It’s official: Most people who tried Windows 10 ignored our warnings.

Microsoft released some glowing Windows 10 stats on Monday. Already more than 1 million people have registered with Windows Insider to become a Windows 10 tester. Great! More than 200,000 suggestions or complaints have been filed via the Windows feedback app. Awesome! That’s what the Technical Preview’s for, after all. A full 64 percent of Windows 10 users installed the Preview straight to their hard drive.

Wait. What?

Granted, most people previewing Windows 10 in Technical Preview form are likely savvy computer users, but at this stage it’s still in a very early state, with bugs and rough edges. While Windows 10 is already more polished than most alpha software, using early pre-release operating systems is an invitation for catastrophe if any hiccups occur. The beauty of virtual machines is that you can just shut down the program and start over if disaster strikes. That’s why PCWorld’s Windows 10 installation guide recommends giving the operating system a whirl in a VM.

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