Posted on 09/02/2015 12:41:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
True dat.
Pent up demand since Windows 8 was such a clusterf*ck
It fixes the much-hated Windows 8.
Very few people pay for OS — it is usually what is installed on the machine (which these days is cheaper to buy a new one than upgrade an old one).
Window 7 Pro 64, and not planning to upgrade, free or not, until win10 has been out at least thru the first major service pack.
I finally managed to get all the “free upgrade” crap off my computer. Maybe 6 or 8 months from now I will give it another look.
I’m gonna buy a couple more SSDs and try out Mint and Debian as some here have suggested. Ubuntu with XPP in a virtual box seems to do very well on a 6yr old machine with a HD monitor.
Cortina is a memory hog with no discernible value.
Disable it and your system will run 2 or 3 times better!
I haven’t noticed any issues with Windows 10 yet, though I don’t know if it’s a resource hog like Vista was. Cortana seems useless, though.
As for Edge, they will need to include AdBlock functionality before people go back to Microsoft browsers.
I got the free upgrade from 7. I really like it. My computer experience is noticeably better.
I installed it, used if for a few hours, and Clonezillaed back to Windows 7. Couldn’t figure out how to get Remote Desktop to work. They changed it.
How many OSs are there?
Mac and Windows... and Linux.
And it’s 4th?
Same here, no plans to use Windows after 2019 when the support runs out. I would have already switched to Linux Mint if the installer would have worked properly.
The cost of the OS is factored into the overall price of the new computer.
Clonezilla is a lifesaver.
I’m still trying to kill her. (The Cortana service, that is).
Amazing how willing people are to turn over every keystroke to microsoft...
Upgrading to Windows 10 has caused nothing but problems with my Dell XPS 8700, every two weeks the PC crashes, had the motherboard replaced, had the video card replaced and still same issue..and on top of that with the new motherboard replacement my PC is no longer activated..Dell is of course ZERO help, PC isnt even 2 yrs old yet
“Among all desktop operating systems, Windows 10 ranked fourth in Web traffic last month, behind Windows 8.1, Windows XP and Windows 7 but ahead of Windows 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite.” It was beaten by three other forms of Windows.
I’ve had to use it at my work, and I wouldn’t choose to ever use it if it was my choice.
I’m not sure what the people who said this was an improvement over Windows 8 were smoking, but it’s definitely not. They took the same mistakes that went into the design of Windows 8 and doubled down on the stupidity. Windows 8, once you fix the UI with classic shell and classic start menu, is pretty usable. With Windows 10, I won’t be bothered even trying to fix the UI, because just being forced to use it for a few hours tempted me to throw the computer in the river.
Just one example of the stupidity: Windows Edge. This is the new default “browser” in Windows 10, but it isn’t actually a full browser designed for a desktop OS. It is more like a browser app for a mobile device, where you have virtually no options for customization or changing your settings.
Now they do install a full-fledged browser in Windows 10 (it’s IE, but still it’s better than Edge). However, they do NOT make that the default browser. Instead, they hide Internet Explorer so you will have to search for it and then force Windows to make it your default browser (another process they made more difficult). All these design decisions must have been deliberate, probably going through committee after committee at MS, and yet none of them make a lick of sense to the user.
In summary, Windows 10 takes away more stuff you like and gives you more stuff you don’t need. It’s so out of touch, it’s the Jeb Bush of operating systems.
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