>>- Sticky screen corners. I had that in Windows 7 too.
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>Sure it wasn't Win8, or Win7 Aero Snap? I never had that with Win7. IAC there's as yet no fix in Win10

One hundred percent positive. I use multiple monitors everyday on my work laptop and they've never installed nor supported Win8.

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>>- Extended task bar across monitors is so intuitive and improves usability
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>It's the default, and useful for some cases. I extensively use remote desktop and VM consoles on separate monitors, and to have the default Windows taskbar extended to those monitors makes those apps pretty much unusable

Fair enough. I use RDP rarely

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>>- Older hardware issue *may* not be Microsoft's fault. Hardware manufactuers may have told Microsoft the old stuff works
>>- Free or not, there is not excuse for Googles non-privacy policy. "Do no evil" be damned
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>It's clear MS is collecting tons of information all the time while a Win10 box is running, not just when using the Internet. Could you please offer us proof that you are in a position to know, for a fact, just what MS is and is not doing with those data?

I can't give definitive proof, but I do know that Microsoft is very cautious about data collection and privacy laws. Every Microsoft employee has annual training on privacy. Here's a story from my own experience. For my profile on the MVP web site, I have the option of sharing it publically, to MVPs, or to Microsoft only. But, it turns out, that's not really true. If I pick the Microsoft only option, only the MVP program can see it,. Microsoft employees outside the MVP program do not have access to my profile. This rule was put into place due to privacy laws in Europe.

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>>- Unsigned drivers are a security risk
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>For the sake of hardware support, maybe the user wants the option to take that risk.
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Actually, no. Driver support goes deep into the kernel. It's not really something that can be switched on or off by the user. While you may be ok with unsafe drivers, there are millions of users that aren't technical and want Windows to be secure.


>>- Why should Microsoft go back tp older OS and update the HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) to support newer hardware? This decision makes total sense
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>If MS is still selling and making money from Win7 they should support it on current hardware. If they're not selling it any more there's no support obligation beyond what they've already committed to

Cost of updating could be greater than incoming revenue