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Windows 10
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The edge browser is still buggy, and has no extension support, which means I'll never use it until that gets fixed.
They are supposed to patch Win10 again in a week or two. If bugginess is something that bothers you I'd probably wait for that before upgrading.
In general, Windows 10 is Windows 8's backend with a frontend similar to Windows 7--it seems interesting, but there's still no reason to upgrade until you're sure it'll work. My plan was to wait about a month, then install it on my backup computer, but then my primary computer failed, so that obviously isn't happening--if I get a decent new computer it'll probably come with Windows 10, so that will work
(July 31st, 2015, 08:52)Gustaran Wrote: Serious question: The one and only advantage i see is DirectX 12 which is not relevant for everyday workflow. Even today there are just a few games that demand DirectX 11 so i see no reason at all to get Win10 on the spot. In addition it would just be another public debug-fest for those getting a new MS product. I'll prolly wait until the end of the one-year-free-update offer if not the 1st service pack.
Arthur pulls tiles from the Scrabble bag which by random form into "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
Arthur: "Six by nine? 42?" Ford: "I always knew there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe."
I'm going to wait for a while before I get it. It's a free upgrade for a year so you can wait for 10 mos or whatever and still get the free upgrade later when its more stable. There are some bugs and crashes and driver issues.
It Auto DLs all the drivers and updates without asking you and does it in the background without telling you or letting you know and can slow your computer leaving you all "wtf is happening?" additionally its been DLing the wrong graphics driver for GEForce and messing up gamer systems. Just an example of why I'm not upgrading yet. A lot of this should eventually be fixed. I do think that the mandatory updates are good in that it provides better herd immunity to viruses, but its also an issue when you are having issues because something is happening on your computer without your knowledge. The blowback on that seems to have MS rethinking that aspect at least.
“The wind went mute and the trees in the forest stood still. It was time for the last tale.”
August 4th, 2015, 14:33
(This post was last modified: August 4th, 2015, 14:34 by Dr.Disaster.)
 (August 4th, 2015, 08:47)Lewwyn Wrote: It Auto DLs all the drivers and updates without asking you and does it in the background without telling you or letting you know and can slow your computer leaving you all "wtf is happening?" additionally its been DLing the wrong graphics driver for GEForce and messing up gamer systems. You can stop those background downloads by uninstalling update KB3035583
Arthur pulls tiles from the Scrabble bag which by random form into "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
Arthur: "Six by nine? 42?" Ford: "I always knew there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe." (August 4th, 2015, 14:33)Dr.Disaster Wrote:(August 4th, 2015, 08:47)Lewwyn Wrote: It Auto DLs all the drivers and updates without asking you and does it in the background without telling you or letting you know and can slow your computer leaving you all "wtf is happening?" additionally its been DLing the wrong graphics driver for GEForce and messing up gamer systems. IIRC that is a Win 7/8 update to get files to upgrade to Windows 10. But Lewwyn is referring to the update behavior of Win 10 itself. All updates are meant to be mandatory in Windows 10. Which is great until one of them doesn't work. By default some driver updates may get lumped in there and this has already caused problems for some users. My Windows 10 experience has been mostly smooth so far. I didn't have much experience with Win 8, so I'm still trying to get used to the new "every system should be a cell phone" direction of Microsoft. Basically I need to decide whether I should be using some of these app features or disabling them. I don't have any major complaints or anything that really seems awesome either. If you have Win 7 and like Win 7 you might want to stick with it a bit longer. For what it's worth, I've got Diablo, D2, and Starcraft running alright.
I've been digging into the new start menu a bit more. It is very flexible and demands customization. I think it is basically the Win 8 modern UI boiled into a resizable Window on your desktop. Not having to visually leave the desktop to get this functionality is a simple but huge improvement over Win 8.
The left side of the start menu is, well, a menu. It is pretty straightforward, but there are options on whether to display things like your frequently used and recently used programs up top. To the right of the basic menu you can have area to pin tiles. That's where you can make it look like a cell phone menu. But you can put anything you want there or get rid of them all and shrink it back to a simple menu. Once you get it set up to your liking it should be at least as good as whatever previous OS. As has been the case since Vista?, hitting the start key or icon and typing stuff will start a search. In Win 10, you can make this use Cortana, Bing, or just the local search of the start menu and Windows features. The Bing web search is on by default, and IMHO it is really out of place here where you may be typing in system commands or looking for your own installed programs. Turning that off made the start menu much better.
Aye, Bing is a pain in the a..
Arthur pulls tiles from the Scrabble bag which by random form into "What do you get when you multiply six by nine?"
Arthur: "Six by nine? 42?" Ford: "I always knew there was something fundamentally wrong with the universe." 
Anyone else here who have Windows 10 downloaded but not installed?
My desktop started having strange freezes (which require a PC hard reset), especially when playing games on full screen. Today I learned that it's a common issue with Windows 10. I also noticed that my Windows 10 download was corrupted, which might have something to do with it also. Does anyone here know whether having Windows 10 downloaded (but not installed) actually affects your system in a negative way? Since it could be just a coincidence.. |
