No, I completely agree with you - I was going to post that. My points were going to be like that:

1. Sure, you get a year. But doing it now, sure it might be less stable (lol Vista) but you're helping, AND you won't forget in a year.

2. Minimum requirements, I've found, were merely a suggestion. I've seen Youtubers install versions that should not work (like I think Vinesauce made a full upgrade branch - from 3.1 to Windows 7 on an XP-era machine) and made it work (albeit sluggishly). And if my experience in "alternate versions" is right, I guarantee that before the trial period is over, there'll be patches/home-modified versions to make W10 even lighter.

3. RAINMETER FTW (even though I never managed to get it to work). Even then, for me the Task Manager was comprehensive enough to replace the CPU and RAM desktop gadgets, with the added bonus of being able to terminate apps on the fly. For music, if it bothers you that much, buy a media keyboard (available on Amazon for $20-$50). Or even better yet, if you got a tablet, look into Unified Remote. Works with phones too, but you can buy a small, older tablet and keep it at your computer as a media remote.

4. I upgraded to 8.1 from 7 for two reasons: first, I got a chance to try out 8.1 at work and just FELL in love with it (funnily enough, for the exact reasons people hated it, most notably the lack of a start screen being replaced by the Metro interface - I'm hoping there'll be a way to enable it back in 10, and I'm on a desktop), and second, Windows 7 was notorious for needing bi-yearly reinstalls because of a nasty bug that would cause the OS itself to have memory leaks. Windows 8.1 then proved itself to be even more amazing by running every single thing, from the browser to my games, better than they ever ran on 7. The compatibility was also superior.

5. Sure, they'll be available for years. But then again, Ubuntu has LTS releases that make me capable of upgrading (for free) versions every what, five years or so? And Fedora has a rolling update schemes which means updates are available forever. BRB switching to Fedora (do I get to tip it?). Also OH MY GOD MY SIDES. Vista updates? Seriously? Being on Vista alone would be a reason for me to get 10.

6. I'm not sure how many people use that. Waiting, as per #1, will eventually fix it, probably. Or, you know, just have a files manager like DropBox or something.

7. Yeah. But that's forgetting that some people (ergo me) LIKE that. I like seeing a product evolve, from it's release to it's semi-final form (before the service packs - will there be service packs?). I like sending bug reports. I like knowing that a product isn't perfect, that it's still made by people. It feels homely. Just like computers: I'd pick a computer I built with my own hands over a computer factory or professionally built, even though it could be less problematic in the long run - because it's mine, and it feels homely.

8. There's a group that made Windows Media Classic for Windows 7. Then they made it into a Cinema edition. I'm sure they'll do the same for the XP/Windows 7/Windows 8 version in Windows 10.

9. As far as I can tell, the only way that you can get a scanner to not work on a modern PC is if you're still using a printer with a parallel port. And if your PC has a parallel port, it most likely has no business installing Windows 10 anyway. Most USB/wireless printers work just... "fine" (as fine as a printer can work) with the default USB/wireless drivers, at least from what I've seen.

10. Your title says 10, but your list is 9, also berg insider. I'm calling spam on this.