PC with two installs of XP -
one was a fresh install, the other Windows Millenium > XP with in-place upgrade.
I never saw any difference between the two regarding problems or issues