Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

[dmill89]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

while the forum wa down, lots of news came out.
m$ is going to re-write the erg keys on 7 & 8 to keep the "get 10" harrasment popups working,
AND they are going to start hitting the corps with internal nets too - so NO, business licenses are NOT exempt from this shit.

So far it only affects those business that are small enough to get their updates directly from MS. Most larger business have their own update server since updates must be tested and verified by IT personnel on test systems before they are sent out to the general user base (too many bad updates leading to downtime/business impacts to trust MS).

However this could be a major issue for small/medium sized business, especially those who don't lock down permissions on their systems (so a user could actually download and install win10), imagine a bunch of "non-technical" not knowing any better clicking on the pop-up and installing Win10 and breaking most of the business software on their machines, which could lead to major downtime and serious business impacts as the affected systems have to be reverted to win7 or re-imaged (especially for small companies that don't have dozens/hundreds of space computers like most major corporations do to get users back up quickly after a major failure, or large numbers of IT personnel to fix the problems).

[diif]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

while the forum wa down, lots of news came out.
m$ is going to re-write the erg keys on 7 & 8 to keep the "get 10" harrasment popups working,
AND they are going to start hitting the corps with internal nets too - so NO, business licenses are NOT exempt from this shit.

links later.

Still no harrasment popup here on my 7, and it's those corps that don't use WSUS. So real business networks with proper admins aren't going to see any change nor any pop ups.

[dmill89]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

On new PCs windows users will be stuck with 10 for support:

http://www.computerworld.com/article...re-itbwcw.html

That is total BS as long as the CPUs are still standard architecture (x86/x64) it takes no effort on Microsoft's part to make it compatible, so they are deliberately detecting the newer CPUs and making it not work/become un supported.

This is going to definitely piss off a lot of business users most of which have no plans to update to Win 10 any time soon, and even the ones that do will likely take years to make the transition due to the need to make their business software compatible or replace it with software that is (most of the software vendors we use at work haven't put any significant effort in making their software win10 compatible/compliant aside from MS itself, so it will be years until most business software id compatible/certified for win 10).

Microsoft is getting way too aggressive at pushing Win 10 and it has really bitten them in the ass, so what do they do push it even harder and it is only going to fan the flames of discontent and possibly push their biggest/most valuable customers (business users) to look elseware.

[stj]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

while the forum wa down, lots of news came out.
m$ is going to re-write the erg keys on 7 & 8 to keep the "get 10" harrasment popups working,
AND they are going to start hitting the corps with internal nets too - so NO, business licenses are NOT exempt from this shit.

links later.

[SteveNielsen]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

On new PCs windows users will be stuck with 10 for support:

http://www.computerworld.com/article...re-itbwcw.html

[TELVM]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

Looks like some bullshit table with no real information or features...

... Your grandma does not know whitch updates to install.
So it is better for them to install automatically...

Unfortunately for Microborg, most users are not the retards they would like them to be, and thus are not interested in bullshit operating systems.

[momaka]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

As for the updates:
Your grandma does not know whitch updates to install.
So it is better for them to install automatically...

And then she calls you the next day and says her computer is no longer working

[Ascaris]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

Looks like some bullshit table with no real information or features...

Well, DX12 is Win10 exclusive...

As for the updates:
Your grandma does not know whitch updates to install.
So it is better for them to install automatically...

And that's how previous versions came out of the box. Grandma would not know what updates are or that they can be turned off.

[Stefan Payne]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

This table summarizes how supremely clever and bright is "upgrading" from Se7en to X:

http://cdn.overclock.net/3/37/379434...roversions.PNG

Looks like some bullshit table with no real information or features...

Well, DX12 is Win10 exclusive...

As for the updates:
Your grandma does not know whitch updates to install.
So it is better for them to install automatically...

[Ascaris]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

This table summarizes how supremely clever and bright is "upgrading" from Se7en to X:

What do the bangs mean? I imagine that it would be that it can be done, but with aftermarket solutions. I'm especially looking at the one about uninstalling all bundled "apps." I'd require that before 10 would become an option-- and I mean ALL "apps," including bits of the UI that use apps instead of traditional dialogs.

Windows knows my PC is not a mobile device with a tiny touch screen meant to be operated with big, fat, clumsy fingers, so there's no reason I should ever be looking at any metro/modern/universal stuff, whatever they are calling it these days.

That's in addition to the other stuff, like a Win7 level of control over updates, a way to turn off ALL telemetry permanently without having to resort to "hacks," and a way to eradicate Cortana completely.

[TechGeek]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

I do like the soulness of the OS. Using 7 SP1 on my Maximus II Gene, which has my Halo CE server!

Right now, using 8.1 x64 on my FX system, in the sig.

Prime95 passed on my FX rig today!
Glad that Prime95 passed on my Sabertooth 990FX R 2.0!
I gave it a 6 hour run for the monster RAM! No signs of RAM instability...

Server- 14/16 users

[stj]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

So... Windows Se7en is the best OS released by MS. Hands down.

no, dos7
the first dos to operate with fat32

[RJARRRPCGP]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

So... Windows Se7en is the best OS released by MS. Hands down.

I do like the soulness of the OS. Using 7 SP1 on my Maximus II Gene, which has my Halo CE server!

Right now, using 8.1 x64 on my FX system, in the sig.

Prime95 passed on my FX rig today!
Glad that Prime95 passed on my Sabertooth 990FX R 2.0!
I gave it a 6 hour run for the monster RAM! No signs of RAM instability...

[TechGeek]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

So... Windows Se7en is the best OS released by MS. Hands down.

[TELVM]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

This table summarizes how supremely clever and bright is "upgrading" from Se7en to X:

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

I actually like the new start menu. Unlike W8.1 where i would run Classic Shell, i did not install any start menu replacements on Win10.

I know of one other person who has a high-end workstation laptop and upgraded from W7, and he says it performs better than 7 did, and he's had no major issues so far, either.

[ddscentral]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

I did try Windows 10 Pro (had a spare 8 Pro key) on my gaming laptop.
I've disabled unneeded features (Cortana, tracking stuff, etc.), used a local account and installed Start10. With these tweaks, W10 works almost the same as W7.

W10 is fine for me, but I would not switch from W7 (maybe from W8, but not from W7).

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

I have been using it for around 3 months and have had zero issues. Apart from it installing the wrong version of the touchpad driver for my laptop every few hours, but that was fixed by disabling automatic driver updates.

It is faster and more stable than any Windows version i have used so far, and it's also slimmer, coming in around 4-5GB smaller than Windows 8.1. That would be a first for any Microsoft OS, being smaller than the previous version. I have installed it so far on a variety of hardware old and new with no issues. If it ran Win7, it's gonna run 10. Chances are it's gonna run it better than it did 7. I have disabled Cortana and all that nasty tracking stuff from the start.

One thing i disliked about it is that it's UGLY by default. However, this, this and this made it look great.

[TechGeek]

Re: Windows 10 benefits - Are there any?

Windows 10- Don't even trust it with Red Star OS.

[ChaosLegionnaire]

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zomg! a girl pregnant with win10! what is the world coming to! looks like some guy just got made a cuckold by bill gates and m$!