I use windows 7... no way they get me to upgrade. 7 is the best one.

It used to be. A few options in 10 have made it surpass windows 7. These are strictly HTPC related though so they probably wont matter to almost anyone except HTPC users.

Well, those paranoid they will force an upgrade AND make you pay for it can relax. Microsoft is being sleazy with this but they know their legal boundaries. Forcing people to pay would leave them legally exposed in a HUGE way. Their legal team won't allow them to do that. I could see them extending the deal if they are determined in their closed-garden goals.

I hope they stop. This is just annoying. When has Windows been so desperate to be installed? Surely Linux and MacOS aren't catching up that fast :O

It's not MS.. It's Skynet.. And when everyone has it installed.. Judgement Day will begin

Well I believe they said that they won't do the free upgrades anymore after July. Most likely what will happen is people will get notifications of "special promotions" and etc to encourage them to upgrade.

But most importantly, I think what they will do is stop supporting Windows 7 with security updates and etc in order to force people to upgrade. As of right now, people that don't upgrade and stay with Windows 7 will still get security updates but if they stop with those updates like they did with Windows XP. then people and business will have no choice unless they want to have giant security holes in their system.

I think that will be the final nail in the coffin cause I really don't see how people will stay when MS announced they will stop support for Windows 7. And that's one of the main reasons why I upgraded to Windows 10... 

Honestly, its better to do it when its free than when you gotta pay for the thing cause eventually, unless you want to go Linux or OSX, you will have to upgrade. Cause there is no way they are going to continue to support Windows 7 for much longer imo

Because they're pushing the Windows App Store.  That's the direction they want to go, where they end PC being an open platform and turn it into a Microsoft platform.  Not only does that mean money for them, it also means control.

Personally, I have W10 but the app store can go die.  I won't put money into it unless I have no other choice.

Yea but they didn't have much incentive to get people to upgrade like they do now... If they keep their promise of ending their free upgrade in July, then I don't think Windows 7 will get the same cycle as Windows XP did. If anything, business might continue to get security updates through their extended support program but consumes... To me it seems like the best way to force people to upgrade if I was MS.

While that is true and its a very good point, MS did say Windows 10 will be their last Windows OS so... I think thats how they will market it and go the Apple route. And I do think it will be mainly for consumers they will stop the security updates and not businesses. Even Windows XP gotten extended support for businesses that used Windows XP through their extended support program well after they officially stopped supporting it.

I really do hope that is not the case but like, Windows 7 isn't really making them much money from the consumer standpoint since they don't sell them as much as they sell Windows 8 and 10 anymore in retail locations and on top of it, Windows 7 doesn't have their app store or their ad placements and etc. While I don't think they will stop supporting it like right after the free upgrade ends, I really don't think Windows 7 will get the same cycle for consumers as their other OS's did.

But we will see! Fingers crossed T_T

Edit: And honestly, if they cared what consumers think, they wouldn't have forced PCs to upgrade which seems to cause anywhere from being annoying to breaking computers 

LOL yes. 

Its also recursive and tracels back in time to program itself.