Windows 10

[AttyPops]

Change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, change is good, ................

(Just keep saying that to yourself, you won't have long to hate any one thing before it changes.)

 

[Robert Cromwell]

Linux is a PITA as well. I am an old hand at Unix. Windows is still easier than Unix, getting lazy in my old age. I do have a Sun os on a PC in my shop.

 

[PaulBHC]

Back to linux for a while

Found more instances of spartan in background processes with high mb loads. Streaming audio gets choppy when loading other pages. My single core cpu gets maxed out a lot. I did notice window error reporting taking a toll while a web page was loading.
Shockwave crashed a lot on embedded ads.

 

[Steve7151]

I have been beta testing windows 10, to be honest, I do like the new changes 10 has compared to 8.1 and Windows 7. It's easier to use. the only thing that I haven't messed around with, is the new browser, that they added.

 

[dave51]

A lot are afraid of Linux they figure its to hard to learn
What they dont understand is it has become very close to windows in operation but much safer

Why hate 8 when Linux is free?

 

[PaulBHC]

Afraid of linux but happy with their android phone.

 

[dave51]

Afraid of linux but happy with their android phone.

for me the android phone is harder than Linux to use lol

 

[PaulBHC]

A week to go until launch. Works ok. Edge browser is average. Uses a lot of background ram.

MS is sponsoring the stock car race at Pocono PA on the weekend after launch, Windows 10 400.

 

[WattWick]

Got my 'puters registered for upgrades. Will install it as soon as it's out on my portable 'puter. The mothership will stay at 8.1 until 10 has proven its worth.

I don't like running linux as my main OS on the mothership. I rather run it virtualized if the need is there. "The need" mainly being a want to see how's it's going in the linux camp. Which is mightily fine, I must say. I'd probably run some version on my portable 'puter if I didn't have to mock about a lot with screen rotation, etc. Can't be bothered anyway with Win10 just around the corner. Aaand... I'm no linux pro.

For some non-computer-literates, I believe it would be easier to use i.e Mint for their random internet needs - than Win 8. I've personally rescued people seriously backed up somewhere deep in the (ui formerly known as) Metro maze.** Unless you know to look for hidden stuff in corners, etc, one could get seriously lost. Mint, on the other hand - just a start button and something to "browse the google" with. More familiar to "your average Windows user" than the current Windows version

**Edit: The raaage when they drag some corner and end up being stuck twice (split-screen!), in two different apps they don't want to be in. Or half an app and a blank screen.

 

[rico942]

I had planned to load Win 10 on a spare laptop ...

But the more articles I read about it, the less interested I am in wasting time with it ...

 

[PaulBHC]

How about some examples?

 

[rico942]

9 reasons not to upgrade to Windows 10 -- yet | Computerworld

They had me at #3 ...

 

[Rossum]

I find reason number 9 to be quite compelling.

 

[Wraith504]

Anything is better than 8. The interface is obviously designed for touchscreen devices. Id choose XP over 8 any day of the week.

 

[WattWick]

Anything is better than 8. The interface is obviously designed for touchscreen devices. Id choose XP over 8 any day of the week.

When I first decided to go for Win 8, I decided to give it my best go at "getting" the Metro interface. Didn't take long before I spent most my time in the usual desktop environment - which thankfully still is there in all its glory. Just get something like StartIsBack or somesuch, and you'll never have to see the Metro interface again if you so desire.

Where the Metro interface does shine is, not very surprisingly, for touchscreen devices. Excellent on ultrabooks like the Lenovo Yoga series. Desktop for ordinary use, touch for other orientations. It's also quite nice for additional monitors - running full screen apps of news/stock updates, reddit, youtube, etc.

 

[Completely Average]

I've been using Windows 10 for months, both at home and at my work where I'm the systems administrator and need to know how it works with all of our corporate software before trying to deploy it.

At home I've had no problems and no complaints. It works better than Windows 7 and FAR better than Windows 8. The Desktop UI works like Windows 7 without the clutter of Gadgets, I've had no problems running any legacy software that works on Windows 7, and I've had no crashes. My impressions so far is that even as a Beta Windows 10 is better than the retail release of Windows 8 and matches the current Windows 7 for stability and compatibility.

Performance is improved across the board, software loads and unloads faster, multitasking causes fewer processing conflicts which cause system lag, and I've had a 3-5% improvement in gaming performance despite using legacy hardware and drivers.

When the final retail version is released next week I won't hesitate to put it on my home system.



At work however, I'm running into a few compatibility problems with some of our old software that was designed around XP. That's not really surprising though, the same software doesn't work well in Windows 8.1 Pro either. People higher than me in the food chain don't want to upgrade since it would require a MAJOR $500+k investment on some of our systems, but they just don't want to accept that XP is dead, especially as a corporate OS, and not upgrading really isn't an option anymore.

 

[Completely Average]

Why hate 8 when Linux is free?

Because I play games and Linux gaming is very limited.

It's the same reason I have for not using OSX.

 

[WattWick]

Linux is the OS I would love to love. There's just nothing I personally need it for that I cannot also do on Windows. And I play the occasional game, so I need some sort of Windows system anyway. Been contemplating setting up another little headless low-power computer. In such case, I'd see it as a great opportunity for dabbling/learning more Linux.

While some went the route of going more portable and rigging up NASes and such, I still treasure my desktop computer as my be-all computing device. It has a lot of little tasks like media gathering and serving, and I want it running 24/7 - not having to reboot for different purposes.

What I was really hoping for with Win10 was that MS would unleash the multi-device potential they have. Would be very nice being able to use all my devices as extensions/interfaces of my main 'puter. Just log in a session from wherever without disturbing any ongoing sessions - with automatic interface scaling based on unit used. Or the option of not going full desktop session, but just get access to certain controls. Something mid between remote desktops and Unified Remote - just done seamlessly and right.

Screw the cloud. I got me own computer.

 

[dave51]

Linux is the OS I would love to love. There's just nothing I personally need it for that I cannot also do on Windows. And I play the occasional game, so I need some sort of Windows system anyway. Been contemplating setting up another little headless low-power computer. In such case, I'd see it as a great opportunity for dabbling/learning more Linux.

While some went the route of going more portable and rigging up NASes and such, I still treasure my desktop computer as my be-all computing device. It has a lot of little tasks like media gathering and serving, and I want it running 24/7 - not having to reboot for different purposes.

What I was really hoping for with Win10 was that MS would unleash the multi-device potential they have. Would be very nice being able to use all my devices as extensions/interfaces of my main 'puter. Just log in a session from wherever without disturbing any ongoing sessions - with automatic interface scaling based on unit used. Or the option of not going full desktop session, but just get access to certain controls. Something mid between remote desktops and Unified Remote - just done seamlessly and right.

Screw the cloud. I got me own computer.

You can always dual or triple boot
I do it on all my machines
I mainly use linux for anything but games its much safer to browse with and it has enough programs for me to do anything but games

 

[PaulBHC]

I dual with ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Retired from gaming.