Microsoft’s new Edge is a ‘revelation’

My dear Computeractive, may I pass on my thanks to your excellent magazine. You have directly saved me between £120 and £500 - ie, the cost of purchasing a Windows 10 licence or buying a new laptop.

Your article in Issue 570 on running Windows 7 safely (page 60) was the final straw. I girded my loins, took a deep breath, and followed your instructions on upgrading to Windows 10. Based on your guidance, everything went smoothly and I came out the other side of the black hole with everything intact. I did not even need the Windows 7 product key for my Dell Inspiron 5510 laptop, which I bought in 2012.

However, here’s a tip. It took eight hours to download Windows 10 and two hours to install, so you need patience. Don’t fiddle with anything, and everything will be OK.

Again, many thanks! Mike Short

Following John Hewett’s letter in Issue 572 (‘Microsoft not guilty of scaremongering’), perhaps I can reassure readers that the Windows 10 upgrade process can be simple and trouble-free.

I had previously upgraded my Windows 8, 6GB laptop for free, with no problems whatsoever. I then turned my attention to my ancient Windows 7 2GB machine. Having taken the precaution of backing up all my files to an external hard drive, I downloaded Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool again ( www.snipca.

com/33883) and set it to work. Several hours later, I had a fully working and up-to-date Windows 10 system running very happily. All my original files are just where I left them and all my old Windows 7 programs are working perfectly too. So my advice to anyone worrying about the upgrade is to boldly go where many average users haven’t gone before, and follow

Computeractive’s advice! Richard Green