Choose between WIN 7 E and WIN 10 E for your advantage.
Choose between WIN 7 E and WIN 10 E for your advantage.
Hello everyone, I have a query about the operating systems used in industrial settings. I value flexibility and compatibility with older devices and drivers on Windows 7, but I’m wary of NVMe drives and poor installation experiences on systems that only support USB 3.0. My main concern is whether Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows 10 Enterprise (Industrial version) would be better suited. P.S. Sorry if this isn’t the right topic.
We are seeing a gradual shift of people toward W10 in our surroundings.
I recently switched to Windows 10 and started testing various programs and daily tasks. Hopefully, everything is running smoothly. At least updating drivers isn't as difficult as it was on Windows 7. We experienced problems with Windows 7 on a Lenovo M710 Tiny Tower (1L in size). It had issues such as no NVMe support and sometimes it wouldn’t even boot because the necessary USB 3.0 drivers were missing. We believed Windows 7 would be much faster with NVMe than Windows 10, but in reality, it wasn’t that fast. We spent about two days trying to install Windows 7 before finally choosing Windows 10, which worked perfectly on our machine. The only thing bothering me is the pre-installed software in the Start menu.
We're moving to Windows 10 Enterprise. It looks like newer hardware, such as Intel's newest CPUs, don't fully back Windows 7. I attempted to install Windows 7 on our latest Dell latitude laptops, but it reported that the CPU isn't compatible and there was no driver available for the built-in graphics. So we're switching to Windows 10 now, lol.
We're running on Windows 7 and the migration process begins at the start of the year, aiming to complete it before 2020 when support ends entirely.
We successfully deployed Windows 7 on 6th generation Intel processors found in standard towers. There remained some challenges, such as limited SSD support for SATA drives (since they were introduced after Windows 10 was launched) and a lack of driver compatibility, requiring us to create and modify scripts. We couldn’t upgrade to Windows 10 due to budget constraints for over 200 units. Our goal was to ensure functionality, otherwise we would have faced significant issues. We’re preparing for a migration around mid-2018 and aim to complete it by the end of 2019.
I work at a company using Windows 10 everywhere. The main thing to remember is that updates are pushed automatically. You can prevent them, but only security patches are available. Some users choose to manually trigger updates, avoiding restrictions on their own systems and getting the newest versions directly from Microsoft servers instead. Enterprise versions of Windows 10 receive updates in the latest build first. Even if a new release isn’t available yet, you’ll still get it soon. Recently, the Fall Creator Update for Enterprise was released just a few days ago. My suggestion is to have someone with a similar setup—like an insider or someone running Pro edition—on board so they can test programs and be prepared for upcoming releases.