NG
My only fear is some of my paid for software will no longer work such as my PCTV Freeview USB dongle if I do decide to upgrade from Win 7.
Do you use the dongle in Windows Media Center? If so then in Win 8/8.1 you have to have Win 8/8.1 Pro and buy a Media Centre pack to get that software (annoying when it was free in Win 7 Home Premium)
If you use DVB Viewer, Media Portal or other 3rd party software, as long as you have the right drivers it should work fine - though you may need to check 32 bit vs 64 bit compatibility. Many drivers for Win 7 have Win 8 compatibility so we can hope for Win 10 compatibility as well - unless the have done something nasty to the BDA/PBDA driver framework in 10 - which given they've abandoned Media Centre effectively (no idea if it is included in 10 at all) seems unlikely.
noggin
Founding member
My only fear is some of my paid for software will no longer work such as my PCTV Freeview USB dongle if I do decide to upgrade from Win 7.
Do you use the dongle in Windows Media Center? If so then in Win 8/8.1 you have to have Win 8/8.1 Pro and buy a Media Centre pack to get that software (annoying when it was free in Win 7 Home Premium)
If you use DVB Viewer, Media Portal or other 3rd party software, as long as you have the right drivers it should work fine - though you may need to check 32 bit vs 64 bit compatibility. Many drivers for Win 7 have Win 8 compatibility so we can hope for Win 10 compatibility as well - unless the have done something nasty to the BDA/PBDA driver framework in 10 - which given they've abandoned Media Centre effectively (no idea if it is included in 10 at all) seems unlikely.