@davidmreinbold said:
Sketchup compatibilty is top priority for me as this is the software that I am earning my living with.
adhering to the system requirements seems to have the highest priority then...
@davidmreinbold said:
Call me old fashioned but I just don't like the idea of having to ... re-learn the operating system...
which would be required switching to a Linux distribution...
@davidmreinbold said:
I am not to keen on the every worsening hidden privacy issues and unwanted data collection side of things either.
you can just disable them... and there are already free tools for doing this in one central place.
in short, sticking with W7 until end of life (beginning of 2020) is the choice of pragmatism.