POLL RESULTS - To continue or not continue as an Insider - that is the question.

In our most recent poll 80% of you said that your plan is to continue participating in Microsoft's Windows 10 Insider Program once the new OS is released next month.

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

June 29, 2015

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POLL RESULTS - To continue or not continue as an Insider - that is the question.

Over the last week we have been asking what your plans are relating to continuing in the Windows 10 Insiders Program once Windows 10 becomes generally available on 29 July 2015.

There are 80% of you who plan to maintain your status as Insiders - 68% on your desktop and 12% in a Virtual Machine. After a very inconsistent string of build releases for Insiders I was surprised to see this number so high.

Choosing to continue as an Insider means you are also opting to have an activated copy of Windows 10 however, that copy/build will expire at some point if you choose to opt out of the program down the road.  If you stay in the program and continued to install post release updated builds of Windows 10 then that installation will not timeout.

For myself I plan to continue in the program as well. My plan is to single boot Windows 10 RTM on my main desktop; dual boot Windows 10 RTM on my secondary desktop with Windows 10 enrolled in the Insider program as that allows me to have a copy on actual hardware. My HP Stream 7 will get Windows 10 RTM immediately as well since it is a great device for testing tablet mode.

After those I will also run an instance of Windows 10 in a Virtual Machine on my main desktop with the install on a spare solid state drive so I can quickly access it from there. VM's on SSD's run quite fast on the right hardware.

That leaves my HP Spectre x360 which I will initially leave on Windows 8.1 and the second Spectre system I have for testing will get Windows 10 as an Insider to explore new builds after RTM.

Depending on how the overall experience goes with Windows 10 RTM I expect to upgrade my own Spectre to that once I have everything else set up and running.

What are your post Windows 10 RTM plans? How will you use Windows 10 on your hardware setup.

But, wait...there's probably more so be sure to follow me on Twitter and Google+.

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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