Windows 10, Yay or Nay?

Guggy · Jul 29, 2015

With everyone having Windows 7-8.1 being available to upgrade today, are you going to after the previews? Personally I will be (Once I get this damned gwx.exe to start correctly!) What about you? Any thoughts on it?

codesplice · Jul 29, 2015

I jumped on the upgrade as soon as it was available - even before the midnight "release" since I'm an impatient nerd. So far, I love it. A lot of the menus and animations feel very Materialish to me. It looks mostly great, and most everything is smooth and fluid. And I have a start menu again without resorting to any hacks.

I still have to figure out what's going on with my Bluetooth (or, more specifically, the magical way in which the computer refuses to see any Bluetooth devices), but that's the only lingering problem I have from the in-place forced upgrade.

Unforgiven · Jul 29, 2015

I have the nag flag on my laptop. I guess I'll give it a whirl this weekend.

Rondeau7 · Jul 29, 2015

So who getting the Windows 10 update here. I am currently updating my laptop now.

KOLIO · Jul 29, 2015

Might wait a few days,my desktop PC isn't a critical item in my arsenal,but,I want to make sure ADB/Fastboot/drivers/etc... are all Copa Yo-Yo before diving in.................

Mikestony · Jul 29, 2015

@Rondeau7 , I've merged your thread into the existing thread about Windows 10 here

Any questions just give me a holler

Edit: also moved @KOLIO 's reply too

KOLIO · Jul 29, 2015

Mikestony said:
@Rondeau7 , I've merged your thread into the existing thread about Windows 10 here
Any questions just give me a holler

Edit: also moved @KOLIO 's reply too

Was just gonna look you up,realizing after I posted,that there was prolly a better place for the discussion. :thumbsupdroid:

AMOCO · Jul 29, 2015

I've already got my Windows 10 installed(Insider Program) and I really like it.

Rondeau7 · Jul 29, 2015

Still waiting on my laptop to update and install. Lower end devices take a while. Went through this when I went from 8.0 to 8.1. Just happy I have a cell phone for internet right now.

Unforgiven · Jul 29, 2015

As best I can tell it is downloading now. I'm fairly certain my craptop is on the low end of spec worthy, so I'm not sure how it will run, but it can't be worse than Win H8

AMOCO · Jul 29, 2015

Unforgiven said:
As best I can tell it is downloading now. I'm fairly certain my craptop is on the low end of spec worthy, so I'm not sure how it will run, but it can't be worse than Win H8

We have it on my wife's Dell Inspiron 1525 (2007) model and it runs Windows 10 just fine.

Unforgiven · Jul 29, 2015

I think they are hosting it on a late 80s BBS server.

codesplice · Jul 29, 2015

codesplice said:
I still have to figure out what's going on with my Bluetooth (or, more specifically, the magical way in which the computer refuses to see any Bluetooth devices), but that's the only lingering problem I have from the in-place forced upgrade.

FIXED!

So yeah, I'm all good with WinTin as far as I can tell / have tested so far. Really digging it! :thumbsupdroid:

Xyro · Jul 30, 2015

I'd only given a preview build a quick 10-min spin in a virtual machine, but I jumped right on it on Tuesday on both my computers at once.... Bit risky I suppose, but I'm glad to say I'm happy with it.

FYI, now you can stop waiting for windows update to download windows in the background, by grabbing the install disc files directly. NOTE: You apparently must perform an upgrade over your 7/8/8.1 install (not a fresh install) in order to get an upgraded licence key for windows 10. Once you have your key, you're free to install the OS however you like.

KOLIO · Jul 30, 2015

My apologies if posting this link concerning privacy settings borders on paranoia/alarmist,but,the info may be of interest to some:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/07/30/windows-10-privacy-settings/

Rondeau7 · Jul 30, 2015

So far I love this version of Windows. No more charms bar much easier UI.

KOLIO · Jul 30, 2015

Patch Tuesday 2.0 :
http://www.windowscentral.com/first-big-windows-10-bug-fix-update-could-come-early-next-week

bjacks12 · Jul 30, 2015

It wouldn't be Windows without a constant barrage of updates to install.

I had to do about 3 or 4 runs of updates yesterday to get 8.1 current. Even after I installed all the available ones, you would check and 30 more would appear.

codesplice · Jul 30, 2015

bjacks12 said:
It wouldn't be Windows without a constant barrage of updates to install.

I had to do about 3 or 4 runs of updates yesterday to get 8.1 current. Even after I installed all the available ones, you would check and 30 more would appear.

The good news is that Windows 10 will keep up with all those updates so you don't have to worry about it anymore.

Unforgiven · Jul 30, 2015

codesplice said:
The good news is that Windows 10 will hijack your computer at the most inopportune time to apply the updates so you don't have to worry about it anymore.

ftfy

codesplice · Jul 30, 2015

Unforgiven said:
ftfy

Not true, actually - you can schedule the intrusive update-requiring installs to suit your needs: http://www.howtogeek.com/221903/how-to-schedule-restarts-for-updates-in-windows-10/ :thumbsupdroid:

Unforgiven · Jul 30, 2015

codesplice said:
Not true, actually - you can schedule the intrusive update-requiring installs to suit your needs: http://www.howtogeek.com/221903/how-to-schedule-restarts-for-updates-in-windows-10/

I'm not referring to the reboot, I'm referring to the behind the scenes download and install process when everything else slows to an unresponsive crawl and Windows gives you no indication that it is updates causing it until it finally prompts for a reboot.

codesplice · Jul 30, 2015

I *think* that it should also wait until the computer is idle before it checks for and installs the updates but I could be mistaken.

KOLIO · Jul 30, 2015

Xyro said:
I'd only given a preview build a quick 10-min spin in a virtual machine, but I jumped right on it on Tuesday on both my computers at once.... Bit risky I suppose, but I'm glad to say I'm happy with it.

FYI, now you can stop waiting for windows update to download windows in the background, by grabbing the install disc files directly. NOTE: You apparently must perform an upgrade over your 7/8/8.1 install (not a fresh install) in order to get an upgraded licence key for windows 10. Once you have your key, you're free to install the OS however you like.

THX for the link, installing as we speak.......
Looks like I'll be strictly mobile for the next hour or so......

Unforgiven · Jul 30, 2015

Updating now. I probably shouldn't have started it with a thunderstorm looming. :rolleyes:

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