[dingo_bat]

Rather than fight Microsoft, just ditch windows. That's what I meant. Using years old software which is unsupported is foolish. This sort of behavior leads to IE6. I'm glad Microsoft is ending the cycle here. The people who like 10 will stay, the people who don't (the reasons are definitely valid) should move to Linux or OSX. Why use something that the manufacturer is not ready to support? Vote with your wallet and demand an Ubuntu PC.

[OSButler]

Yes, but that doesn't work if you require Windows, such as for gaming. There's SteamOS, but its support is still limited. If gaming was as universally supported on linux as on Windows, then I'd switch right away, but unfortunately Windows is still its major platform so you need to try and make the best out of its shortcomings, if you're serious about gaming.