I have said over and over to my friends. Go ahead and upgrade. Tell me how you like it when you have to have a Premium yearly subscription in order to get critical security updates for the rest of the existence of that OS.

Direct X will not force Win10. Compatability modes will follow very shortly after. MS can't afford to loose developers using Direct X as an engine as it will facilitate the natural migration away from that platform.

Don't make me have'ta Troll ya Bro!