Anyone have any thoughts / concerns regarding Windows 10? Just thought I would take up the offer of a free version available from Microsoft if it was any good.
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I'm going for it. I'm not hugely impressed with Windows 8.1, so I'm going with the 'Dr Pepper' theory of "What's the worst that could happen?". 
Same as John, i'm waiting for the free dload to come and i will install it. I'm fairly new to win 8.1 with the recent new lappy purchase but i have grown to like it, even if i do prefer the old XP style start menu. I get the impression that win10 is more customisable.
I don't use a tablet computer. I'm fixed with my big ol' desktop PC and Windows 7, but my experience with Windows 8 is that it's incohesive, inconvenient and an impulsive and poorly judged attempt to predict the future of computing.
So maybe Windows 10 revises their mistakes, and the fact it's free only suggests they know how much of a flop their version of the future was! Take it and don't look back
So maybe Windows 10 revises their mistakes, and the fact it's free only suggests they know how much of a flop their version of the future was! Take it and don't look back
I will wait a few months before downloading it onto any machines I have in the house. That way any major bugs will be fixed by then. You have got a year to do it after launch so all is good.
for a home user with a touch screen computer the upgrade is a no brainer, if you don't have a touch screen be prepared for a bloated vista esque operating system. If you have used a recent windows mobile phone then you will already have come across Cortana which will now be available for your home pc under windows 10. On a plus side rolling back to a previous operating system is really easy provided you didn't delete the windows.old folder
My gaming rig is sticking with Win7 thanks.
My view is that the OS is by definition there to enable you to do things; it's not an end unto itself. And while I'm sure that Win10 delivers all manner of functionality, it doesn't enable me to to anything that I wasn't already.
Don't get me wrong - if it was a killer upgrade I'd go for it. But I just don't need the disruption, and I'm speaking as a bleeding-edge techie here. My gaming time is limited and I don't want to spend it downloading drivers.
My view is that the OS is by definition there to enable you to do things; it's not an end unto itself. And while I'm sure that Win10 delivers all manner of functionality, it doesn't enable me to to anything that I wasn't already.
Don't get me wrong - if it was a killer upgrade I'd go for it. But I just don't need the disruption, and I'm speaking as a bleeding-edge techie here. My gaming time is limited and I don't want to spend it downloading drivers.
This will be the major issue for me as well. Drivers will be a nightmare for some of my older tech, It took me a month to get my printer to work with Windows 8.1. So I will wait for a few months to let all the bugs surface and get fixed.
Win10 is a 'clean slate' so to speak - which was built to run on desktops, laptops, tablets and phones using pretty much the same codebase on all. The intention is to unify all the devices onto one version of Windows. It is also the beginning of "Windows as a Service" so you'll be unlikely to see Windows 11 anytime soon - Win 10 will be a constant work in progress with new features added over Windows Update rather than a new version. Not tried the desktop version yet but have had Win10 on an old Lumia phone for a while and it's pretty good despite being in the early stages of development. I'll be downloading as soon as it's available
I'm not sure my old laptop will cope - it took poor Paul all afternoon just to get it to run windows 7
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For gaming I would stick with windows 7, if you use legacy applications xp mode on win 7 is very good.
If you run a company and are looking to upgrade wait a while as Microsoft still havnt sorted enterprise licensing
If you only use your computer for surfing the tinterweb and occasional letter writing, upgrading will suit you
If you just have to have the latest incarnation so you can brag to your mates get a life and install a Unix based O/S
If you run a company and are looking to upgrade wait a while as Microsoft still havnt sorted enterprise licensing
If you only use your computer for surfing the tinterweb and occasional letter writing, upgrading will suit you
If you just have to have the latest incarnation so you can brag to your mates get a life and install a Unix based O/S
Windows 8 starts up a bit faster and is a bit more efficient in places than 7, so, you know, after 50 years or so you'll have recuperated the time spent installing it
Windows 8 starts up a bit faster and is a bit more efficient in places than 7, so, you know, after 50 years or so you'll have recuperated the time spent installing it
Just for fun I built a 3.11 VM on one of my VMWare rigs. It starts in literally 4 seconds. I also built a Win98 VM in 3 minutes, most of which was me selecting options.
I'm not sure this makes up for the time I've watched progress bars over the years.
VMWare is a virtualisation platform. Basically it does two things:
1) Uses big computer hardware to host multiple virtual "computers" and,
2) Uses a cluster of redundant computer hardware to increase reliability. So the failure of one server or component doesn't affect you.
It's a bit more complicated than that, but you get the idea.
I own an enterprise-class (DL580 and Poweredge for the nerds) VMWare V-Sphere cluster for...reasons. I sometimes like to install old operating systems on this platform for fun because I am a sad little man.