Is Windows 10 now more stable

Also my Skype & a software for the built-in webcam in the X201 laptop

I've yet to have any problems with Win10.  

While I can't speak for any application specifically, I've yet to run across one I couldn't run.

"...what's the amount (in terms of MB) of patches every month MS is still releasing currently for Win 10?"
There's no way to answer that.

Updates for all operating systems are constantly released... a patch that fixes x may break y.  It's unreasonable, given the complexity of the software and the thousands of different pieces of hardware it runs on to expect anything to be perfectly stable.

If it ran on Windows 7 it will most likely run on Windows 10.  (I would say 99 out of 100 applications that work on Windows 7 should run just fine on Windows 10).  Exceptions are usually those that interact DIRECTLY with hardware - like scanner applications, CD-Burning software.  The one app I've had a problem with is CutePDF.

I run Windows 10 on all of my machines.  I use 4 of them regularly and have no issues with stability at all.  At least no more than when I was on Win7 or Win8.1 (yuch).

There are always going to be patches.  However, I've heard that patching will be more smooth in the future and not have a flood of patches once a month.

As for how big the patches are, I'm not sure.  Even after a fresh install, it doesn't take that long to update.

I use Office 2010, Snag-IT, WinZip, tons of other apps and games.  No compatibility issues at all.

One thing you can do, is upgrade to Win10 then downgrade back.  You can then upgrade again to Win10 in the future as MS will have that machine flagged as being upgraded to 10.

Also, a couple of days after the 29th, there is supposed to be an "anniversary" patch/upgrade which will have a ton of new features.

I have been using Windows 10 on both of my main computers (work and home) for at least 6 months and it has been very stable. Monthly patch volume seems about the same as with Windows 7. The good thing about the way MS is deploying Win 10 upgrades is that you will get the latest patches at the time of install so there's not a big pile of post-update patches to slog through as there was when you upgraded using physical media.

As for compatibility, I have had no issues with major commercial software (e.g. MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, etc.). If it ran under Windows 7, it runs under 10. This includes games too. As mentioned by other posters above, drivers are the main area where incompatibilities exist, particularly printers. This isn't a Windows 10 issue though. Hardware makers are loath to go back and update drivers for older models because then they can't sell as many new devices.

Windows 10 is as stable and bug free as Windows 7. No issues.

Read my article on Windows 10 one year later.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/28514/Windows-10-One-Year-Later.html

http://www.techradar.com/sg/news/software/operating-systems/microsoft-delivers-a-massive-windows-10-patch-to-fix-early-bugs-1300594

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/windows-10-massive-update-released-day-one-patch-problems-1513290

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/5-reasons-not-to-upgrade-to-windows-10/

At least one of the above links hinted at 1GB of patches & to hold on;  I guess it's been almost 1 year
& should have stabilized by now.

Thanks very much Joe for offerring to test out: I used putty's pscp, psftp, Nero Ver 9.x, Brother JCP315W
inkjet printer and PDFFill

> upgrade to Win10 then downgrade back.
Thanks Scott;  anyone could share a couple of easy-to-follow links on how the above can be done?

Lastly on my 100Mbps fibre broadband (which I tested to our local ISP's speed to be 55Mbits/s
download & 25Mbits/s upload), about how long it will take to upgrade?  Just concerned the
upgrade got interrupted in the midst of it & I get a corrupted Windows 10

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28956263/Windows-10-Upgrade-sitting-on-99.html

Above link appears to indicate that the upgrade to W10 stops at 99% & it turned his PC into a
piece of brick as the PC was of a rather old model.  My laptop is Thinkpad X201, is it old as well
to run into similar issue?   I have 4GB RAM with 230GB free disk space.

Take the standard precautions...backup your data and do the upgrade.  It won't "brick" your laptop as you can always re-install Windows 7.  I tried the upgrade on an older laptop and it hung.  I was doing the "download" upgrade.  I rebooted, upgraded from a DVD and all went well.

Nobody can know if your upgrade will be successful.  You will just have to try it.

Chances are you'll be fine.

The question about hanging at 99% has been solved and closed.

Other than the November update (Version 1511), patches are the normal size.

Windows 10 works fine. It is all that I use now.

since i install win 10 i have no problems, the issues come from the software, at start some software was not ready to work in windows 10, but with time all software and drivers are ready to work just fine

You can un-busy Start by Start, All Apps. Very handy

Any link that I cud download an iso W10 to burn to dvd?

I will need the Classic Shell as I m slow to adapt to new interface

Windows 10 is so little different , you really do not need to add anything. I do not. It was easy to adapt to Windows 10 and that is what we have going forward.

IE 11 is alive and well on Windows 10 and is vastly better than Edge.
SnagIt works fine - I have V13 running.
Windows Media Player works.
Remove whatever start items you do not want. The rest works well.
I use Outlook 2016 / Office 2016 for email and sync with iTunes to my iPhone. We do not have to use Windows mail.

Thanks John for providing:
> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
If I'm currently on Win 7 Pro x64, which of the above W10 should I
select?   W10, W10 KN, W10 N, W10 Single Language ?

You need to select Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (which should be automatic) and then set your language.

Thanks, last night I tried upgrading on my Thinkpad X201 which it certifies as met
the hardware requirements (4GB RAM, CPU above the min, etc):
my X201 connects to our 1Gbps fibre broadband modem via 54Mbps Wifi :
the traffic is barely 0.5Mbps during this downloading & then Windows went
into 'sleep' mode after about 1 hour.

Guess I'll need to download the whole W10 image down via other means 1st

Let us know after you download the image.

You might turn Suspend OFF (Never Suspend or Hibernate) and try online again as the Media Creation Link does work when run in place.

I have to kill the antimalware process, download the 5.7MB Windows10Upgrade9252.exe,
run this executable which takes about 1.5 hrs to download Win 10.

I have a need to run nmap Ver 7.25 to scan 30 IPs on this laptop next 1 week : I guess I'll hold
on the upgrade in case nmap can't run on Win 10

Remember that if you don't upgrade before the 29th, it won't be free anymore.

You can get Advanced IP Scanner for free (Famatech) and I have that running on Windows 10 just fine.

Besides, if something doesn't work after the upgrade, you can easily and quickly revert to your old OS from either your backup, or the revert function built into windows 10.

The difference from the previous 'hanged' download attempt was I click "Download" button
instead of right-clicking it to download that Windows10Upgrade9252.exe   &
also I stop the anti malware this round.

After download is done, it does verification & then started to do upgrade without prompting:
I terminate the process at 2% while it's showing "...doing Win10 upgrade ..." : any impact?

go into network adapter settings and turn off power management for your network adapter otherwise windows will cut power to your Wi-Fi when it sleeps , hibernates or feels the need to.