So last summer, I built a shiny new gaming rig, and I went with Windows 7 as my OS of choice, which has garnered no serious complaints. My parents' several-year-old Dell is still running *shudder* Vista and desperately needs a reformat, so I picked up a spare OEM copy of 7 for them a few months back, and with my current holiday week off I'm finally getting around to sorting it out. My original plan was to not even bother with 7 for them, and just use the key for a straight upgrade to 10, with the added bonus of using their machine as a guinea pig to determine if I want to take the plunge on 10 myself. Now I'm somewhat waffling on that, and I figure the more prudent move may be to load 7 on there first, so that if/when I do go to 10 and they have significant issues using it, it'll be a simple matter to revert.
So here's my question to everyone using it: with all that's been said and written and debated ad nauseam, is the move to 10 from 7 (for my machine at least) the right one? I know all about DX12 exclusivity and support end dates and all that, but I also know about the litany of privacy concerns and forced Windows Updates and that whole mess, and there doesn't seem to be any real solid consensus. (Plus I really like how Aero looks, and I don't feel like mucking about with multiple third-party apps to get something which only mostly resembles it.) The end date for the free upgrade is near the end of July, so while there's still a few months left, I'm much more aware of the ticking clock now. Are there legitimate reasons to stay with the the known quantity that is 7, or should I quit stalling and just upgrade already?