[Swordmaker]

For your pinglist

[dinodino]

Get a Mac.

[cva66snipe]

Microsoft is ignoring what internet access capabilities or rather the limitations many customers still have in the way of allowed bandwidth usage. Cell companies cap at 5 GB a month if you use a Cell USB connect service. Hughesnet the only higher speed alternative for those living outside of densely populated areas caps at 10 GB a month. And MS will take a good chunk of it with their unending Patches.

I'm on dial up myself and I can barely keep W-8 Mistake going on those huge patches. They do all of this and yet the Morons still can't even develop a decent browser anymore much less a decent "Practical" OS. Palemoon is a far better and reliable browser.

As for an OS? Windows XP was the height of MS greatness. It was their best success. XP was best compromise and most reliable and functional OS they had made before or sense.

I'd almost swear MS wants to go out of business by finally ticking off enough customers to where they either bite the learning bullet and go with Linux or pay extra for Mac. I liked MS up till W-8 aka W/Hate and for good reasons. I even forgave them for Windows ME. It's like putting the steering wheel to your new car in the back seat just for the sake of calling it different. MS doesn't listen. There is a huge disconnect in their company now between their products and the ease and practicality.

[davetex]

Ditch Windows, use Linux.

[southern rock]

"This isn't the fault of the operating system," said one Reddit user. "This is the fault of the ISP."

I agree. We are now living in a Terabyte world. Providers need to get with it.

[Another Post-American]

I live in the boonies. I just “upgraded” from a Verizon hotspot that gave me just 4 GB/month for internet (which is as miserable as it sounds), to 10 GB/month with a laggy satellite modem. But at least I get 50 GB/month extra from 2-8 AM. (Guess why I’m here posting at 5:20 AM...)

Guess I won’t be upgrading to WIN10 anytime soon. :-(

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Guess it’s wait and see before you get it.

[markomalley]

THE LAST Windows update you will need.

I suggest you try a little Windows application called Linux Live USB Creator (or LiLi for short). It allows you to install what's known as a "live" Linux distribution on a USB stick. Then you can boot your computer with that USB stick and try the distribution out to see how well it will actually work on your machine. The nice thing is that you can try out any number of distributions until you find the one you like.

There are any number of ways Linux is bundled together into distribution packages (or "distributions" for short). Here is a site (Distrowatch) where you can read about different Linux OS's and download the ISO's and burn them to a disk for testing and installing.

(For me, the best one for my desktop machine is Linux Mint -- link above -- and the best one for my old eeePC netbook is Peppermint. But that doesn't mean there's one that would work for you better)

One other nice feature with Linux, you can install the OS along-side your existing Windows installation, creating a "dual boot" machine. You are asked, whenever you boot up your machine, which OS you would like to boot up. I did that for several years, and would alternatively go between Windows one of several Linux distros. The last install I did, I didn't waste my time any longer with Windoze.

[SeeSharp]

"This isn't the fault of the operating system," said one Reddit user. "This is the fault of the ISP."

The ISP wrote bugs into your operating system?

[FES0844]

I just wish I understood what all you guys are talking about!

[Darksheare]

Wonder how much of that bandwidth usage is windows phoning home spycrap.

[FES0844]

Thank you for explaining but, truthfully, it’s still Greek to me. I think my computer is a Window7 & every time I log on , it tells me to update my browser! Bless you for trying!

[jsanders2001]

So if I’m reading correctly into this, does Windows 10 track your bandwidth usage and report it someplace? Because if it does this has an Obamasque Operation Net Neutrality feel to it and it sounds like Microsoft might have worked with the WH to develop software that controls bandwidth usage. That would sound very Gateish. I could be wrong but nothing surprises me these days. Not anymore.

[the_individual2014]

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/product-training/windows

For any Freepers that are IT geeks and need to learn the OS, it is good training.

[TexasFreeper2009]

who would pay for a capped DSL plan?

ROFL

I stream full HD movies all day every day on up to 6 devices at a time through At&T DSL which is unlimited.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why did Microsoft need to make a Windows 8, or a 10 anyway?

XP and 7 were excellent operating systems. Just keep them on the market, and market them for home or for those with basic computer knowledge.

[Nep Nep]

> Windows 10 doesn’t make it easy for you to secure your privacy, but it can be done.

I don’t believe that for a picosecond.

Stay away from Windows 10 at least until they have all the major kinks worked out, which is going to be a year at the minimum.

[cqnc]

Windows 10 includes a new peer-to-peer download feature for updates and Windows Store apps. By default, Windows will automatically use your PC’s Internet connection to upload updates, hiding the option to disable this five clicks deep in the operating system. Disable sharing with the internet to conserve your bandwidth. Keep “in my network” if you have multiple w10 machines. Here’s how:

http://www.howtogeek.com/224981/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-uploading-updates-to-other-pcs-over-the-internet/

[matthew fuller]

I knew that I should stay far away from this unknown piece of crap. I will be on Windows 7 for a good while now.

[Paladin2]

Just working on installing Ubuntu 15.xx on an 6 yr "old" computer with a new SSD.

Works great! A 'free" upgrade to Win Vista "Ultimate" and now with 64 bit operation it flys!