Windows 10 is a bit easier on resources but unless you have a slow process you probably won't notice. I don't use any Windows apps at all. You cannot disable Windows update on Win10 only delay installation of updates, the firewall settings are the same as Win7. The start menu is kinda annoying and I don't use Cortana so it's a process wasting memory doing nothing, well except probably spying on you.
Classic Shell is useful for tweaking the start menu (although the program is no longer being updated last I checked) another good companion to Win10 is Winaero Tweaker. If I didn't game I doubt I would have bothered upgrading to 10.
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