New Acer Aspire laptop.

[DrNomis_44]

Good choice Doc.
Win 10 is a problem though when it goes into update mode. Really slows the laptop.

I agree, but in the most recent cumulative updates of Windows 10 Microsoft added controls for re-scheduling the updates for when the updates are downloaded and installed so you have more time to save any work that you're currently working on, I think Windows 10 is a big step up from Windows 8, which seemed a bit clunky to me, having been used to Windows 7, and how it would go straight to the desktop after login, I never really liked Windows 8's Metro screen where you had to click on the desktop icon to get to the desktop, my old Dell laptop originally came with Windows 8 pre-installed.

[dave.king1]

I agree, but in the most recent cumulative updates of Windows 10 Microsoft added controls for re-scheduling the updates for when the updates are downloaded and installed

I've had 10 Pro from the get go and scheduling has always been available

When I was running Win 8.1 Pro you could select the classic desktop view so that was OK too